Employing graduates in your business?

19th August 2012

Only 11% of Small & Medium Sized Businesses Employ Graduates.

What is stopping you? We want to listen to your views about why you do or don't use graduates within your business. I don't know what a graduate would do in my business -Graduates are less expensive than hiring someone with 1-2 years' experience -I think graduates lack work experience & aren't prepared for the business environment -Internships for 1-3 months can ensure best fit for candidate and company Please come to a short workshop to tell us about your experiences and opinions of employing graduates in your business. RSVP: Diana.buckley@sheffield.gov.uk Date and Time: Thursday 31st May 8:30 - 9:30am (Tea and Coffee from 8:15am) Venue: Creative Sheffield, First Floor, Fountain Precinct, Sheffield, S1 2JA Why attend? We want to work with you to identify and develop key actions to enable you to use graduates within your business. We have some ideas but we want to hear from you.

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