The Isle of Man government’s Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has launched a free, online social network to encourage Manx-born workers to return to the island.

The initiative, part of the government’s strategy to encourage Manx graduates and other skilled workers to return to the island  once they have completed their studies, has been developed in conjunction with PDMS, www.manxgraduates.im and contains a database for use by both local organisations and candidates.

Sharon Kissack, director at Ambitions Recruitment, told Recruiter: “The island does lose a lot of graduates. The government pays for them to go off and study and they don’t come back because very few companies advertise their graduate training schemes.

“If you can get companies to advertise their vacancies then it is a brilliant idea.”