Carl Gilleard

Previously he worked for nine years as the Executive Director for METRA Services Ltd, a national recruitment consultancy charged with improving the recruitment and retention of graduates into local government. He was also joint regional director of the West Midlands Employers Organisation. The earlier part of his career was spent in Education Management and Personnel work.
He is co-author of ‘If Only I’d Known’ published in 2002 as a resource for young people to help them maximize the benefits of their higher education experience. More than 60,000 copies have been ordered by schools and colleges throughout the UK.
He is, or has until recently been, a member of the following:

• Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s Counselling and Career Management Forum Advisory Group
• QAA Code of Practice on Careers Guidance Working Group 
• Careers Boards at the universities of Warwick and Nottingham 
• The Harris Review of the Higher Education Careers Service 
• ESECT – the Enhancing Student Employability Co-ordination Team 
• UUK/SCOP Burgess Steering Group on Measuring and Recording Student Achievement 
• Higher Education Funding Council for England’s Quality Assurance Framework Review Group 
• UNIAID – a charity with the aim of helping students manage their finances better 
• University of Reading’s Career Management Skills Steering Team
  

Carl Gilleard is frequently quoted in the national and trade press, is regularly interviewed on national television and radio and has spoken at conferences including international events in Mexico, Unites States, Australia, South Africa, Denmark and Holland on graduate recruitment and development issues.