Monthly Archives: March 2012

Move over Usain Bolt, Wallace Hind are here…

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On Wednesday 21st March, staff at Wallace Hind Selection LLP arranged and competed in a Mini Olympics Event to raise money for Sport Relief.

Wallace Hind usually buy their staff lunch on a Wednesday, however, this week there were some hungry tums as the staff took part in a mini Olympics and the money was instead donated to Sports Relief.

Events included Wrong Handed Putting, Skittles, Fishing, Skipping and Keepie Uppie; raising £100 for the worthy cause. There was a tie in the golf challenge which was very competitive as there are many golfers in the office! A game of twister was used to decide the winner!

Sport Relief is a great charity that brings the entire nation together to get active, raise cash and change lives. The money raised is spent by Comic Relief to help people living incredibly tough lives, both at home in the UK and across the world’s poorest countries. It goes a long way too. From transforming the lives of people in the UK’s most disadvantaged communities, or those living with poor mental or physical health, to protecting street children and providing life-saving healthcare abroad. Check out the official website to find out more http://www.sportrelief.com/about-us#tab2

Wallace Hind would also like to take the opportunity and are delighted to welcome Philip Monkman to our team – Philip Monkman is an experienced recruiter of 11 years and has worked for some of the UK’s most recognised contingency recruitment organisations. With a background in finding the very best senior talent for some of the UK and Europe’s Leading brands, he was keen to find a business that genuinely differentiates its service levels from the rest of the market place. With experience of managing both single and multiple recruitment campaigns he was blown away by the in-depth professionalism, market information, transparent communication and genuine consultation that the Wallace Hind process encourages throughout a project.

Photo: Winners from Left to Right on photo Paul Gallagher John Gowen and  Matt Hogg… John Gowen being the overall winner!

£126 million scheme to tackle youth unemployment…

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The Government’s Youth Contract Scheme has dominated the news lately, creating a considerable amount of backlash in response to Nick Clegg’s invite for employers to join. 

 

The £126 million scheme is set to tackle youth unemployment and forms part of the coalition government’s Youth Contract Scheme which was revealed in November 2011; addressing growing youth unemployment.

The scheme is targeting ‘Neets’ (teens who are not in education, employment or training), offering businesses and charities the opportunity to apply for funding for up to £2,200 to take them on as employees. The scheme is to include 160,000 job subsidies and an extra 20,000 apprenticeships, with at least 55,000 ‘neets’ – those who have no GCSEs at grades C or above – expected to benefit.

The initiative comes in the wake of the rise in unemployment figures for the last quarter in 2011 and Mr. Clegg’s backed plans to increase University fees across the UK, potentially having a serious affect on the graduate jobs market.

The numbers of 16 to 24-year-olds out of work soared by 22,000 to hit 1.04 million in December 2011.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said: “Sitting at home with nothing to do when you’re so young can knock the stuffing out of you for years.”

“This problem isn’t new, but in the current economic climate we urgently need to step up efforts to ensure some of our most troubled teenagers have the skills, confidence and opportunities to succeed.”

Tracey FitzGerald, Partner – Wallace Hind Selection says…

“As part of their growth plans Wallace Hind have identified the need to enhance their administration team. In keeping with our commitment to helping the country tackle youth unemployment we have entered into a contract with Intec Apprenticeship Recruitment scheme to take on a young person to work as a trainee Administrative Assistant.

We believe we can offer a young person a structured and interesting entrance into the working world and our comprehensive training and development plan should ensure they are set up very well for the rest of their working career.”

How do you feel about the Youth Contract scheme – do you think it is a good idea and will it work? Would you consider attending University if the fees were not as expensive?