Alternel helps schools and CFAs prospect employers for student placement. It maps target businesses, qualifies them against your programmes, finds available contacts and runs personalised digital outreach where suitable. Your team receives contacts for calls. It also monitors published vacancies.

Does this work for small CFAs and trade schools?

Yes. Start with one programme and a local employer market: garages, salons, bakeries, restaurants or other relevant businesses. A published job ad is not required. Your team confirms interest, tasks and supervision with each employer.

Can we keep prospecting by phone?

Yes. Alternel researches businesses and provides the contact details it can find for your calls. Digital outreach complements this where appropriate. A small business does not need a LinkedIn presence to be included in your research.

How does Alternel find the right contacts?

We look for the owner or manager in a small business, or the relevant recruitment contact in a larger organisation. Available emails and phone numbers are collected for outreach. Contact availability varies; a business listing does not prove an open apprenticeship position.

You can use a CRM such as HubSpot, Pipedrive or Salesforce, or receive contacts in a spreadsheet for your calls and tracking. We agree the handoff format during setup.

What do we need to get started?

We begin your employer listr programmes, target area and existing employer list. A focused pilot lets you assess business relevance, contact coverage and employer responses before expanding.

All data is encrypted in transit and at rest. We access the data needed for your prospecting workflows and comply with GDPR and European data protection regulations.

For trade schools, CFAs and placement teams

Find employers for your apprentices

Find local businesses that match your training programmes, even when they have no job ad. Alternel researches them, finds contact details and sends outreach messages where appropriate. Your team gets a contact list for calls.

Know Your Market
Reach More Employers

Research businesses, check job ads and find contacts without moving between separate lists.

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Prepare your next calls

Alternel handles business research and contact lookup. Your team calls employers to discuss their needs and check which apprentices could be a good match.

Manual Process

1Find target businesses
2Search for contacts
3Enter data in CRM
4Outreach

Alternel

1Maps target employers
2Finds contact details
3Delivers a contact list
4Prepares emails and calls

Simplify Employer Prospecting
From Research to First Contact

Keep the businesses you find, their contact details and your outreach together. Use a spreadsheet or connect your CRM so colleagues can pick up the next call.

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Why Local Employers Matter

OF APPRENTICESHIP CONTRACTS WITH EMPLOYERS UNDER 10 STAFF

OF SECONDARY-LEVEL APPRENTICES WITH EMPLOYERS UNDER 10 STAFF

Source: DARES, contracts begun in France in 2024. DARES

Metric	Without Alternel	With Alternel	Impact
Opportunity Discovery	Business searches and job boards, prospects checked one by one	Target business research and vacancy monitoring, qualified against your programmes	Broader employer coverage
Outreach Quality	Contact details researched manually before each call or email	Owner or hiring contact research, available contact details, digital outreach and handoff for calls	Contacts suited to each employer
Record Keeping	Research and contacts copied between separate files	Business details and contacts delivered to your CRM or spreadsheet	Less repetitive research

Cover Your
Employer Market

Start with businesses that fit your programmes, whether or not they have posted a vacancy. Move from research to digital outreach or a call.

DISCOVER

Map Your Target Businesses

Define your programmes, sectors and student travel areas. Alternel scans for relevant businesses, including local employers with no published vacancy, to build a broader prospecting list. For programmes served by job boards, it also monitors published opportunities.

QUALIFY

Qualify for Your Programmes

Alternel reviews business activity, location and available company information against your training programmes. Your team sees why an employer is worth approaching and what still needs checking. Interest, suitable tasks and supervision are confirmed in conversation.

OUTREACH

Prepare Emails and Calls

Reach the owner of a small business or the relevant hiring contact in a larger company. Alternel looks for available email addresses and phone numbers, runs personalised digital outreach where suitable and hands your team the contacts for calls. Coverage varies by business.

Data encrypted at rest and in transit
GDPR-compliant data handling

SECURITY

Data Security

Your data is encrypted at rest and in transit. Ask us about data access, storage and deletion during setup.

INTEGRATIONS

Use Your CRM or a Spreadsheet

Receive a contact file for your team's calls or connect your CRM. We agree the format and integration during setup.

How It Works

One programme, one area.
Start from your employer list.
Review the contacts before expanding.

Define Your Employer Market

Choose the programmes, business types and areas your apprentices can reach. Share your existing employer list so we can define the prospecting scope together.

Choose CRM or Contact Export

Use your existing CRM or receive contacts in a spreadsheet. Agree which details your team needs for calls and follow-ups.

Research & Qualify Businesses

Alternel scans target businesses, assesses programme fit and looks for the owner or relevant hiring contact, with available emails and phone numbers. Vacancy monitoring can complement the search.

Combine Digital Outreach & Calls

Run personalised digital outreach where suitable and use the contact list for calls. Your team confirms employer interest, suitable tasks and supervision before proposing apprentices.

Frequently Asked Questions

Find More Employers to Approach

Which suitable employers are missing from your list? Bring one programme, one area and your current file to our first call.

For trade schools, CFAs and placement teams

Find employers for your apprentices

Prepare your next calls

Alternel handles business research and contact lookup. Your team calls employers to discuss their needs and check which apprentices could be a good match.