01/06/2009
In this month's issue...Motoring Through the Downturn, Letter from Carl, Dialogue, Not Monologue, Breakfast News, Careers Services Get Creative, (International) Taking Responsibility, Getting Personal, Lateral Fishing, Perfect Match, (What About The Students)
Staying Out for the Summer?, Under Pressure, (Technology) Staying On Track, (Diarist) Some Like it Hot
27/04/2009
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25/03/2009
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01/12/2008
RECESSION - We talk to graduate recruiters about what they learnt in the last economic downturn and how you can benefit from their experience.
01/10/2008
HANGING IN THE BALANCE? - New research into the work/life balance conundrum...
THE REVOLTING TRUTH ABOUT ECHO BOOMERS - Paul Redmond looks at why GenY are just like their 1968 counterparts...
MAKING EXPERIENCE WORK - Heather Collier explains how work experience can help employers capitalise on Generation Y...
SELLING RETAIL - The retail industry has a definite edge when it comes to attracting graduates early - but is it using it?...
RACE DISCRIMINATION LEGISLATION - THE FIRST 40 YEARS...
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR - AGR Chief Executive, Carl Gilleard takes recruiters from 1968 on a tour...
THEN AND NOW: 1968-2008 - AGCAS Chief Executive, Margaret Dane has seen a lot of changes since she graduated in 1968...
1968 IN PICTURES - Memories are hazy for most, so here is a pictorial reminder...
01/08/2008
RIDING THE RECESSION - in the face of the much documented credit crunch, David Lawton of Cubiks explains why graduate recruiters mustn’t abandon their search for talent... WHAT GRADUATES REALLY REALLY WANT - The lowdown on the findings of the Guardian’s GradFacts 2008 survey... CORNISH CREAM - How a project in Cornwall is reversing the brain drain and boosting the local economy, with impressive results... DOWN TO BUSINESS - Do business and management graduates have the edge? Should recruiters open their minds to this pool of talent? Vicky Robinson of The Association of Business Schools says yes, yes, yes... GETTING HIGH - Dan Hawes of GRB looks at why we can’t ignore the Helicopter Parents phenomenon - and how to capitalise on it.
01/06/2008
WAKE UP BRITAIN - Carl Gilleard on what you need to know in the face of the current skills crisis... SUPERSTAR STATUS - AGR and the University of Liverpool explain how they are working together to focus young minds... BRIGHT LONDON Serial entrepreneur, James Uffindell claims to be pioneering a new approach to graduate recruitment… SCHOOL OF THOUGHT - How a global IT company’s own ‘university’ is boosting graduate recruitment ... BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD - London’s status as a world centre for fashion is under threat – and you can help to save it ... TAILOR MADE - How Ernst & Young is reaping the rewards of a tailor made degree... MANUFACTURING THE TRUTH - why the manufacturing industry is crying out for non-technical graduates... A STIFF CHALLENGE - Whyte and Mackay has built a whole new sales team - against the clock… BRAVE NEW WORLD - Does the answer to the UK skills crisis lie down under?
01/04/2008
BEING SMALL MINDED - More graduates are turning to SMEs for employment, but larger employers can learn valuable lessons from their small counterparts...
IMMIGRATION - THE LOW DOWN – A quick guide to the new points based system for immigration – and why employers need to know...
UP CLOSE AND PASSIONATE - Why successful recruitment is about exploring graduates’ true passions…
SME'S SECRET WEAPON - Why graduates can prove instrumental for a growing SME…
LAND OF OPPORTUNITY - This year’s NCWE Awards and the inspiring winners, large and small...
A TESTING TIME - Inappropriate use of psychometric testing can alienate candidates with disabilities...
ALL INCLUSIVE - The investment banking sector is leading the way in diversity...
01/02/2008
TAKING CHARGE - Graduates shout about why they want more of a challenge on work experience placements...
APPLICATION FRUSTRATION - Graduates are being driven wild by the often unwieldy recruitment process. They tell all…
REAL REWARDS IN A VIRTUAL WORLD - Second Life is proving to be a valuable recruitment tool...
HIDDEN GOLD - A history of art buff and a sustainable engineering champion reveal why they chose a less than traditional career route after graduation...
WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD - Winner of Birmingham Future’s first Graduate Apprentice itiative,Darvinder Kang explains why it has changed his life...
GROWN UP GRADUATES - Recruitment group Reed is reaping the benefits of headhunting mature graduates onto its graduate scheme…
01/12/2007
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION - The Burgess Review Group publishes its report and recommendations for the future of the degree classification system...
TOMORROW'S WORLD - Are some of the most common preconceptions about what graduates want wide of the mark?...
PLAYING DIRTY? - what does it really mean to be political – and is it always a bad thing?...
HOLD THE FRONT PAGE - The Public Relations industry has always struggled to overcome its ‘ab fab’ image and be taken seriously, but the current shortage of account managers and directors runs deeper than that ...
DOING IT BY THE BOOK - Last year, Ernst & Young’s US arm became the first professional services firm to use a social networking site as a primary recruitment channel...