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Graduates Yorkshire Re-Launches as a Social Enterprise
Company helps match graduate talent with the region’s business
Graduates Yorkshire - the dedicated website for matching employers in Yorkshire & Humber with graduate talent from the region’s universities – has launched as a stand alone social enterprise business.
Regional development agency Yorkshire Forward previously funded Graduates Yorkshire which is jointly owned by the region’s ten universities.
The company offers a range of recruitment-based services to provide all the information and support that graduates and employers need to find each other.
Graduates Yorkshire Chief Executive Martin Edmondson, said: “As an independent social enterprise the prospects for Graduates Yorkshire are very encouraging given the service we deliver to employers in the region.
“Through our website we recently placed our 25,000th candidate in a job with one of the region’s major employers and more and more employers are using our services.”
Graduates Yorkshire’s emergence as a social enterprise follows a recent warning that the region’s ambitions to boost the knowledge economy is threatened by its failure to retain more graduate talent, according to a new research report Graduate Economies in Britain.
Tom Riordan, Chief Executive of Yorkshire Forward, said: “During the last five years, our support of Graduates Yorkshire has seen the scheme help many graduates into work within some of our region’s top businesses.
“By encouraging so many graduates from the region’s universities to seek employment in Yorkshire and the Humber, Graduates Yorkshire is helping to retain crucial sector skills which will ultimately make us more competitive nationally and internationally.”
Martin Edmondson, said: “For many in business and industry the use of knowledge to produce economic benefits will be crucial to compete and grow. We see graduates playing a central role in this transition, providing employers with a huge resource just waiting to be tapped and promising a high value return.”
Graduates Yorkshire offers employers a platform to advertise vacancies for just £50.00; an enhanced recruitment programme; candidate CV search through the sites database and a candidate CV matching service.
Graduates Yorkshire - the dedicated website for matching employers in Yorkshire & Humber with graduate talent from the region’s universities – has launched as a stand alone social enterprise business.
Regional development agency Yorkshire Forward previously funded Graduates Yorkshire which is jointly owned by the region’s ten universities.
The company offers a range of recruitment-based services to provide all the information and support that graduates and employers need to find each other.
Graduates Yorkshire Chief Executive Martin Edmondson, said: “As an independent social enterprise the prospects for Graduates Yorkshire are very encouraging given the service we deliver to employers in the region.
“Through our website we recently placed our 25,000th candidate in a job with one of the region’s major employers and more and more employers are using our services.”
Graduates Yorkshire’s emergence as a social enterprise follows a recent warning that the region’s ambitions to boost the knowledge economy is threatened by its failure to retain more graduate talent, according to a new research report Graduate Economies in Britain.
Tom Riordan, Chief Executive of Yorkshire Forward, said: “During the last five years, our support of Graduates Yorkshire has seen the scheme help many graduates into work within some of our region’s top businesses.
“By encouraging so many graduates from the region’s universities to seek employment in Yorkshire and the Humber, Graduates Yorkshire is helping to retain crucial sector skills which will ultimately make us more competitive nationally and internationally.”
Martin Edmondson, said: “For many in business and industry the use of knowledge to produce economic benefits will be crucial to compete and grow. We see graduates playing a central role in this transition, providing employers with a huge resource just waiting to be tapped and promising a high value return.”
Graduates Yorkshire offers employers a platform to advertise vacancies for just £50.00; an enhanced recruitment programme; candidate CV search through the sites database and a candidate CV matching service.
Operating in partnership with the region’s ten University Careers Services, Graduates Yorkshire offers a range of recruitment-based services.
In addition to providing all the benefits of a large jobsite, Graduates Yorkshire also offers a number of services that are delivered locally by the region’s universities. Graduates Yorkshire has more than 13,000 graduates registered to the website and has managed more than 25,000 vacancies in the region.
For Further Information Contact
Thomas Atcheson, GREEN Communications
Tel: 0845 4503210 email: thomas@greencomms.com
Ian Green, GREEN Communications
Tel: 0845 4503210 email: ian@greencomms.com
Kathy Burke, GREEN Communications
Tel: 0845 4503210 email: kathy@greencomms.com
Or Imogen Hesp, Marketing Intern, Graduates Yorkshire
Tel: 0114 222 0958 email: imogen.hesp@graduatesyorkshire.co.uk
Editors Notes
In addition to providing all the benefits of a large jobsite, Graduates Yorkshire also offers a number of services that are delivered locally by the region’s universities. Graduates Yorkshire has more than 13,000 graduates registered to the website and has managed more than 25,000 vacancies in the region.
For Further Information Contact
Thomas Atcheson, GREEN Communications
Tel: 0845 4503210 email: thomas@greencomms.com
Ian Green, GREEN Communications
Tel: 0845 4503210 email: ian@greencomms.com
Kathy Burke, GREEN Communications
Tel: 0845 4503210 email: kathy@greencomms.com
Or Imogen Hesp, Marketing Intern, Graduates Yorkshire
Tel: 0114 222 0958 email: imogen.hesp@graduatesyorkshire.co.uk
Editors Notes
About Graduates Yorkshire
GraduatesYorkshire.co.uk is dedicated to matching employers in Yorkshire & Humber with the best graduate talent. Operating in partnership with the region’s 10 University Careers Services, Graduates Yorkshire offers a range of recruitment-based services to provide all the information and support that graduates and employers need to find each other.
In addition to providing all the benefits of a large jobsite, Graduates Yorkshire also offers a number of services that are delivered locally by partner Universities.
Graduates Yorkshire is a comprehensive service built on the success of the original Graduate Link project. Graduate Link was established in 1996 to provide a recruitment service to meet the growing demand for graduates in SMEs. Its services later expanded to help employers of any size. Graduate Link’s activities are still going strong today under the new name of Graduates Yorkshire.
