As an employer in the North East you can benefit from our long-standing commitment to develop your business through the use of graduate high level skills.


>Improve your ability to recruit and retain graduate talent and get a lasting contribution from them
>Becoming a mentor

The five university Careers Services, together with similar organisations, have daily contact with undergraduates, recent graduates and postgraduates. They are also in contact with graduates who are relocating to the North East or returning home after study elsewhere.

Your company could benefit from the direct links to this source of graduate labour supply.

There is often funding available for you if you are employing a graduate for the first time or if you are creating a job.

"The Environmental Industries Federation has benefited greatly from employing Graduates over the last 14 months. The 'Graduates For Business' programme is ideal for small businesses as it reduces the process of advertising and sifting through unsuitable CVs."

Pam Jose, Chairman, Environmental Industries Federation

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Improve your ability to recruit and retain graduate talent and get a lasting contribution from them

If you are looking for a graduate with a specific degree, for example, Engineering, Marketing or ICT, contact the following organisations with your requirements and they will assist you find the ideal graduate employee:

Careers Service Newcastle University
Contact Ingrid Henderson 0191 222 5977
e-mail Ingrid.Henderson@ncl.ac.uk

www.careers.ncl.ac.uk

Northumbria University Careers Service
Contact Ann Smart 0191 227 3986
e-mail ann.smart@unn.ac.uk
www.unn.ac.uk

Teesside University Careers Service
Contact Bill Greenwood 01642 218121
e-mail b.greenwood@tees.ac.uk
www.tees.ac.uk

Durham University Careers Service
Contact Matt Deakin 0191 334 1425
e-mail matthew.deakin@durham.ac.uk

Sunderland University Careers Service
Contact Sandie Hind 0191 515 2000
e-mail sandie.hind@sun.ac.uk

www.sunderland.ac.uk

The Open University in the North
Contact Jane Gregory 0191 284 1611

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If you would like to take on a graduate for the first time and explore financial assistance:

Entrust
Contact Yvonne Gill 0191 244 4000
e-mail y.gill@entrust.co.uk

www.graduatesforbusiness.co.uk

TEDCO
Contact Carole White 0191 428 3344
e-mail c.white@tedco.org

Creating Careers
Contact Tracy Suddick 0191 516 6325
e-mail tracy@creatingcareers.com

Q Graduate Solutions
Contact Peter Pease 0191 497 1920
e-mail peterp@qgroup.co.uk

Becoming a mentor

Have your ever considered helping a new business start-up? Many graduates are starting up their own businesses and need help from experienced members of the business community to avoid the pitfalls.

All the universities have Centres for University Enterprise where students, graduates and alumni are provided with practical advice and support to start up in business. These Centres need your help to offer insights and lessons learnt from your experience to share with budding and enthusiastic gradute entrepreneurs. to become a mentor for a gradute start-up business contact the Centres outlined below:

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If you would like to mentor a new business start-up

Centre for Centrepreneurial Learning, Durham University
Contact Lynda Anderson 0191 334 5441
e-mail entrepreneurial.learning@durham.ac.uk

www.dur.ac.uk/cel

Contact Wendy Parvin 07977 521990
e-mail wendy.parvin@durham.ac.uk

www.gleam.org.uk

Active Enterprise at the University of Sunderland Business School
e-mail active.enterprise@sunderland.ac.uk
www.activeenterprise.co.uk

Newcastle University Careers Service
Contact Salome McVeigh 0191 222 7112
e-mail Salome.McVeigh@ncl.ac.uk
www.careers.ncl.ac.uk

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