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FTSE 100 employers missing out on graduate talent

New research has shown that employers offering graduate jobs are not finding the candidates they want because their branding is too weak.

Conducted by GradFutures. read more...

Graduate employers 'need to rethink recruitment strategies'

Students are looking at university courses in terms of teaching quality rather than institutional prestige, which means graduate employers need to alter their employment criteria. read more...

Graduate recruitment gives 500% return

Employers who offer graduate jobs are seeing the money they spend in the process come back to them five-fold. read more...

Employers scramble for places at graduate job fair

Graduate employers have oversubscribed a jobs fair in Reading, suggesting that companies are keen to get fresh talent into work.

The recession saw many firms, such as BT, cancel their graduate job schemes, but the Autumn Careers and Placement Fair at the University of Reading will see all 70 employer stands filled up. read more...

Businesses 'can benefit' from graduate work experience

Employers see graduate work experience as beneficial to the success of their company, new research has revealed.

Some 87 per cent of respondents to the Populus survey, commissioned for the government's Backing Young Britain campaign, said that taking on a graduate to provide work experience is "good practice". read more...

PricewaterhouseCoopers is 'top graduate employer'

The Times has released the latest rundown of its Top 100 Graduate Employers and professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has bagged the number one spot for the sixth year in a row. read more...

Small businesses should take on graduates, expert says

Small businesses could easily manage their finances to find the money to gain from the extra skills a graduate can bring to a company, an industry figure has said. read more...

Somerset graduate employers urged to recruit trainees

Companies in the south-west of England have been encouraged to take on young people with degrees, despite the current tough economic climate. read more...

Graduates decide on top employers

Graduate employers are to be judged by their degree-level employees in a new survey, the results of which will be announced at a national ceremony.

Over 100,000 of those currently in graduate jobs are to give their opinions on the company they work for in order to help future university leavers to decide where they want to work. read more...

Graduate employers have 'learned from previous recessions'

Some graduate employers will keep up levels of recruitment this year because they have learnt the lessons of previous economic downturns, according to one expert. read more...