#AGR14 Turning a city into a graduate scheme Gradconsult, Gradcore

Turning a city into a graduate scheme

RISE Project Leaders

Martin Edmondson Rebecca Fielding

Challenges to tackle

• Attracting, retaining and utilising graduates

in Sheffield

• Mending the disconnect between

graduates and SMEs

• Single process for multiple roles,

companies and cultures

• Collaboration

City

Reduced un/underemployment

Increased business connectivity

Economic growth and inward investment

Opening up of jobs vacated by underemployed graduates

SMEs

Business growth

Access to high quality recruitment and selection practice via economies of scale

Increased innovation

New networks and management development

Graduates

Access to graduate level jobs

Employability development throughout the process

Growth of networks

Improved work-readiness

Universities

Graduates placed into graduate level jobs

Business engagement

Improved DLHE performance

City Graduate Scheme

What’s in it for the different partners?

Attraction

Regional Job boards

Universities

Webinars

National job boards

Social

Referrals

Video

3 intakes to date

2000 + applications

Unprecedented choice

and quality for SMEs

Uni grads from every

UK region and Europe

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10

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30

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Rise 1 Applications Rise 1 Hires Rise 2 Applications Rise 2 Hires Rise 3 Applications

Yorkshire Graduates

Universities

National job boards

Social/Search

Other

Source of applications and hires by cohort

Rise news

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Managing multiplicity

Software

Sales / Technical

Sales

Engineering

Metallurgy

Commercial

Homeless

Prevention

Digital

Marketing Operations

Employability

Projects

Finance

Business

Development

Systems /

Planning

Park Ranger

IT Tech

Support

Logistics

Graphic

Design

HR

Recruitment

Project

Management

Quality

Managing multiplicity

Reflections so far

Recruitment methodology

Final Interview

180

Assessment Centre

350+

Video Interviews

600+

Application

2000+

Business

bespoke

Scheme

competencies

Scheme

competencies

Scheme

competencies

Business

bespoke

Business

bespoke

Video interviews

“Everyone leaves more

employable, even if they

don’t get the job”

Training

• Toolkits: line manager, graduate, bespoke

• Ongoing support

• 2 day business induction

• 2 evening sessions

• C3 – community cohort challenge

• Six months free membership of JCI

• Exploring accreditation

Review • Lessons learnt

– Need time to make things happen

– Public sector leadership and drive for collaboration

– Business led / focus

– Access to best talent, not get a grad a job, and not

bribing businesses

– SMEs = Corporate line managers

– Build in flexibility

– Ongoing support and challenge critical

– Regionality is a hook not a hindrance

Panel Q&A

Any questions

Thanks and close

Further information for graduates

• www.RISESheffield.co.uk

• www.facebook.com/SheffieldRISE

Further information for you

• RISE@gradcore.co.uk

• rebecca@gradconsult.co.uk

• Martin.edmondson@gradcore.co.uk