Graduates can take step onto career ladder

A Bradford-based employment programme aimed at helping graduates build careers in housing is developing a national and international presence.

The Graduate Employment Mentoring (GEM) programme was launched in 2009 by the Centre for Partnership – a venture between the Bradford housing group Incommunities and consultants Sutton Smith.

It has helped 46 Yorkshire graduates onto the career ladder – the majority in the housing sector.

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The search is now on to recruit graduates to the autumn programme. Yorkshire organisations providing placements include Incommunities, Leeds Federated Housing Association and Yorkshire Coast Homes.

The GEM programme is also making new international connections with housing organisations in Australia, Canada, Holland and the US.

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