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Nov 2022
Business Breakfast: Harrogate workshops to help refugees find work
In this Monday's Business Breakfast we report on a training programme in Harrogate to help refugees find work and on a national sustainability award for Harrogate College.
Business Breakfast is sponsored by Harrogate law firm Truth Legal.
Recruitment company delivers employment workshops to new communities in Harrogate
Recruitment company, Corecom Consulting, has delivered three employment workshops to refugees in Harrogate.
Managing Director, Jonathan Sanderson, and Delivery Consultant Elise Simpson, approached Migration Yorkshire with a proposal to provide employment support on their Connecting Opportunities scheme.
Elise Simpson said:
“I had volunteered with refugees at university and knew that Corecom’s ethos centres around wellbeing and empowering individuals
Our MD, Jonathan, has already carried out a multitude of activities to promote equality and diversity within the workplace and our local communities so, with his support, I made contact with Migration Yorkshire.”
An initial workshop focused on CV writing, followed up by a second on interview preparation with the final workshop guiding on the use of LinkedIn as a marketing tool.
Following a successful pilot, there are now plans to roll the workshops out to other Connecting Opportunities participants.
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Recognition for Harrogate College’s sustainability work
Harrogate College’s commitment to sustainability has been recognised by a major environmental awards scheme.
The Green Gown Awards celebrates examples of exceptional green projects that are being carried out by education institutions across the country.
Harrogate College reached the finals this year after being shortlisted for the Tomorrow’s Employees category.
The judges said they were impressed by the college’s partnership work to provide retrofit training, delivery of green skills based on local feedback, and efforts to embed sustainability into its courses.
Principal Danny Wild said:
“As a college that is determined to play its part in tackling the climate emergency, we are pleased to see our ever-evolving sustainability work being recognised in this way.
“The Green Gown Awards celebrate best practice in environmental initiatives across the country, so we are in good company.
“This recognition will inspire us to work even harder to become a centre of green excellence and, as outlined in our Sustainability Pledge, become a net zero college by 2035.”
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