Steel firm opens doors to graduates - graduate jobs

Graduates considering a career in the aerospace or energy industries have the chance to take up a post with steel giant Corus.

The firm, which laid off 1,000 workers last year as it closed one of its factories in the North East, has announced it is now taking on 154 staff in South Yorkshire, as well as resuming its apprenticeship and graduate schemes.

This year its Speciality Steels division began bringing in trainees again, the first time since the recession. Peter Hogg, the division's general manager, said: "Just over a year ago, I was explaining to people why the business was having to undergo a painful restructuring which led to the loss of more than 1,000 jobs. At the lowest point, our orders had shrunk to about a quarter of where they were.

"Since then we have been refocusing the business on supplying specialist steel products to the world's most demanding markets, like aerospace and energy exploration and generation. Now we are in a position where we are recovering so we can strengthen the business.

"Many of our products have extremely high technical and chemical specifications, and we need to train new people now to ensure we don't have a skills shortage in the future."