Mersey firms asked for jobs

Liverpool University has opened a Pounds 2 million graduate employment unit using Pounds 770,000 funding from 바카라사이트 European Commission on urban regeneration and 바카라사이트 rest from private companies and training and enterprise councils.

The Graduate into Employment Unit, staffed by 15 training and business experts, will enable 350 graduates per year to train for a placement in business development projects in Merseyside-based small and medium-sized enterprises.

It follows Liverpool's successful graduate training scheme under which 1,250 students got placements over 바카라사이트 past five years.

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The demand for places is expected to be high. The previous scheme attracted five applications for every six-month placement. But it is hoped that a wider pool of employers will be encouraged to take on graduates.

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The unit, which will be based in 바카라사이트 Merseyside Innovation Centre, is 바카라사이트 first step in a wider initiative called Graduates for Merseyside.

This is a consortium comprising Liverpool City Council, Merseyside TEC, 바카라사이트 government office for Merseyside, 바카라사이트 Liverpool City of Learning, as well as 바카라사이트 city's three higher education institutions.

The aim of 바카라사이트 consortium is to keep talented graduates in Merseyside and to stimulate 바카라사이트 growth of small businesses by using graduates as a resource.

Corporate affairs minister Jonathan Evans said: "The initiative shows a benefit in channelling part of 바카라사이트 region's intellectual capital towards small and medium-sized enterprises - 바카라사이트 sector which lies at 바카라사이트 heart of our economy - at a time when graduates face increased competition in securing employment in traditional areas such as larger, blue chip companies."