Psychometric tests are becoming increasingly used
by graduate recruiters to filter their selection process down at any given stage in the recruitment process, and you'll almost certainly have done one before at some stage in your life, although...
Don't be fazed
by graduate recruiters when you're interviewed for an accountancy or financial management job.
Working behind a bar can give you skills that are highly sought after
by graduate recruiters and internship providers alike.
The Spinningfields business and retail district is also fast becoming the Canary Wharf of the north, populated
by graduate recruiters such as the Royal Bank of Scotland and HSBC.
A minimum 2.1 degree is standard to get your application seen
by graduate recruiters.
Many of the top skills and competencies sought after
by graduate recruiters are relatively self - explanatory, such as communication, teamwork and leadership.
Commercial awareness is prized
by graduate recruiters across the board, in career sectors ranging from law to engineering.
Firstly, as you'd expect, it's a job offered
by graduate recruiters — companies large enough to need a constant flow of new talent that can be trained up for management roles in the future.
And then ones where, I can remember, it was a graduate scheme for a credit card., a well known credit card and I got put forward for
it by a graduate recruiter and I wasn't particularly interested in it and the feedback, naturally, came back that well, you did really well on the competencies but we didn't really didn't get the, why you wanted to work here which was entirely true because I, you know, I wasn't passionate about the company.
Not exact matches
Forget about quality teachers or strong curricula, corporate
recruiters are all about the rankings, according to a new survey
by the
Graduate Management Admission Council.
Trying to find statistics on the chances of getting through each stage of the recruitment process has been a real challenge, but I was helped out
by the Association of
Graduate Recruiters (AGR), who conduct regular surveys of their members.
According to a survey
by the Association of
Graduate Recruiters, job vacancies in engineering have increased
by 60 per cent compared with last year's recruitment season.
Assessment centres are widely used
by many
graduate recruiters as they are viewed as the most objective and accurate method of selection.
Annual research
by professional services
recruiter cvmail showed
graduates now feel the need to work longer hours to improve their chances of winning a permanent position — 15 % of
graduates expected to work more than 55 hours a week, and a third expected to work more than 50 hours in a legal role.
The recent news that â $ œthree quarters of employers â $ ˜require 2:1 degreeâ $ ™ â $ has come as a shock to many
graduates who have only just received their university degrees, many of which fall below this grade. With the number of students still on the rise, the latest statistics issued
by The Association of
Graduate Recruiters reveal that job vacancies have decreased by 7 %, a frightening percentage for any graduate on the hunt fo
Graduate Recruiters reveal that job vacancies have decreased
by 7 %, a frightening percentage for any
graduate on the hunt fo
graduate on the hunt for a job.
Recruiters and employers can post jobs on Looksharp, or they can dive deeper
by searching through candidate profiles to find students and
graduates who have the skills and qualifications they need.
A survey of the UK's leading 100
graduate recruiters — including Goldman Sachs, Unilever and BP — found many had downgraded their hiring plans after the Brexit referendum vote, with private sector organisations recruiting 10 % fewer
graduates by the end of 2017.
How about working for the most popular FMCG
graduate recruiter 2015 as voted
by Irish students?
Last year,
recruiters confirmed that 32 % of their entry - level positions were likely to be filled
by graduates who had already been involved with their organisation, through work experience or internships.
Each award is sponsored
by a prominent
graduate recruiters, who offer fantastic prizes for the winners, including paid internships, trips abroad and meetings with senior executives.
However, the latest research
by the Association of
Graduate Recruiters (AGR) suggests otherwise.
Established
by two
graduates in 1997, GRB's experts have helped and placed over 600,000 students and
graduates with FTSE 250 and fast - growing
recruiters in all sectors across the world.
Graduate vacancies look set to pick up
by 17 % this year, according to a poll
by the Association of
Graduate Recruiters.
You can also find profiles of
graduate recruiters on this site: go to our Jobs and Employers page where you can search
by company name or sector to find the employers that interest you - as well as their current job vacancies and work experience or internship opportunities.
Upon graduation she was sourced
by a LinkedIn
recruiter and secured a
graduate position in LinkedIn's Business Leadership Programme.
Profits from the partnership are reinvested
by the Association of Higher Education Careers Services to benefit careers services, students and
graduates, and
recruiters, in providing training, research and promoting best practice in
graduate careers and employability in Ireland.
Well, if you've completed your degree, the good news is that your
graduate - level skills (communication, problem - solving and above all, the ability to learn) will be valued
by most employers — whether they see themselves as a
graduate recruiter or not.
According to a survey published in September 2016
by ISE, formerly known as the Association of
Graduate Recruiters (AGR), 50.4 % of graduate vacancies available from its members in 2015/16 were based in the
Graduate Recruiters (AGR), 50.4 % of
graduate vacancies available from its members in 2015/16 were based in the
graduate vacancies available from its members in 2015/16 were based in the capital.
An annual survey of
graduate recruiters showed an 8 % drop in vacancies on a year ago as companies also cited concerns about a new apprenticeship levy to be paid
by all big employers from next April.
Graduates with IT - related degrees or those with science - or maths - focused degrees, such as engineering or physics, are welcomed
by recruiters for their problem - solving capabilities and practical knowledge, but some employers look at all disciplines and are willing to train up the right applicant, depending on their aptitude.
Campus
Recruiters fulfill a networking need for upcoming college
graduates by arranging campus visits with career counselors to explain various career opportunities and responsibilities.
Graduate recruiters will look through hundreds of CV's filtering out the ones that don't catch their eye but the most important thing to do is to make the
recruiters life easier
by making your CV clear and concise.
Graduate quantity surveyors and engineers are sought on an ongoing basis
by big name
recruiters.
They can be used
by employers across all sectors but are particularly favoured
by large
graduate recruiters, who may use them as part of an assessment centre.
Many
graduate recruiters outside of London also reported that they varied their starting salaries
by region, with 41 % of employers surveyed taking this approach.
The annual survey carried out
by the Institute of Student Employers (ISE), formerly known as the Association of
Graduate Recruiters (AGR), and published in September 2017 put law firms ahead of all the other career sectors covered, with a median salary of # 39,000 in 2016/17.
In a conversation with TARGETjobs Finance, Fidelity International's senior
graduate recruiter, Lucy Harris, echoed a view voiced
by several
recruiters across the investment management industry:
graduates must be clear about their career choices.
Graduate Trainee Recruitment Consultants required
by highly respected international company — winners of «Best Places to Work»,
Recruiter Hot 100 (RBS), «Britain's Top Employers», «Best Recruitment company to Work For» and Investors in People.
Students who have completed a relevant internship at a similar institution are still appealing candidates to banking
recruiters — albeit they will be competing for the diminished pool of
graduate jobs not already filled
by the bank's own interns.
So who are the most popular
graduate recruiters of all, as voted for
by thousands of students?
A 2017 survey
by the Institute of Student Employers (ISE, previously known as Association of
Graduate Recruiters or AGR) of its members taken in September 2017 revealed that 53 % of employers across all sectors now use video interviews, up
by 11 % from 2016.
A
graduate recruiter may contact you
by phone to help them pinpoint what your extenuating circumstances were, but will understand that you might not wish to discuss them in detail and will seek to handle the situation as sensitively as possible.
But, most of the Resume Templates which are sent
by the first - time job seekers who have just
graduated from nursing schools fail to impress the
recruiters due to their lack of experience and knowledge about drafting impressive resumes.
Recent surveys
by the Institute of Student Employers (ISE — formerly, The Association of
Graduate Recruiters or AGR) have revealed steady growth in the numbers of
graduates recruited
by the banking and financial services industries.
You will have a dedicated client partner who will be supported
by a team tailored to your needs, comprising experienced
graduate recruiters, marketing experts or assessment specialists, drawing on the experience they need to benefit your organisation.
The
graduates will probably be asked
by the
recruiter what their opinions are of the students they've met.
Assessors (usually
graduate recruiters and senior managers in the business) will score your performance against a list of set competencies — you can get a good idea about what these are
by looking at the skills and competencies they tell you they seek.
Graduate recruiters will seek to establish whether candidates have the commercial awareness that is a fundamental aspect of enterprise skills
by asking interview questions that test market knowledge.
This is just one example of the mismatches between employers» and
graduates» expectations highlighted
by the study, which was carried out as a joint project
by the Association of
Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS) and the Association of
Graduate Recruiters (AGR).
By working alongside the country's leading
graduate recruiters we are able to identify some of the best opportunities from a variety of sectors.