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Companies find strength in local partnership

Two Middlesbrough companies are joining forces to help provide better trained workers for the jobs market. Jo Hand Recruitment has teamed up with Pitman Training to strengthen both firms’ footholds on the local economy.

Under the partnership, Jo Hand Recruitment will forward under-qualified candidates to Pitman for training, with graduates then referred back to help them find a job with their new skills.

Jo Hand, Managing Director of Jo Hand Recruitment, said: “It is important to really think outside of the box and look at companies that may have a link with what you your company does. Both Pitman Training and Jo Hand Recruitment meet many people every day looking for training and looking for new work opportunities.

“It sounds a simple idea, but the best ones usually are. This will be very beneficial for both companies.”

Kevin Green, owner of the Middlesbrough franchise of Pitman Training, said: “We have had a number of talks about how the agreement will work and both parties are more than happy with the outcome. This deal would be going ahead regardless of the current economic circumstances.

“It is great to have a company we know and trust to be able to send our graduates to when they are looking for employment.”

The two companies will be advertising each other’s services on their websites and have planned a number of activities to reach out to the under-skilled and unemployed in the region.

Jo said: “When there is talk of a recession that is the time to double your sales and marketing activities, to be creative and to look at additional revenue streams rather than bury your head and hope it passes you by. Whatever you put into a business is exactly what you will get out of it.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .