Discover the data-driven strategies that can revolutionise your graduate programmes

1. Hire and Inspire
Are your Graduate
Programmes Delivering?

2. Market Dynamics Are Changing
129MILLION
Students graduate each year
1 in 4 graduates are likely
To leave their employer
within 12 months
1 in 4 graduates get more
than 3 offers
Graduate vacancies that
remain unfilled
87%
1

3. Competition for graduates is fierce. But
even when you think you’ve found the
right graduates, chances are things will
still go wrong.

4. Graduates Are Struggling to Find the Right Jobs
3 in 4 graduates don’t understand
the role before applying
2 in 3 regret accepting the job
offer when in the role
1 in 5 apply for jobs that don’t
match their interests

5. By rethinking your approach, you can
take the first steps towards building a
workforce inspired to succeed.

6. What is Your Employer Value Proposition Saying to Graduates
50%
Graduates who choose an employer
based on brand and reputation
of employer brand budget is spent on
research and measuring
YET
5%
+21%
Employers with a poor EVP pay
a 21% premium for graduate talent

7. Graduates value opportunities
to learn, develop and grow.
Help graduates make the
decision to want to come
and work for you.

8. What is Your Strategy for Securing the Right Talent
Do you need a buy strategy?
Investment in ‘academic
stars’ from the best universities
The odds of finding these graduates
1 in 15
Buy Strategy

9. What is Your Strategy for Securing the Right Talent
Do you need a buy strategy?
Investment in ‘academic
stars’ from the best universities
Or will a buy-and-build strategy give you
greater returns?
Identify strong graduates and provide
development upfront to close the
skills gaps
The odds of finding these graduates
1 in 15
Buy Strategy
1 in 2
Buy-and-build
Strategy

10. Make sure your graduate strategy links
potential to real employability.
Make the right talent decision that will
deliver the greatest returns.
A buy-and-build strategy increases
your odds of success 7 fold.
x7

11. Find Out More in Our New eBook
Hire and Inspire:
A New Approach to Graduate Recruitment
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Discover what really makes a great graduate hire and
what new strategies you can adopt to revolutionise your
graduate programmes.
The source of all research: CEB Graduate Talent Report 2014: Driving New Success Strategies in Graduate Recruitment
Additional sources: 1 OECD 2012 - 25-34 year-olds with a tertiary degree across OECD and G20 countries (2010) 2 AGR 2014 - Graduate employers report unfilled vacancies (UK)