The project started in April 2003[1] from an amalgamation of the Cymru Prosper Wales
work placement scheme, the Graduate Wales project with additional services.
Services
Work placements: a short-term period of project-based employment organised and monitored by GO Wales staff. The employee is a higher education student or a graduate and the employer is a business based in Wales, normally an SME (small to medium-sized enterprise). All candidates offered the opportunity to gain a City & Guilds Professional Development Award during their work placement.
GO Wales Jobs: a web-based service advertising graduate-level jobs in Wales. Companies can advertise their vacancies and job-seekers can search for jobs and apply online. Both advertising vacancies and applying for vacancies are free of charge.
Graduate Training and Development Fund: Clients of this service are SMEs. These companies may not have the resources available to larger companies for staff development and training. Small businesses in Wales can access a training fund which is designed to assist with the business-specific training and development costs of graduates in the organisation.
Careers advice and informationvia information sheets and advisers from university careers services .
Project completion
The GO Wales project ceased at the end of 2014 after European funding ran out.[1]