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Graduates West Yorkshire

Are you looking to recruit ambitious and highly skilled graduates to supercharge your business? Our free programme of support can help. Simply tell us who you're looking for and from a large talent pool we'll select ideal candidates for you to interview.

How can we support your business?

  • Help you access a graduate employment grant of £1,842. This non-repayable support can lower your cost of hiring a graduate. It makes it easier to test, grow, and future-proof your team.
  • Connect you with graduate talent through a new, funded skills-based hiring approach. This method has worked well for many businesses in West Yorkshire.
  • Delivered by Gradconsult and West Yorkshire universities, we’ll match you with graduates assessed at dedicated development centres. Once they join your organisation, they will take part in our leading graduate development programme. This ensures a smooth transition and helps them become productive employees.
  • You will be able to learn about candidates’ skills and attributes before the interview. You will only meet graduates who fit your skills needs.
  • You'll have access to fully funded support through toolkits and masterclasses to enhance your graduate recruitment skills.
  • You will be able to attend events to meet a select group of graduates in person. Discover their skills and attributes. If they seem like a good fit, we’ll help you arrange interviews.

Local employers share why graduate recruitment has benefited them.

The whole process was extremely smooth and it helped us to save on costs, both time-wise and financially.

Izabela Michalczyk

HR Manager, Deluxe Beds

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Every candidate was excellent and if we'd been in a position to recruit more, we probably would have done.

Gary Rycroft

Managing Director, Control Station Limited

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It gave us the opportunity to test the idea of increasing our internal resource in a nice, safe environment.

Richard Dearden

Head of Marketing, Potter Space

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Graduates bring new perspectives, fresh new minds that have grown up with this age of technology.

Jonathan Binder

Lead Product Designer, Paxman Scalp Cooling

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The most rewarding thing for me is watching these individuals grow. What we can give to them in their education and learning, it comes back in bucket fulls.

Richard White

Founder, Powerhouse Studios

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Graduates West Yorkshire is delivered by Gradconsult on behalf of West Yorkshire Combined Authority