It can be well worth engaging actively with universities, schools and colleges.

Lancaster University, for example, offer a range of services.

A targeted advertisement costs £50 plus VAT and consists of your vacancy being published on the Employment and Recruitment Service (ERS)  website and a targeted mailshot being sent to their database of over 15,000 students and graduates of Lancaster. They will also undertake internal promotion by highlighting the position to their internal network too as well as featuring it on their well followed social media channels.

There is also a free un-managed service, Target Connect, which gets an advert up and out locally and nationally to graduates from the range of universities.

The University of Cumbria also offer a range of recruitment services to employers.

Similar support is available from other universities. Obviously it’s worth thinking about which universities and colleges offer courses relevant to what you’re looking for. Don’t forget school leavers, both GSCE and A Level, or indeed those leaving after their first year of six form or even in the early weeks and months having discovered it’s not for them. And consider too the opportunities for placements, projects, visits and more – helping you build those links with potential employees while they’re still studying.

If you have difficulty contacting any of the above please do let us know and we’ll do our best to link you in effectively. And if you have or do use them successfully then please let us know, in particular if you’d be happy to promote that success with us.

Good luck with your recruitment!