The IRS graduate recruitment survey 2008/09

The annual IRS survey of graduate recruitment looks at the prospects for the 2008/09 hiring round; highlights the most effective ways that employers have devised to find and select the best graduates; analyses starting salaries; and maps the trends in improving recruitment techniques.

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Increases in graduate starting salaries between 2007/08 and 2008/09
Starting salaries in the current hiring round, 2008/09
Starting salaries structure
Employment offering
Employers’ demand for graduates in 2008/09
The most effective methods of finding graduate recruits
Forging links with universities
Job-application methods used for graduate vacancies
The most effective methods of selecting graduate recruits
Trends in recruitment and selection
Changes to recruitment practices
Changes that have proved most effective
Changes that graduate recruiters would like to make
Our research
Table 1: Changes in graduate starting salaries between 2007/08 and 2008/09
Table 2: Graduate starting salaries, 2008/09
Table 3: The most effective ways of finding good-quality graduate candidates
Table 4: The most effective ways of selecting candidates for graduate vacancies
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