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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
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3lqX3lE
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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
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