The Awards

We're the largest student-driven graduate recruitment awards event in the world. Over the course of the event, we'll count over 100,000 individual votes, welcome 1,000 distinguished guests on the night and present 30 fiercely-competed trophies.

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Winners 2011

Awards ceremony winners

The most popular graduate recruiter - Accounting and financial management 2011, sponsored by ICAEW

Award Winners

Winner: PwC

  • Baker Tilly
  • BDO
  • Deloitte
  • Ernst & Young
  • GE FMP (Financial Management Programme)
  • Grant Thornton
  • HM Revenue & Customs
  • KPMG
  • National Audit Office

2010 winner: PwC

The most popular graduate recruiter – Banking, insurance and financial services 2011, sponsored by Alexander Mann Solutions

Award Winners

Winner: HSBC Bank plc

  • American Express
  • Barclays Global Retail Bank
  • Bloomberg
  • Financial Services Authority
  • HSBC Holdings plc
  • Lloyd's (of London)
  • Lloyds Banking Group
  • The Royal Bank of Scotland Group
  • Zurich Financial Services

2010 winner: HSBC Bank plc

The most popular graduate recruiter – Charity and not-for-profit 2011, sponsored by GTI Recruiting Solutions

Award Winners

Winner: Amnesty International

  • Action for Children
  • British Red Cross
  • Cancer Research UK
  • Mind
  • National Trust
  • NSPCC
  • Oxfam
  • Save the Children
  • WWF (World Wildlife Fund)

2010 winner: Amnesty International

The most popular graduate recruiter – Construction, civil engineering and surveying 2011, sponsored by Graduate Promotions

Award Winners

Winner: Arup

  • AECOM
  • Atkins
  • Balfour Beatty
  • BAM Construct UK
  • BAM Nuttall
  • Laing O'Rourke
  • Mott MacDonald
  • Sir Robert McAlpine
  • Skanska

2010 winner: Atkins

The most popular graduate recruiter – Consulting 2011, sponsored by SHL

Award Winners

Winner: IBM

  • Accenture
  • Bain & Company
  • The Boston Consulting Group
  • BT
  • Deloitte
  • Ernst & Young
  • Mars & Co
  • McKinsey & Company
  • PwC

2010 winner: PwC

The most popular graduate recruiter – Consumer goods – manufacturing and marketing 2011, sponsored by DHL

Award Winners

Winner: L'Oréal UK & Ireland

  • Body Shop International
  • Coca Cola Enterprises
  • Estée Lauder Cosmetics
  • GlaxoSmithKline
  • Innocent Drinks
  • Kraft Foods
  • Nestlé
  • Procter & Gamble
  • Unilever

2010 winner: Procter & Gamble

The most popular graduate recruiter – Engineering, design and manufacture 2011, sponsored by Balfour Beatty

Award Winners

Winner: Rolls-Royce

  • Airbus
  • BAE Systems
  • BMW Group
  • BP
  • Dyson
  • Ford
  • Jaguar Land Rover
  • Siemens
  • Toyota

2010 winner: Airbus

The most popular graduate recruiter - Energy and utilities 2011, sponsored by IET

Award Winners

Winner: BP

  • British Gas
  • E.ON UK
  • EDF Energy
  • ExxonMobil
  • National Grid
  • npower
  • nucleargraduates
  • Shell
  • TOTAL

The most popular graduate recruiter – Hospitality, leisure and tourism 2011, sponsored by Arcadia Group Limited

Award Winners

Winner: Hilton International

  • Camp America
  • Center Parcs
  • Fitness First
  • Marriott Hotels International Ltd
  • Merlin Entertainments
  • P&O
  • Thomas Cook
  • TUI
  • Walt Disney

2010 winner: Walt Disney

The most popular graduate recruiter – Investment banking and investment 2011, sponsored by aia

Award Winners

Winner: Goldman Sachs

  • Bank of America Merrill Lynch
  • Barclays Capital
  • Citi
  • Credit Suisse
  • Deutsche Bank
  • HSBC Global Banking and Markets
  • J.P. Morgan
  • Lloyds Banking Group
  • Morgan Stanley

2010 winner: Goldman Sachs

The most popular graduate recruiter – IT and telecoms 2011, sponsored by Betfair

Award Winners

Winner: Microsoft

  • Accenture
  • BT
  • Cisco
  • Dell
  • HP
  • IBM
  • Intel
  • O2
  • Oracle

2010 winner: Microsoft

The most popular graduate recruiter – Law - solicitors 2011, sponsored by Euro RSCG Riley

Award Winners

Winner: Allen & Overy LLP

  • Clifford Chance LLP
  • DLA Piper LLP
  • Eversheds LLP
  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
  • Herbert Smith
  • Linklaters LLP
  • Pinsent Masons LLP
  • Simmons & Simmons
  • Slaughter and May

2010 winner: Allen & Overy LLP

The most popular graduate recruiter – Logistics, transport and supply chain 2011, sponsored by Stafford Long & Partners

Award Winners

Winner: British Airways

  • Airbus
  • BAA
  • Civil Aviation Authority
  • DHL Supply Chain
  • Maersk
  • Network Rail
  • Transport for London
  • UPS
  • Virgin Atlantic Airlines

2010 winner: British Airways

The most popular graduate recruiter – Media and advertising 2011, sponsored by Dawson Walker Communications

Award Winners

Winner: BBC TV

  • BBC Radio
  • BBC Worldwide
  • Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Channel 4
  • Google
  • Guardian Media Group
  • ITV
  • Saatchi & Saatchi
  • Sky

The most popular graduate recruiter – Property 2011, sponsored by RICS

Award Winners

Winner: Savills

  • BNP Paribas Real Estate
  • CB Richard Ellis
  • Countryside Properties
  • Cushman & Wakefield
  • DTZ
  • Grosvenor
  • Jones Lang LaSalle
  • Knight Frank
  • Strutt & Parker

2010 winner: Savills

The most popular graduate recruiter – Public sector 2011, sponsored by National Policing Improvement Agency

Award Winners

Winner: NHS Graduate Schemes

  • British Council
  • Civil Service Fast Stream
  • Environment Agency
  • Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO)
  • Metropolitan Police Service
  • Ministry of Defence
  • Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)
  • Security Service (MI5)
  • Teach First



2010 winner: NHS Graduate Schemes

The most popular graduate recruiter – Retail 2011, sponsored by McDonalds

Award Winners

Winner: Arcadia Group Limited

  • Abercrombie and Fitch
  • Boots
  • Harrods
  • HMV
  • House of Fraser
  • John Lewis
  • Marks & Spencer
  • Selfridges
  • Tesco

2010 winner: Harrods

The most popular graduate recruiter – Scientific research and development 2011, sponsored by Cut-e

Award Winners

Winner: GlaxoSmithKline

  • AstraZeneca
  • Bayer
  • DSTL (Defence Science and Technology Laboratory)
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • L'Oréal UK & Ireland
  • MERCK
  • Pfizer
  • The Science and Technology Facilities Council
  • Unilever

2010 winner: GlaxoSmithKline

TARGETjobs Lifetime achievement award 2011

Award Winners

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