Below are official policy statements from the AGR with links through to the relevant policy document
Equality and Diversity: Coming of Age - 14/10/2005
Foreword
The Association of Graduate Recruiters, AGR, was established in 1968 and are a not-for-profit business. We currently have a membership of more than 800 businesses with a shared interest and heavy investment in the recruitment and development of graduates, primarily through operating graduate schemes.
Our professional interest in the Coming of Age consultation exercise is therefore restricted to the graduate market and specifically the recruitment, selection and development of graduates on to graduate schemes. In 2005 our members recruited well in excess of 20,000 graduates into high quality programmes.
Because our interest is quite specific we felt that the response form was not the most appropriate way for us to respond to the consultation. Hence we have prepared a statement dealing directly with the issues that are of most concern to our members. In addition to holding numerous consultations with sector focus groups, we also organised a one day national conference in May 2005 on the proposed legislation with the title ‘Are You ready?’ Almost 200 people attended that event, suggesting a high level of interest in the proposed legislation. For the full policy please visit the
AGR Age Legislation Policy Statement.
The AGR Policy on Endorsements and Sponsorship
This paper explains AGR’s new policy on:
+ endorsement of external products and services
+ sponsorship of external products and services
+ endorsement of AGR products and services
+ sponsorship of AGR products and services
During its long history AGR has frequently been approached to endorse products and services operating within the graduate recruitment industry. The trend is for more requests and offers to be made and it is easy to see why. The AGR has developed a powerful brand over the years but the Association has, by and large, resisted such overtures. For the full policy please visit the AGR Policy on Endorsements and Sponsorship