Graduate training key to a healthy
company
Companies which demonstrate commitment to the
development of their staff are more likely to have a skilled and
committed workforce.
That’s the view of one product of Ian
Williams’ graduate management training scheme which is helping the
property maintenance specialist retain a settled workforce and
attract high-calibre applicants for vacant roles.
Nick Wells, aged 25, graduated from Stirling
University in 2005 with a degree in business and management. Keen
to join a firm that offered a graduate training programme so he
could mould his skills to a specific sector while working towards a
management role, he found many firms did not support such
schemes.
However, Ian Williams was one name that did
stand out and he has never looked back. Nick is now a response
maintenance manager with total responsibility for the company’s
response maintenance activities in Bristol and its surrounding
counties. In the course of his training he not only significantly
increased his skills base but also completed a post graduate
qualification in surveying and experienced working in all the
different service areas of the firm.
Nick said: “The company ensures all graduates
on the scheme have the opportunity to develop the operational and
commercial awareness which will be essential to their
progression.
"I believe companies offering this type
of support to graduates is vital to ensure the continued supply of
high-quality managerial in a sector which is currently experiencing
skills shortages across the workforce. Ian Williams sees this and
continues to invest in the future.”