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Heeley City Farm Ltd
Richards Road
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S2 3DT
UK
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| How do you advertise vacancies that graduates could apply for? | Science and Maths, IT, Engineering/Building Maintenance, Business and Administration, Any |
| From which degree discipline do you normally recruit graduates? | Any |
| Do you have any minimum academic requirements? (e.g. Yes/No) | No |
| What sort of work experience do you feel is appropriate for the kind of graduate roles that you recruit for? | Highly variable but has included environmental work of some kind. |
| What for you makes an applicant stand out from the crowd? | Commitment to the social environmental aims of the organisation |
| What kind of training do you provide for new starters within your organisation? | As appropriate but often including health and safety and first aid. |
| What is the average starting salary of a graduate within your organisation? | 16000 |
| Do you offer any other kind of work for undergraduate students? | Unpaid part-time work,Voluntary work,Supervised work experience,Vacation work |
| Do you know approximately how many graduates your organisation has recruited over the past 5 years?
Please provide details | estimated 3 in environmental and non-environmental disciplines |
| What is involved in your recruitment process? | National newspaper, Graduate Link, University Careers Services |
| How does your organisation ensure a good work-life balance? | Mainly through a cultural atmosphere. We have few policies or hard and fast rules on getting people to take all their leave, look at ways of reducing stress, etc. but we try to be supportive of any staff. |
| How are people inducted into your organisation? How long is the process? | Initial induction relating to basic systems and health & safety is quite short, only a matter of the first few days. Beyond that, induction is ad hoc and according to need and situations arising. |
| How does the organisation embrace employees to make them feel part of the team? | We have a supportive atmosphere, some social events and mixing and are intolerant of behaviour that works against this. |
| What kind of training do you provide for new starters within the organisation? | According to need from basic first aid to full teaching qualifications. |
| What benefits/rewards are offered by the organisation? | An inner glow – our pay rates are reasonable for the sector but some staff tend to work longer than contracted hours and we expect a high level of commitment to the organisation and its goals. |
| What is the recruitment process for a graduate applying for work with your organisation and what core competencies do you look for? | Commitment to our goals and purpose. A good communicator and mixer to fit with the very diverse range of people who work for the organisation – ranging from young people to the elderly and people with learning disabilities. |
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