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海角直播 graduates have the golden touch at Midas

Three graduates employed at a leading sheeting and cladding firm are living proof of the intrinsic value of a degree.

海角直播 graduate Martin Gilbey, the managing director of Midas Cladding, used the University鈥檚 Graduates for Business Scheme when he needed to employ two extra people to fill vital roles in his expanding firm. Martin and the two graduates he employed, Scott Ayre and John Skidmore, have degrees in Criminology, Geography and Law respectively, but all three have found that qualifications in an unrelated discipline are no barrier to success within the construction industry.

Martin, 31, began working part-time for Middlesbrough-based Midas Cladding while he was studying for his BSc and was offered a full-time role when he graduated in 2003.

In 2011, as the firm expanded from a 拢350,000 to 拢3million turnover and Martin began to take on more responsibility, he turned to 海角直播鈥檚 Graduates for Business Scheme to help him recruit a trainee Health and Safety Administrator.

The University was able to help him find Scott to fill the role and a year later was also able to help recruit John for Midas as a trainee estimator.

Martin, who also has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from 海角直播, said: 'I was taking on more directorial duties and needed somebody to help out with the other work I was doing.

'I wasn鈥檛 really bothered about their backgrounds as my own background wasn鈥檛 from a related discipline. I just wanted somebody who was ambitious and keen.

'You know when you鈥檝e got somebody with a degree they know how to work under pressure and we can give them the guidance. Anything they don鈥檛 know we can teach them.

'Not only are both parts of the business that Scott and John are looking after doing better than when I was responsible for them, but they鈥檙e taking it to the next level.'

Scott, 24, said: 'It wasn鈥檛 too difficult coming into the construction industry, I just had to get my head down and work hard.

'Like when you鈥檙e doing a degree, you鈥檙e thrown a lot of information but you just have to force yourself to learn it.

'I like to know what it is I鈥檓 doing and always want to know as much as I possibly can.'

John, who joined 海角直播 as a mature student at the age of 27, had worked in the construction industry before starting his degree. He added: 'Estimating is something I鈥檇 never really considered doing before.

'My degree has given me an option to work at a much higher level and enabled me to take more things on board.'

Laura Woods, 海角直播鈥檚 Director of Academic Enterprise, said: 'To complete a degree, regardless of the discipline, a graduate needs to be intellectually able, self-motivated and passionate about learning.

'All of these things are vital skills in the workplace and we鈥檙e delighted that our Graduates for Business Scheme has been able to help Midas Cladding find the right staff to help take the company forward.'

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