Source: IRS Employment Review Issue: 933 Date: 16/11/2009 Publisher: IRS

Graduate recruitment: the 2009/10 IRS survey

TOPICS:
recruitment finding candidates
selecting staff
pay and benefits pay levels and awards

SECTORS:
manufacturing (other)
public services
services (other)

AUTHOR: Rachel Suff


The 20th IRS annual graduate recruitment survey investigates the effect of the current economic climate on the 2009/10 hiring round, highlights the most effective ways that employers have found to attract and select graduate recruits and looks at any changes or barriers to graduate recruitment practices.

On this page:
Graduate starting salaries frozen
Starting salaries in 2009/10 
How starting salaries are structured
Graduate supply outstrips demand
IRS respondents' demand for graduates
The impact of age discrimination legislation
Online methods of attracting graduates
Chart 1: The most commonly used candidate attraction methods
Chart 2: The most effective candidate attraction methods
Internships and work placements
Online application methods most popular
The graduate selection process
      Pre-selection
      Testing in recruitment
      Final decision stage
Most effective assessment and selection methods
Chart 3: The most effective assessment and selection methods
Changes to graduate recruitment practices
Barriers to graduate recruitment
Chart 4: Problems experienced by employers when recruiting graduates
Our research
Table 1: The change in graduate starting salaries between 2008/09 and 2009/10
Table 2: Graduate starting salaries, 2009/10
Box 1: Employers' changes to graduate recruitment
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