If you’re looking to jumpstart your career in business and professional services then contacting Grad Central and considering a move to the West Midlands
would be an excellent first step. The range of graduate business and
professional services job opportunities in the West Midlands is diverse,
as you’d expect from a region where Business & Professional
Services is the fastest growing commercial section, and one rated as the
UK's leading business and professional services centre outside
London.Our graduate roles cover the following professional services
areas:
Add to this the mixture of vibrant cities and wide, open countryside
the West Midlands can contribute fantastic variety and a diverse
lifestyle to any professional services career. Finding the right balance
between work life and personal life is an important consideration for
many graduates and is a quality that is widely offered in the West
Midlands area.
Grad Central, the leading graduate recruitment specialists in the West Midlands,
are highly experienced in matching your skills and experience to
Professional services employers throughout the West Midlands region. Our
focus on the West Midlands and our dedication to the businesses within
it has enabled us to form relationships with leading professional and
business services companies throughout the area.
Business and professional services graduates in the West Midlands
The business and professional services sector in the West Midlands
currently employs around 250,000 professionals. In Birmingham alone, the
region's capital city, employs over 90,000 professionals and is the
focus of our capability:
- Home to 200 law firms
- A wealth of highly talented banking specialists
- Many top accountants
- 50 major property services companies
- One of Europe's largest insurance markets
The success of the region is reflected in the number of home-grown
firms enjoying success on an international platform and the number of
businesses eager to relocate and expand operations into the region.
- Legal & Financial Services - Birmingham is home to
the country's largest local law society; largest set of barristers'
chambers in the country; and the newest branch of the College of Law.
- Shared Service Centres - Alongside workforce
availability, a 2004 study placed Birmingham in the 'star' category of
Shared Service Centre destinations, providing 'very good value for
money'.
- Contact Centres - Regional strengths have attracted a
number of global businesses, looking for the right location for their
major back office/contact centre operations, into the region.
- Business Process Outsourcing - Our superb infrastructure
balanced with our competitive cost base is a real incentive for
businesses looking for a location to site their processing operations.
Active professional networks
The dynamic professional services sector in the region has a number
of very active organisations dedicated to the growth and development of
the profession in the region:
- Birmingham Forward is the network for business and professional services firms in Birmingham.
- FineST is the network for professional service firms in North Staffordshire.
- Coventry First was
created as a forum for sharing best practice and increasing employment
in the Coventry-based business and professional services sector.
- Telford Business Partnership is a growing and influential group of specialist and professional business services providers
Read about some of the talented graduates that we have placed on our case studies page.
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