London Works agency helps job-seekers find work in Canary Wharf
ELBA/London Works successfully placed candidates, Ashton Richards, Humayun Khader, Ben Mayo and Sandra Majchrowska. - Credit: Archant
A new social enterprise and recruitment agency is offering job-seekers help finding work at companies in the City.
London Works was launched in January and its team of four advisers places permanent, contract and temporary workers in support, administrative, financial and secretarial roles at City and Canary Wharf companies.
The agency, run by the East London Business Alliance (ELBA), invests its earnings back into employability initiatives across east London.
An ELBA spokesman said: “We believe in the quality of local graduates and are convinced that any east Londoner, given a short-term placement or temporary contract, will prove so good that they’ll inevitably be offered a full-time job.”
London Works is also looking to improve diversity among corporate staff by challenging decision-makers about the talent on offer in east London.
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It also aims to give local candidates a share in the predicted growth in regional jobs in the next 10 years – which include 18,000 jobs at Asian Business Parks, 14,000 jobs at Silvertown Partnership and 80,000 jobs at Wood Wharf – by connecting them directly to companies and raising their aspirations.
London Works is supported by Barclays, University of East London, City of London and Mayor of London.
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For more visit london-works.com.
