It’s usually around this time of year when recruiter surveys get published. Indeed some of you probably took part in the recent Universum survey. Now league tables and survey have their place (and pitfalls) but it’s always interesting to see what students are saying and which employers are most popular so I thought I would share some results with you.
The Universum survey found, not totally surprisingly, that there have been some changes in priority and position among recruiters pre and post recession. Work-life balance, security and stability and competitive or intellectual challenge are seen as the 3 most important factors (not all of which are immediately associated with the sector!). Job characteristics were also the most important driver of employer attractiveness. So with this in mind, who were this year’s winners?
As sectors, Banking and Financial Services filled 2 out of the top 3 places for business careers. For business and commerce companies, coming in at number 3 (behind Apple and Google) was HSBC. The highest climber in this catergory was another bank, RBS. In the industry categories, top place for Accounting and Audit went to PWC for another year. The Banking category was won by HSBC.
The Guardian UK 300 is a survey to find the most popular UK graduate employers and looks at which sector and which employers students most want to work for. There’s lots of different information and categories but top ranked employer this year (up from number 2) is PWC. EY and Deloitte also appear in the top 5. HSBC is the first bank in the list at number 9 and Teach First, at number 8, is supported by many companies in the sector including Rothschild, UBS, Barclays Capital, Blackrock and HSBC.
Now this isn’t a plug for these specific companies but rather a plug to say come in and visit the Careers Service and get your FREE employer guides and books that accompany these surveys. We’ve lots of copies of the Guardian 300 to give away so pick up yours today!
