Inclusive employment is a key route to eradicating water poverty. Employers are struggling to find talent and looking at how jobs can be designed to offer greater flexibility and be open to more areas of society. How can we simplify finding the right opportunity in the right locations for all?
The North East has a strong relational approach to opportunities, who you know helps you find an opportunity.
If you don’t know the businesses in a region, where do you start for a job search? Often general careers sites (e.g. Indeed) pull incorrect location information. Most organisations share jobs and other opportunities on their own websites or LinkedIn pages.
There is no one place all jobs are then advertised. If you don’t know the business exists, you don’t know to look for it. Universities face challenges in retaining graduates in the region, meaning the North East loses out on top talent. This is a tough place based problem. The solution could serve a job hunter at any level, from accessing employment to early careers and beyond.
We will:
- Development of a prototype tool which pulls data from existing published data (LinkedIn, Websites etc) and puts it on a map
- Work with partners who would maintain and further disseminate the resource