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People

Derby has a highly qualified labour force with labour costs on average 2.3%* lower.
* New Earnings Survey, 2002

Business Link offer assistance and guidance with the recruitment and training of staff. The specific skill requirements of local employers can be served by the variety of flexible training support schemes available across the city.

These include training grants, extended work placements and tailored training packages. The skills base in the area has been one of the key factors in the growth of call centres.

Recruitment agencies offer a job matching service to businesses, which identifies its clients' skill requirements before working with training providers and other bodies to deliver job ready individuals with precisely the right skills that the client is looking for.

A series of sector based registers of available people, enables recruitment shortlists to be drawn up within minutes of receiving the employers job specifications.

Key aspects of the labour force in the Derby area are:

• The economically active population is more than 91,000, which rises to over 332,600 from the surrounding areas of Derbyshire
• 18% are qualified to the equivalent of graduate level or above

For more Population information and statistics see Economic profile.

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