Graduates In Yorkshire

Martin Edmondson Chief Executive Graduates Yorkshire

About GraduatesYorkshire
Collaborative careers based project
Now an award-winning spin-out social enterprise
Over 25,000 vacancies handled
Over 5,000 local companies assisted
Over 20,000 graduates registered
12-year track record

Some of our clients

Local Government and Graduates
Facing a number of workforce challenges
Ageing workforce
Engaged in the war for talent
Competing with public and private sector ‘competitors’
Part of the wider skills agenda

The Geoeconomics Index explains 64% of local variation in earnings Great Britain, 2005

The survey
Analyse graduate perceptions of Local Authorities
Examine graduate preferences
Conducted online at graduatesyorkshire.co.uk
Around 1100 respondents

Where do they want to work?

Do they want to work in LG?
60% have applied to work for a local authority
74% would apply for a role in the public sector in general
Only 50% found the application process ‘fast and easy’

What is true of LG culture? “ Dull, forward looking, slow, strategic, diverse and 20th century.”

This raises further questions:
Are graduates correct in their perceptions?
If they are correct, what is going wrong inside Local Government?
If they are incorrect, how do we shift their perceptions?
If Local Government is indeed a ‘20th century’ organisation is there the will to undergo the transformational change needed to be a ‘21st century’ organisation?

Where do you look for LG jobs?

Where do you look for graduate jobs?

What does a typical LG employee look like?
Range of responses
4 trends emerged:
Gender
Age
Dress
General chracteristics

Salary expectations

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Graduates In Yorkshire

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