People & Skills
Skilled people are much in demand.
By developing your business in Furness and the Morecambe Bay catchment area of North West England (population 7million)your company will be able to tap into a high quality labour resource. Its main features include:
- A bay wide population of 310,300.
- A south Cumbria population of 172,200.
- A forecast bay wide population of 331,920 by 2010.
Key features of the Furness labour market include:
- A very good labour relations record.
- Well qualified people particularly in design, project management and manufacturing.
- High home ownership resulting in labour stability.
- Low absenteeism.
- A workforce that has demonstrated willingness to readily adapt to change.
- Shift working is part of the culture.
- Competitive wage rates.
- Single or non-union agreements.
- A high proportion of the workforce employed in Manufacturing.
- One of the best achievement levels in Cumbria for students taking A Levels at 17.8%, compared with the Cumbrian average of 13.2%.
- An entrepreneurial culture with a significant number of new start businesses and successful owner managed growth companies based in the area.
Jobs for all
There are a great number of job opportunities for your partner and family members in Furness. Barrow is the administrative and retail centre for south west Cumbria and surrounding Bay area, which is home to 310,000 people. Vacancies are advertised in the North West Evening Mail (www.nwemail.co.uk) on Mondays and Thursdays. Jobcentreplus also hold vacancies and recruitment agencies are another way of finding work.
Manufacturing, professional, skilled manual, technical, health care, nursing, retail and clerical and administrative employment opportunities are available to all age groups and many firms have apprentice and graduate openings.
Manufacturing employs 25.6%
Distribution and hotels 21.0%,
Public administration, education and health 24.4%
Banking and finance 9.0% .
Potential jobs may be available in all these areas.
Undergraduates
There are around 1,000 young people from Furness who are undertaking 2nd/3rd year undergraduate studies at British Universities who are the potential highly skilled business people of the future. We have access to a database of each individual and what they are studying to help companies identify the locally living qualified graduates they may require.
How to tap into the skills available
We will help you find the skilled people you need by involving recruitment specialists who know the Cumbrian local labour market.
Unemployed figures published by the Government will inform you about the number of people registered as being available for work. You need to add to this total the number of people claiming other benefits to identify the full labour resource available.
Jobcentres - 0845 601 2001 or www.jobcentresplus.gov.uk
Job Centres provide a coordinated recruitment programme for you. They can provide an assessment of the skillbase of people seeking work. These are available in the following broad categories:
1. Managers and Administrators.
2. Professional.
3. Professional occupations.
4. Clearical/Secreterial.
5. Craft and related services.
6. Personal and Protective services.
7. Sales.
8. Plant and Machine occupants.
9. Other occupants.
Each category can be broken down into individual skill areas.
Job centres will also take your notified vacancy and advertise it on their electronic 'jobpoints' touch screen terminals. They will also, at no cost to your company:
- Undertake an analysis of skill and knowledge needs
- Issue, receive and sift application forms
- Undertake the initial assessment and selection, including psychological tests where appropriate
- Provide you with a shortlist of candidates for interview which meet your specific requirements
Book appointments for company interviews of applicants, including the hire of interview rooms
- Send 'regret letters to unsuccessful candidates
- Arrange a Work Trial period of up to 15 working days to assess clients suitability for the job
Company Address Contact No.s Services
Johnston Recruitment
Sharon Kelly Unit 28, Trinity Enterprise Centre Tel: 01229 821 697
Fax: 01229 827 000
Email:info@johnstonrecruitment.co.uk Major supplier of personnel to construction industry, also fully comprehensive service for all civil trades.
Ark
Bernard Heaps Ark Project Services Ltd
8a Shore Street
Barrow-in-Furness
LA14 2UB Tel: 01229 821362
Fax: 01229 839948
Email: barrow@ark.services.co.uk
Simmonds LTD
Karen Edge Simmonds Technical & Drafting Ltd
90 Duke Street
Barrow-in-Furness
LA14 1RD Tel: 01229 821362
Fax: 01229 820194
Email: info@simmonds-recruitment.co.uk
Provide quality staff in the following fields, admin, IT, accounts, drivers, technical engineering, construction and secretarial.
Morson International
Claire Brennan 5 Furness Gate
Furness Business Park
Peter Green Way
Barrow-in-Furness
LA14 2PE Tel: 01229 811188
Fax: 01229 811263
Email: barrow@morson.com
Professional recruitment agency.
Crest Recruitment
Cliff Bevery Crest Recruitment
101 Duke Street
Barrow-in-Furness
Cumbria
LA14 1RH Tel: 01229 871888
Fax: 01229 871872
Email:spencres@blackpool.net
Specialist in temp and permanent staff within the clerical, engineering, construction and industrial fields.
Roevin Adecco
Claire Brennan Roevin Management Services Ltd
BAE Systems
Kings Gate
Barrow-in-Furness
Cumbria
LA14 1AF Tel: 01229 874937
Fax: 01229 847938
Have at the moment 350 tradesman and 50 clerical members of staff at BAE, but deal with other companies as well.
Commissioning and Technical Services Unit 1 Dalton Gate
Ulverston
LA12 7AJ Tel: 01229 588088
Fax: 01229 874938
Inrights Engineer Services 1 Kirby Close
Ireleth
Cumbria Tel: 01229 463076
If you want to know the resident population of each ward or where employee jobs are located go to www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/ward_profile.asp for North West England and Barrow-in-Furness or South Lakeland.
