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Sunderland College launches scheme to help students into employment

Students at Sunderland College have been given a head start in their search for employment thanks to Job Zone, an innovative new collaboration with the REED NCFE Partnership.

The REED NCFE jobs brokerage team will offer students exclusive access to local vacancies and jobs that are rarely publicly advertised.

They will also receive tailored training in the specific skills they need for these jobs, to ensure maximum employability once they have completed their studies at college.

The team will be based at both Bede and Hylton campuses from September onwards and will work with local employers to source full-time positions and apprenticeships for those students wanting to progress into employment on completion of their courses.

In a recent survey of 1,264 employers conducted by REED, 97% put the workplace ‘mind-set’ element ahead of skillset, as something they look for when recruiting.

In a further study of 30,000 CVs (comparing successful CVs against unsuccessful ones), REED found that demonstrating a workplace mind-set on a CV “tripled your chances of getting and keeping” the best jobs. The REED NCFE ‘Job Zone’ and tailored training is designed around this concept.

Anne Isherwood, principal of Sunderland College, said: “As a college, we are totally committed to helping our students into the workplace and our collaboration with REED NCFE strengthens our offering. The service will help students find either part time or full time work as well as providing training support and careers advice so that Sunderland College students enter the work place equipped with the right mind-set.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ellen Forster .