A home to industrial and scientific
pioneers down the years and Britain's commonly cited 'second city', Birmingham
- with its more than a million residents - may not attract anything like as
much attention as London as a place to recruit staff through an
agency like Webrecruit (http://www.webrecruit.co.uk). Nonetheless, it does
offer no shortage of business opportunities.
Cushman & Wakefield's European
Cities Monitor has declared Birmingham one of the top twenty of the continent's
cities in which to locate a business, and this is apparent across a number of
sectors, despite the service sector accounting for 86 per cent of local
employment as of 2008. Certainly, retail recruitment
is prominent in Birmingham, where the busiest shopping centre in the UK - the
Bullring - as well as major department stores like Debenhams, Selfridges and
House of Fraser can be found.
However, Birmingham is also a
longstanding centre for manufacturing, which still accounts for 10 per cent of
the city's employment. Although there has been a decline in manufacturing here
down the years, there still remain several major industrial plants, such as
Cadbury Trebor Bassett in Bournville and Jaguar Land Rover in Castle Bromwich.
Also continuing to be manufactured in great numbers in Birmingham is jewellery,
with about 40 per cent of UK-manufactured jewellery being produced here.
Birmingham is also one of the most
prominent UK cities for finance recruitment,
only rivalled by the likes of London, Leeds and Glasgow. This is where two of
the largest British banks - the Midland Bank and Lloyds Bank, now HSBC Bank and
Lloyds Banking Group respectively - were founded, and many banks, insurance
companies and law firms here continue to serve local and international clients.
Also attracting both candidates and
firms interested in recruiting
staff is an increasingly large tourism sector, as well as a conference and
exhibition trade swelled by such major facilities as the National Exhibition
Centre and the International Convention Centre. In addition, the city has many
sporting and cultural venues, from the Villa Park and St. Andrew's stadiums to
Edgbaston Cricket Ground and the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, that
attract great numbers of visitors.
Those looking to recruit in the
public administration, education and health fields will also be well-served in
Birmingham, while candidates looking to upgrade their present qualifications or
who have an interest in academic employment may investigate opportunities at
the University of Birmingham, Aston University, Birmingham City University or
University College Birmingham.
Birmingham remains a very
significant centre for graduate recruitment, due to such organisations as
Wragge & Co, the BBC, Birmingham City Council and Grant Thornton. Coventry,
Watford and Stratford-upon-Avon are all also within commuting distance, which
should make for even greater staff recruitment
success for the area's Webrecruit (http://www.webrecruit.co.uk) clients.
Editor’s
Note: Webrecruit (http://www.webrecruit.co.uk) are represented by the search
engine advertising and digital marketing specialists Jumping Spider
Media. Email: info@jumpingspidermedia.co.uk or call: +44 (0)20 3070 1959
/ +34 952 783 637.
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