2012 Sponsors

Bernard Hodes Group

Sponsoring the graduate employer of the year award

Hello, we’re Hodes. Or the Bernard Hodes Group, if you’re feeling more formal. (Anything but Bernard.) If you’re new to Hodes, there are two answers to who we are. Here’s the short one. We’re people communication and consultancy experts.

The slightly longer answer, the full story of everything we offer in employer branding, employee engagement, internal comms, recruitment marketing and graduate communications, can be found at our website www.hodes.co.uk

In short, we’re a global recruitment and employee communications and consultancy business. There are around 80 of us, mostly in London although you’ll find us further north, too.

You’ll be pleased to know we’re not new to this. We’ve been helping organisations attract, recruit, engage and inspire the people they need since 1970. And, for as long as we can remember, we’ve been well-known for our creativity and intelligence.

So that’s the big picture stuff, but what exactly do we offer? The simple answer is: almost everything that helps organisations entice and inspire their talent.

Our expertise spans – deep breath - recruitment marketing, graduate attraction, digital planning, project management and analytics, media planning and buying, copywriting and design, research and insight, employer branding, employee engagement, internal communications, social media and search, and candidate management. Phew.

The fact is we do something different for every one of our 100 or so clients. And we’d look to do something different for you, too.

To find out more, please drop us a line to hello@hodes.co.uk or call Cassie Sissons on 020 7551 4850.

Bloomberg Institute

Sponsoring the award for the most popular graduate recruiter in investment banking and investment

The Bloomberg Assessment Test (BAT) is a global, standardised test that has been developed in partnership with premier financial institutions and university faculties around the world. The BAT covers a range of subjects that evaluate financial knowledge and aptitude as well as career skills.

After taking the BAT, student profiles are entered into the Bloomberg Talent Search (BTS). BTS is a searchable database of tens of thousands of aspiring professionals globally who have taken the BAT. Our search tool enables you to search, filter, engage and then connect to the candidates from 1,400 universities across 45 countries who match your criteria.

BTS Benefits

Early Engagement
Connect and engage with the best candidates early in the recruitment process and begin building relationships with top tier talent ahead of your competitors.

Budget Constraints
One flat fee enables you to connect with as many candidates as you want or need.

Efficient Sourcing
Search and connect with only those candidates who match your selection criteria, rather than sifting through hundreds and eliminating candidates who do not meet your needs.

Expand Campus Reach
Economically reach out to many more universities, resulting in a wider pool of talent at a manageable cost.

Niche Roles
Quickly locate and contact candidates with special skills (language, location, ability etc) making finding niche talent easy.

Out-of-Sequence Recruiting
Meet unforeseen hiring requirements expeditiously by finding top talent quickly, regardless of the time of year.

Fill Overseas Positions
A multinational tool, the BTS can quickly help to source talent for overseas offices, either from that office’s local region or with candidates who are willing to relocate.

www.bloomberginstitute.com
bat@bloomberginstitute.com
+44 207 073 3030

Cut-e

Sponsoring the award for the most popular graduate recruiter in scientific research and development

Cut-e is a world leader in the design and implementation of online psychometric and competency based assessment systems for use in recruitment, selection, development and education contexts. We assess over 2,500,000 people per year in over 70 countries in 35 languages for Fortune 500 companies, governmental organisations and large consultancy / professional services firms. We have over 100 occupational psychology, business consulting and IT staff supporting in 17 international office locations.

We provide related consulting services in relation to large scale recruitment and selection strategies, external and internal talent management, organisation development and related diagnostic and support systems.

We specialise in customisable online assessment tools, no cost integration to ATS system, identifying graduate talent at school leaver stage, unique item generator technology for graduate aptitude testing and anti candidate fraud methodologies.

UK telephone number - 0044 20 81333361
info.uk@cut-e.com
www.cut-e.com

Euro RSCG People

Sponsoring the award for the most popular graduate recruiter in banking, insurance and financial services

Who are the people who most engage with your brand? Your customers? Your suppliers? Your employees? At Euro RSCG People, the work we do has one single purpose - to inspire lasting relationships between your brand and all the people you want to reach.

But what does that mean in practice? Well, if we had to put a label on what we do, it’d read ‘Creative People Ideas’. In other words, we explore inventive and ingenious ways to galvanise, attract, develop and inspire different.

We have an evidence-based approach to graduate recruitment marketing. Our solutions always consider the audience, market and brand, backed up by thorough planning and research, with the end result measured and precise. In these austere times, our clients want to be sure they are investing appropriately, so we need to be highly creative (winning awards along the way) and innovative– as long as evidence proves this gets results.
Contact Nicola Scanlan. tel: 0207 022 4269
www.eurorscgpeoplegraduates.com

GTI Recruiting Solutions

GTI Recruiting Solutions is a Recruitment Process Outsourcing and ATS software house offering a stand alone or joined up service.

We offer a full end-to-end recruiting service from: marketing, screening, interviewing, to assessment centres and special projects. Clients can choose to use our intuitive modular and scalable Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) with or without integrated online assessment tools.

Our ATS technology serves clients across the legal, professional services, banking, engineering, property, not for profit and leisure sectors. Our recruiting services and systems are used across the globe with GTI Recruiting Solutions having recruited into and out of 55 countries to date. Clients are particularly impressed by our success at assessment centres, our ability to recruit into skill shortage areas as well as improving the gender mix.

GTI Recruiting Solutions have the great benefit of having relationships with UK and international careers influencers not forgetting the advantage of access to our own student media channels like TARGETjobs. We’re making recruitment easier but leaving you firmly in control.

Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales

Sponsoring the award for the most popular graduate recruiter in accounting and financial management

ICAEW is a world leader of the accountancy and finance profession, with more than 136,000 members in over 160 countries. Our members work at the highest levels of business, across all industry sectors around the world.
Our professional qualifications deliver essential knowledge, skills and technical expertise in accountancy, finance and business. We ensure our members are at the forefront of their profession by maintaining and developing their skills and knowledge. We regulate professional and ethical standards, and are industry leaders in the provision of technical accounting information.

We work in partnership with organisations around the world who train talented graduates to become ICAEW Chartered Accountants. They have the opportunity to learn while in full-time employment, combining technical work experience, study and exams to become business leaders of the future.

ICAEW Chartered Accountants are in demand around the world, and can be recognised by the letters ACA after their name. They are known for their ability to deliver a higher level of performance, wherever they work, however large or small the challenge.

We are proud to sponsor the award for most popular graduate recruiter in accounting and financial management.

icaew.com/careers

McDonald's

Sponsoring the award for the most popular graduate recruiter in retail

McDonald’s Restaurants Ltd is the largest global food services retailer with over 30,000 restaurants across the world and almost 1,200 restaurants in the UK.

In the UK McDonald’s and its franchisees employ over 80,000 employees, 60% of whom are under 21. With 95% of its management teams starting as hourly paid staff and 50% of senior executives starting out working in restaurants, there is real scope for progression and career advancement.

In recent years the company has redefined and reclaimed the term ‘McJob’, along with gaining awarding body status and offering a suite of vocational qualifications.

Recipients of ‘Investors in People – Gold Status’ and a Top 50 Best Workplace for the past four years have recognised the companies ability to drive employee engagement. This, along with diversification of the menu, restaurant re-imaging and a strong commitment to the communities they do business in allows the corporation continual growth.

Rolls-Royce

Sponsoring the award for the most popular graduate recruiter in logistics, transport and supply chain

Rolls-Royce is one of the world’s leading providers of high-performance power systems. Our products are used on land, at sea and in the air across the civil aerospace, defence aerospace, marine, energy and nuclear industries.

At any one time over 400,000 people are flying in aircraft powered by Rolls-Royce engines. Over 30,000 vessels use Rolls-Royce marine equipment. And customers in nearly 120 countries rely on us for their energy needs.

We pride ourselves on making products that can withstand the extraordinary demands placed upon them. Whether it’s equipment to help generate electricity in a jungle in Borneo or the reactor in an Astute Class submarine that enables it to go 25 years without refuelling, our products rely on the most advanced research and technology available – and the most sophisticated manufacturing processes in existence.

There are many reasons to choose a Rolls-Royce career. The fact that we’re a global organisation active in 50 countries, and that we’ve spent the past 100 years building a reputation for technical innovation and excellence, are chief among them. Perhaps of even greater interest, however, is the fact that we expect to double in size over the next decade. To find out more about visit www.rolls-royce.com/careers

Stafford Long and Partners

Sponsoring the award for the most popular graduate recruiter in consumer goods – manufacturing and marketing

Stafford Long is an independent employer communications business that specialises in graduate marketing, assessment and on-boarding, as well as employer branding, internal comms and diversity. And we’re independent in every sense of the word. With no parent company, external investors or stakeholders to answer to, our only priority is devising and delivering inventive, engaging, effective solutions for our clients. But what really sets us apart is a heady mix of specialist expertise and free-thinking innovation that’s kept us at the forefront of our market for 25 years. Our in-house graduate team is a unique blend of graduate recruiters, project managers and on-the-ground researchers – all dedicated to exploring the ever-changing trends, attitudes, perceptions and interests on campus. So nobody is better placed to uncover the messages that will resonate with your target audience in this most competitive of markets. And of course, we have the creative vision to bring those messages to life in the most persuasive ways and in the most attention-grabbing places. To find out more please call Kayleigh McGroarty on 020 7936 9458 or see www.staffordlong.com.

Teach First

Founder sponsor

Teach First is a powerful social change initiative aimed at tackling educational disadvantage in challenging schools around the UK. Teach First harnesses the energy and enthusiasm of exceptional graduates to provide leadership and motivation to students in schools, at the same time as transforming those graduates into inspiring leaders ready to excel in management careers. It's a two-year programme with an ongoing engagement to further the Teach First mission through the Ambassador network.

The Student Room

Sponsoring the Rising Star award

Students are turning to the world of social media to develop their career ideas and search for jobs and The Student Room hosts more discussions about the best companies and sectors to work in than any other student network or graduate career website. It is where the most ambitious come to get the inside scoop on what it’s like to work within a particular industry, what salary to expect, what companies are best and how to handle the application process.

The Student Room is the world’s largest student site with its 280 plus forums hosting discussions about anything and everything to do with student life. Attracting over 4.5 million visitors per month the site continues to grow, attracting students from all backgrounds and levels of education, from 14 year old GCSE students to 23 year old graduates, right up to 26 year old postgraduates and mature students.

Over the years The Student Room has had the pleasure of building relationships with a number of global brands and some of the UK’s top graduate recruiters who see the value of being able to directly influence students at the time and place they are informing their career choices.