TWO IN A ROW FOR AN EXPANDING TEAM
Specialist graduate recruitment service, HotProspects, has helped a Northamptonshire business to expand its growing team
Website design consultancy, Digital Paint, based in Northampton, recruited its latest Junior Web Designer using the service, and was so impressed with its work, that the company approached HotProspects again to source another potential additional to the business.
HotProspects was launched in June 2006 – its sole aim to match the region’s graduates with businesses of all sizes and across all sectors. Companies and candidates are registering with the service daily –over 10000 graduates have posted their details with the site.
Sales and Marketing Director, Wayde Rathbone, said: “We were specifically looking to take on a graduate with a relevant degree as we know that they will be equipped with the essential skills needed to do the job well.
“HotProspects gave us the opportunity to target these people directly and significantly increase our chances of finding the best match for the position.”
New recruit, Rachel Robinson studied Computing at De Montfort University in Leicester. Originally from Corby, Northamptonshire, Rachel was looking for a job close to her hometown, and one that would also suit her interests and qualifications. “I was attracted to this role because it seemed like it would allow me to make the most of my existing skills, whilst also giving me the opportunity to develop and learn new things.
“I signed up to other recruitment services after leaving university, but I found myself still looking for something better, as they just weren’t proving to be particularly effective.
“I came across HotProspects whilst searching on the internet, and its account team contacted me almost immediately after I’d registered my CV. They talked me through their matchmaking process and made sure that I was fully aware of what was happening at every stage of the recruitment process. I would certainly recommend it to other graduates”.
The HotProspects service will be 100% grant funded for all those offering placements or in priority sectors until 2011.
The need for such a service is quite clear. The region’s universities produce some 50,000 graduates each year but the East Midlands has the lowest graduate retention rate of any region in the U.K. Many of the 230,000 SME businesses in the region want to employ new, fresh, graduate talent and graduates want to stay in the vibrant and welcoming cities and towns in which they studied but no organisation to date has managed to effectively link this demand and supply chain.
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