Grad Central the West Midlands recruitment specialist helped to tackle unemployment in the region head on by inviting graduates to attend its ‘Graduate Sales Careers Open Day’ in Birmingham, with over 50 vacant graduate sales positions currently on offer and the chance to be interviewed by potential employers on the day.
Grad Central hosted the event in a bid to help both recently qualified and experienced graduates from the region land their ideal job in sales, with a number of the region’s best sales businesses attending keen to meet new top talent.
Lucy Cheatham, Marketing Director of Grad Central, explains: “There’s a really encouraging demand across the region’s businesses for graduate skills across all job types but more particularly right now in four key areas, namely sales, marketing, IT and engineering. Our open day is the first in a series of role specific events that we will be rolling out across the next few months to help local graduate job seekers secure the right job.”
Grad Central’s team of expert recruitment specialists were also on hand to advise graduates on their interview techniques, reviewing CVs and giving an insight into the typical traits employers are looking for when hiring someone for a sales position.
The event was broadcast by the BBC. It featured throughout the day on regional news.
The full BBC article can be found here, and the
video can be seen here.
