Happy Birthday to us!

September 1st 2013 marked our 3rd birthday and what an incredible three years it has been!

It has been an absolute roller-coaster ride, a force continually building speed and always moving forward with a few twists and turns on the way, that is how we can best describe this brilliant journey we embarked on in 2010!

The time has absolutely flown by, well they do say time flies when you’re having fun, although everyone here works hard they all love what they do and that is why we are continuing to thrive!

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More reasons to use BrightonandHoveJobs.com!

“As soon as we registered with B&H jobs we new we had made the right decision spending a bit of money on finding an intern, something we had been hesitant to do with websites like gumtree and indeed. We instantly got fantastic customer service and the calibre of candidates were very impressive.We now have a fantastic new intern and would thoroughly recommend B&H jobs to anyone needing to file a position.”

Natasha Askaroff – EMC Management Consultants

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New features on BrightonandHoveJobs.com!

We are pleased to announce that BrightonandHoveJobs.com have been listening to their users, and have launched a new and improved versions of our lovable websites.

We are pleased to announce that we are now running off 1 platform! This means that you only need to register on one site and it allows you to access to all the other job boards within our family: GatwickDiamondJobs.com, 1066Jobs.com and CoastalWestSussexJobs.com. If you have registered on BrightonandHoveJobs.com you are automatically registered to the rest of our job board family meaning whatever website you log into, it will remember all your activity for all.

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Virgin Active – Take on Unemployed Lifeguards

SWIM UK’s growing success in getting unemployed jobseekers back in to work in the South of England has hit a new high with Virgin Active employing 8 new Lifeguards at their new Falmer site in Brighton.

The 8 new staff , all of which completed their RLSS National Pool Lifeguard Qualification for FREE with SWIM UK as part of their “Sporting Solutions” programme, are now all off Job seekers Allowance and working part/full time, and are heading for bright futures within the leisure industry.

Virgin Active’s General Manager Chris Gilkes said , “We’re delighted to be associated with Swim UK, we see the initial nerves fall away as our new recruits develop into polished, confident professionals; a real asset to any workplace.”

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Apprenticeships growth seen across England, but more needed

Data released today by the National Apprenticeship Service shows that volume of apprenticeships and demand for the roles are growing significantly, also confirming their prevalence in white-collar and professional jobs, rather than in the blue-collar positions they are more traditionally associated with.

The service’s data shows that just over 1.4m online applications were made for apprenticeship vacancies in England in the past 12 months, up by just under a third (32%) on the previous academic year.With the average online vacancy now attracting 11 applications, albeit a much lower rate than for many graduate-level recruitment programmes, the government is urging more employers to consider how hiring an apprentice could benefit their business.

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University of Brighton and Santander offer funded places for graduate internships

The University of Brighton is delighted to announce that Santander Universities will be part-funding graduate internship opportunities locally. The national scheme, which is a partnership with over 60 universities including the University of Brighton, will create a fantastic opportunity for twenty five local businesses to take on a skilled graduate for three months.

The programme is open to small-to-medium-enterprises with less than 250 employees and with a turnover of less than £50m. Santander UK is keen that the companies should be local to the participating university. Those offering the best experience for the student and the capacity to recruit full time will get first refusal.

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A new kind of training takes off! 

The University of Brighton has a new base in part of a former airport terminal to provide tailor-made, in-company training courses for businesses in the Gatwick Diamond.

The move has been welcomed by employers in the area.

Stewart Wingate, London Gatwick’s Chief Executive Officer, said: “The Gatwick Diamond has been in need of higher education provision for many years."

“To be competitive we must ensure that we have appropriately-educated managerial and senior staff amongst the available workforce. We need professional managers, up to speed with the latest thinking to help the area reach its full economic potential.”

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‘Untold Stories’ bring the work of Sussex charities to life – and give students valuable work experience.

A collaboration between Miranda Birch Media and the University of Sussex, is giving local charities the opportunity to promote themselves and students the chance to use their media skills.

The “Untold Stories” project is supervised by Miranda Birch and funded by the University’s School of Media, Film and Music.  MA students interview charity volunteers and those they support and turn their first-hand accounts into audio podcasts.

Through these interviews, the charities get a taste of working with the media, the students gain practical experience and both can use the podcast to promote what they do to potential volunteers, funding bodies or employers.

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Coast to Capital Skills Strategy

Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership, with the close involvement of businesses and local partners, is developing a Skills Strategy for the area. The strategy will be focused on meeting business skills needs and generating sustainable employment. It will highlight skills issues which inhibit sustainable economic growth and make recommendations to address these. The development work will include input from businesses and other skills stakeholders to produce a final strategy in December 2013. The work is being led by Coast to Capital’s Strategic Adviser on Skills (Astrid Flowers) and overseen by a Task & Finish Group, Chaired by Professor Clive Behagg, Coast to Capital Board Member and Vice Chancellor of the University of Chichester.  For more information about the work of the LEP, visit www.coast2capital.org.uk