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With recent research claiming employers are no more likely to recruit graduates this year than last, we wondered what our users are expecting.
Compared to 2009, in 2010 will you be:
| recruiting more | 53% |
| recruiting the same | 6% |
| recruiting less | 24% |
| don't know | 18% |
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From compliance to competitive advantage: Graduates, graduate recruiters and social media.
Created 01/09/2010 11:52 Last updated 01/09/2010 11:56
I was interviewed the other day by a journalist who wanted to know whether this social media stuff was in any way relevant to graduates and graduate recruiters. He had just seen the Penna Barkers survey (http://bit.ly/afN9TI) and phrased his question to me with considerable scepticism about whether this Social Media stuff was actually of any relevance.
The reality is that Social Media and Graduate recruitment are becoming increasingly intertwined, and that issues are emerging on both the candidate and employer side that neither are prepared for.
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Internship Success Leads to Project Extension
Created 08/04/2010 14:51 Last updated 08/04/2010 14:52
We are happy to announce that Yorkshire Forward have awarded us funding for the Graduates Yorkshire Internship Programme for the next 3 years.
The additional funding comes a few weeks after the initiative achieved the target of filling 60 paid for placements in the region in its first year!
(Comments 0)Our intern proves her worth!
Created 08/04/2010 14:43
Graduates Yorkshire's first intern has been so successful in her role; she has been rewarded with a full time position.
University of Sheffield Law graduate Siobhan Brodie was taken on by the social enterprise as their intern on a 3 month contract earlier in the year.
The organisation has been so impressed with her work she has been offered a permanent position with Graduates Yorkshire.
(Comments 1)New AGR Focus on Graduate Employment
Created 08/04/2010 14:39
Graduates Yorkshire has welcomed the calls for getting more graduates into employment following the publication of the Association of Graduate Recruiters' Election Manifesto which states ‘Business would benefit' from investment in Graduate Employment.
Chief Executive of Graduates Yorkshire, Martin Edmondson, said: "In an economic climate where graduate unemployment is on the rise, any effort to make best use of the graduate talent is crucial. A significant proportion of graduates who leave university are often forced to take jobs that do not reflect their academic or vocational training as their opportunities are limited.
(Comments 0)We trial the next big thing!
Created 08/04/2010 14:34
We're advertising an internal vacancy for a new Business Development Officer using a You Tube video, which offers a personal insight into the role, as well as a traditional advert on the Graduates Yorkshire website. We hear it's going to be the next things so we thought we'd put our money where our mouth is!
The video has been promoted using social networking sites Twitter and Facebook.
The video features existing Business Development Officer, John Cusworth, talking about his role at Graduates Yorkshire and providing more information about what the position will involve.
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