Case study: Graduate recruitment at Cadbury Schweppes

IRS Employment Review hears from Cadbury Schweppes about how it has changed its graduate recruitment process to ensure it finds the best quality candidates.

  • Cadbury Schweppes sharpens up its graduate recruitment   Read the article in full.

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    Online graduate recruitment surveyed   Graduate recruiters using online methods should ensure that individuals are not put off by the impersonal nature of the internet and give unsuitable candidates ample opportunity to select themselves out of the process, according to IRS research.

    Graduate recruitment continues to rise   Demand for new graduates has been picking up over the past couple of years and is expected to continue to rise in the year ahead, finds an IRS survey.

    Recruiters fail to track long-term value of graduates   Employers are looking to online recruitment to attract a wider range of suitable graduates, but most show little interest in tracking their return on investment, according to new research.

    Graduate starting salaries rise by 4.8%   The midpoint in the range of graduate starting salaries is £22,000 - up 4.8% on the median rate recorded one year ago, according to the Association of Graduate Recruiters.

    A chance to learn; a chance to earn   Sarah Shillingford, graduate recruitment partner of Deloitte, explains how it recruits graduates.

    Graduate jobs boost   The future of elite graduate-entry programmes has been boosted by the findings of two separate research projects commissioned by the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR).IRS Employment Review reports.

    Degrees of attraction: employers' use of competencies in graduate recruitment   Neil Rankin analyses the role that competencies play in the crucial process of recruiting graduates with little or no prior experience.