A successful recruitment agency based in\u00a0Wrexham\u00a0has taken advantage of the Welsh Government\u2019s\u00a0Jobs\u00a0Growth\u00a0Wales\u00a0(JGW) programme to grow its workforce by tapping into the pool of unemployed young talent in NorthWales.<\/p>\n
Recruit4staff, which has a team of 17 staff, has recruited five employees through the programme, four of whom successfully progressed to permanent\u00a0jobs\u00a0with the agency after six months.<\/p>\n
Paul Stevens, a director of the agency, urged other employers across\u00a0Wales, who are looking to grow their businesses, to consider JGW before the programme ends in March next year.<\/p>\n
\u201cJobs\u00a0Growth\u00a0Wales\u00a0is certainly an opportunity that employers should consider and the process is easy and quite straightforward,\u201d he said. \u201cWe were a bit dubious about the programme at first, but we found that there are some good, keen young people out there looking for opportunities.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are pleased with the funding support, as it does take a number of months to get people up to speed with our systems of work. We were keen to start increasing our internal headcount and thought the programme would be a cost-effective method of doing it.<\/p>\n
JGW\u00a0is designed to enable growing businesses across\u00a0Wales\u00a0to create unique, exciting and sustainable job opportunities\u00a0for unemployed and job ready young people between the ages of 16-24 years old.<\/p>\n
Participants are paid at or above the national minimum wage for a minimum of 25 hours a week. Employers receive 50% reimbursement towards the wages of the young person employed for six months but\u00a0must offer real job opportunities additional to their existing workforce needs and not a work placement.<\/p>\n
JGW vacancies are advertised through a section on the Careers\u00a0Wales\u00a0website, to which employers have password access. The programme\u00a0is supported by the European Social Fund.<\/p>\n
Recruit4staff, who plan to take on three more staff in the next year, has accessed the programme through award-winning training provider Cambrian Training Company, which is also delivering apprenticeship training programmes to upskill the agency\u2019s existing staff.<\/p>\n
One of the three JGW recruits currently working for the agency is 22-year-old Rebecca May from\u00a0Wrexham\u00a0who has secured a permanent job as a recruitment resourcer. She is now working towards an apprenticeship in Business and Administration.<\/p>\n
Rebecca, who is a media and dance graduate, worked in retail whilst at university and for eight months afterwards before applying for the JGW position at Recruit4staff in March last year.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe programme has been very supportive of my work and employment and has given me an opportunity to work towards an apprenticeship, which I hope to complete by the end of this year,\u201d she said. \u201cI would like to progress to a Higher Apprenticeship with the company.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would definitely recommend\u00a0Jobs\u00a0Growth\u00a0Wales\u00a0to other young people who are seeking employment.\u201d<\/p>\n
Recruit4staff, which also has an office in Telford, includes manufacturing, engineering, scientific, traffic management, logistics and supply chain, finance, IT, construction, catering and hospitality in its recruitment portfolio.<\/p>\n
The agency specialises in finding suitable candidates for both temporary and permanent posts across the UK, but with a focus on North\u00a0Wales\u00a0and the Midlands.<\/p>\n
Employers interested in offering JGW opportunities are being urged to contact Cambrian Training Company for more information on Tel: 01938 555893.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"