Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is ranked 40 by UK humanties students, climbing from position 58 last year
At BCG, individuals can “grow further”. Flexible career paths are encouraged and employees have a lot of choice around the path that will best support their personal development.
By Michelle Boyde
Interview with Stephen Huntley, UK University Recruiting Director at BCG
“International opportunities are an element of our new branding campaign, Grow Further, which promotes personal growth.”
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Google is ranked 1 by UK engineering/IT students
Life at Google isn’t just about fun – ‘Googlers’ also work hard. Communicating this duality has become a focus for the company.
By Michelle Boyde
“We’re perceived as a ‘fun place to work’ – which is certainly accurate, but not the whole story. You’ll have fun at Google, but you’ll also have to work very hard.”
Interview with Caitlin Pantos, University Programmes Specialist at Google
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Morgan Stanley is ranked 14 by UK business students
It is an exciting time for talented graduates to join Morgan Stanley. There will be great opportunities available in the future for those entering the investment banking business now.
By Michelle Boyde
“It is easy to be a star when things are good, but it’s a greater challenge working in today’s markets and it is now when the truly outstanding individuals will shine.”
Interview with Stephanie Ahrens, Executive Director in Graduate Recruitment EMEA at Morgan Stanley.
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Interview with Bob Athwal, Head of Graduate Schemes at RWE nPower
By Christopher Van Mossevelde
1. How do you define your employer brand in one or two words?
From a graduate perspective, our employer brand is brighter graduates. We’re looking for Britain’s brightest people to come and work for Britain’s brightest energy company. Read the rest of this entry »
Teach First is ranked 5 by UK humanities, liberal arts and education students
A national expansion has seen applications to Teach First increase by 63 per cent. A combination of making a difference and being professional is proving to be a recipe for success with Generation Y.
By Michelle Boyde
Interview with James Darley, Director of Graduate Recruitment at Teach First.
“Teach First feels strongly about positioning ourselves as Teach First, not a charity, not a route into teaching, not a traditional graduate employer, just Teach First.”
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Unilever is ranked 23 by UK business students
Concentrating on employer branding best practices in the UK is Unilever’s focus to improve and synchronise their offer internationally.
By Michelle Boyde
Interview with Pauline McGivern,Talent Specialist UK and Ireland at Unilever.
“The focus is to create best practice in the UK, here we hire 30 to 40 graduates per year, and then roll it out to other regions.”
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The students that are the most satisfied with their university are from the University of Oxford, according to the results of a student survey conducted by Universum earlier this year.
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Soon to be released on April 30th, the Universum Top 100 Ideal Employers. Universum surveyed over 11, 195 final and penultimate-year students, studying for degrees in Business, Engineering/IT, Humanities, Law and Natural Sciences. Questions are career-related and students are asked to select their ideal employers.
The data collection period was done over a period of four months (November 2008 – February 2009) and 60 of the top academic institutions in the UK were targeted.
For a sneak preview of some of the key findings from the survey, please click here (download PDF).
For more information about this survey, feel free to contact Anne Margrethe Mannerfelt, Market Unit Manager Western Europe
