Tuesday, March 3, 2026
GC Career Story: Richard Austin
Richard is the Service Manager for GC Employment’s IPS in Primary Care programme, covering Salford and Wigan. He shares how he’s progressed through a variety of roles over 13 years at GC, what’s kept him motivated, and how the organisation’s flexibility has supported his work/life balance.
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
GC Career Story: Colin Brew
Colin is Head of Strategic Partnerships at GM Business Growth Hub. He tells us how his passion for a role that makes a positive impact brought him back to GC after leaving for a short time.
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
GC Career Story: Tim Jeffery
Tim, Partnership & Integration Manager in the Employment, Justice and Health team, shares how his passion for social enterprise and the employability industry has helped GC launch some impactful and unique programmes and initiatives.
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
GC Career Story: Laura Mason
Laura has recently progressed to become Head of Business Tourism at Marketing Manchester and shares her grassroots in the hospitality industry in London, to moving back north – and the opportunity to promote a city.
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
GC Career Story: Jodie Richardson
Jodie shares her journey from joining as an Employment Advisor to being promoted to Service Manager in just 2.5 years, and how she uses her lived experience to improve awareness of neurodiversity across GC.
Thursday, May 15, 2025
GC Career Story: Matt Richardson
Matt is Head of Leadership, Skills and Social Impact. He tells us about his passion for supporting community development and improving access to opportunities, and how his role at GC allows him to do this.
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
GC Career Story: Sharon Mehta
Sharon, Teaching and Learning Manager in our Education & Skills team, explains how she was bitten by the travel-bug and embraced different cultures, before settling into her 23-year career with GC.
Thursday, January 30, 2025
GC Career Story: Renée Bell
Renée started as an apprentice and is now a Digital Marketing Specialist. She shares how she started – and where she wants to get to.
Thursday, December 19, 2024
GC Career Story: Nick Shepherd
Nick's ambition was to work in the corporate world. He’s worked his way up in roles that have given him the experience to get there and is now Business Development and Partnership Manager within our GM Business Growth Hub.
Thursday, November 14, 2024
GC Career Story: Frank Kinrade
Frank, Business Development Manager at Aspire Recruitment, shares how the diverse nature of GC has helped him gain lots of experience and progress into new roles.