Nick Palmer, founder of Bizenko
“What is bizenko?”
Bizenko is a company that makes it easier for good applicants to find challenging employment. Initially we do this through training and development, and thereafter through introductions.
The company has been created by Nick Palmer, a qualified teacher and experienced business owner. The reason for starting bizenko is a belief that there has to be a better way to match good applicants with good employers.
As a society, we never explain to young people what employment involves. As a result, our society gets bad outcomes for employers and employees.
There are plenty of statistics to show the impact of this situation on youth unemployment, mental health, employer dissatisfaction at levels of work-readiness and rates of attrition of young people in initial employment.
Nick has been tracking these issues for over 30 years, and apart from new technologies to complete admin tasks, nothing has improved. For example, now you can write your CV and covering letter online, rather than pen and ink.
Nick wants to make this system better, for his own children as well as the millions of people who want to secure career traction, but are currently stuck.
Bizenko is designed to reduce the time, cost and hassle it takes for individuals to “learn what’s going on in business”.
Background
Nick graduated from the University of Durham (UK) in 1995, with a degree in Ancient History and Archaeology. He then completed a PGCE (teacher training) from the University of Cambridge.
Nick worked for 8 years in a couple of large blue chip organisations, without always knowing what everyone was doing, or if he was really learning anything new (Nick really likes learning new things!)
Frustrated by the lack of “bigger picture” detail, Nick went back to Business school to study for an MBA (Masters of Business Administration).
Nick emerged from business school with a plan to set up his own business. He ran this company for 7 years, and then was asked to run someone else’s company. After 18 months, Nick sold that company (with the owner’s blessing!).
At this point, Nick realised that he had eventually reached a position where he knew what’s going on in business. In addition, he realised which training young people missed when preparing for employment.
The result is bizenko!
