Recruitment 2.0

Staying ahead of trends in graduate recruitment is vital to ensure your business is equipped to source and hire the best talent. Be aware of these four emerging developments that may affect your graduate recruitment success this year:-

Reports of the demise of graduate recruitment appear to be somewhat exaggerated. 2017 is expected to see even more competition for outstanding graduate talent.

Over half of all UK businesses (52%) failed to fill all of their graduate vacancies in 2016, that’s according to the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR). Of approximately 13,000 jobs posted in 2016, 5.4% are still vacant. 

With the combined threat of a shrinking EU graduate talent pool and a digital skills crisis in the UK, we look at three ways to bridge the graduate tech talent gap in 2017:-

As 2016 draws to a close, we summarise seven essential graduate recruitment lessons highlighted on our blogs this year:-

There’s been much discussion recently over whether or not there are too many graduates in the UK jobs market and if those graduates are employable, but what does that mean?

The surge in graduates in the UK workforce is not necessarily a positive trend for the economy, according to the CIPD. For example:-

As applications are invited for 2017’s graduate training programmes, we identify four ways for employers to boost their graduate hiring success.

The graduate recruitment market is in a state of transition with issues such as automation, Brexit and skills shortages impacting employers throughout 2016.

The graduate jobs market is in a state of uncertainty. According to the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR), the number of graduate vacancies has fallen by 8% in the past year.