DATE 11 DECEMBER 2006 -
FOUR Students from
Boroughbridge High School were set a challenge to create banners
and other marketing material to be used in recruitment campaigns
for Harrogate Borough Council's Human Resources
Team. And the winning designer, Rebecca Sargent,
will see her work go into production this week.
As part of a Schools' Enterprise Initiative, backed by the
North Yorkshire Business and Enterprise Council, the students were
asked to create designs that would be attractive to young potential
employees.
Mark Lancaster, Sales and Marketing Director of Colour It In,
visited the school earlier this year to promote this
initiative. He has now invited the students to
his premises in Harrogate to see the winning design being created
into the finished product.
Rebecca's winning design will be used to create two
recruitment banners and designs produced by Olivia Proctor, Will
Jeffrey and Emma Chester will be used for postcards, posters and
vacancy boards.
Councillor Andrew Jones, Chair of Harrogate Borough Council's
Human Resources Committee is pleased with the way the project has
gone. He said: "We wanted to
raise awareness of job opportunities for young employees and it is
good to have a young person's perspective. We
now have material that is attractive to young people who may not
have thought of local government as their first choice of
career. We are grateful to staff and students
from Boroughbridge High School for taking part and also for the
support we have received from Mark Lancaster".
Dianne Adams, Head of Human Resources, will be presenting
certificates to the students. She
said: "We had some excellent entries and it was
hard to get down to the winning entry. These
students are to be congratulated for their high quality design
work. There are tremendous opportunities in
local government and we hope to see some of the students applying
for jobs with the council in the future."
ENDS
PHOTO OPPORTUNITY: 2.00 pm
Tuesday, 12 December 2006 Colour It In,
Unit 1, Hydro Business Park, Ripon Road,
Harrogate. Students will see their designs as
they are being produced.
FURTHER INFORMATION: Councillor Andrew Jones is available
for comment on 07720 717463. Further information
in the initiative is available from Harriet Dow of North Yorkshire
Business and Enterprise Ltd; on 01904 693632.