Graduate recruitment - which job site?
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Johnniem said:
What business are you in fella? I know of a top young man looking for opportunities. Just left Uni with a 2:1.
JohnnieM
Hi. We're a niche insurance broker, mostly specialist vehicle and commercial. The graduate scheme we are looking to run will be training up to become a Personal Client Manager. Needs to be very customer focussed and have a 'can do' attitude. Happy for you to PM me if you think the lad is interested.JohnnieM
Edit - forgot to ad that we're based in Birmingham.
Edited by warp9 on Wednesday 9th July 12:58
warp9 said:
Hi. We're a niche insurance broker, mostly specialist vehicle and commercial. The graduate scheme we are looking to run will be training up to become a Personal Client Manager. Needs to be very customer focussed and have a 'can do' attitude. Happy for you to PM me if you think the lad is interested.
Edit - forgot to ad that we're based in Birmingham.
Thanks fella. The young man in question is everything you would need. He is currently in London but I shall leave him to PM you if he feels it is an opportunity for him.Edit - forgot to ad that we're based in Birmingham.
Edited by warp9 on Wednesday 9th July 12:58
Cracking!
Been through the same thing with my company. Graduate jobs.com, milk round and monster seems to be good. The first two are highly marketed in universities too so you get a lot more applicants from those sites. Only down side is for a company is can be pricy depending on how long you want it on there for.
Also when are you looking for them? If your looking now you might struggle to get the best candidates. We advertise anywhere from oct - March. The more organised students start to look between this time where as any later then that you find the quality of graduate decreases.
Plus it might be worth reaching out to the unis in Birmingham as they have their own jobs department and it's usually free to advertise with them and these get sent out to the right students (the ones with the degrees your looking for)
Any more questions PM me.
Also when are you looking for them? If your looking now you might struggle to get the best candidates. We advertise anywhere from oct - March. The more organised students start to look between this time where as any later then that you find the quality of graduate decreases.
Plus it might be worth reaching out to the unis in Birmingham as they have their own jobs department and it's usually free to advertise with them and these get sent out to the right students (the ones with the degrees your looking for)
Any more questions PM me.
richatnort said:
Plus it might be worth reaching out to the unis in Birmingham as they have their own jobs department and it's usually free to advertise with them and these get sent out to the right students (the ones with the degrees your looking for)
Absolutely the way to do it, especially if you think you're going to be hiring on a regular basis.LooneyTunes said:
richatnort said:
Plus it might be worth reaching out to the unis in Birmingham as they have their own jobs department and it's usually free to advertise with them and these get sent out to the right students (the ones with the degrees your looking for)
Absolutely the way to do it, especially if you think you're going to be hiring on a regular basis.Has anyone had any experience using Web Recruit?
I used Milkround recently. IIRC it was about £300 for an advert. The response was very good.
I also put ad's through various university careers departments but the response was generally poor.
Be prepared for the idiots at Indeed.co.uk to scrape your advert and post it once the ad has expired. You'll then get loads more applications and a lot of unhappy applicants that thought they were applying to a live advert. They will remove it when pressed but by then the damage is done.
I also put ad's through various university careers departments but the response was generally poor.
Be prepared for the idiots at Indeed.co.uk to scrape your advert and post it once the ad has expired. You'll then get loads more applications and a lot of unhappy applicants that thought they were applying to a live advert. They will remove it when pressed but by then the damage is done.
warp9 said:
I've tried the 3 main Birmingham Uni's and to be honest it's an experience I don't want to repeat. In 2 rounds of advertising with each university I have had the princely sum of 8 applications. The staff at each university were not commercially aware and struggled to sound bothered. At one I was promised that 3 people would get in touch and non did.
Genuinely surprised about that. The lot I usually recruit from couldn't be more helpful.I'm a recent graduate (Geography Bsc Hons 2:1) from Worcester University and live local to Birmingham in the Dudley area.
Would happily send my CV along with a cover letter (if you could provide me with some more details regarding the job and your ideal candidate) directly to you if you would like.
I have proven analytical skills as well as being very customer focused; having worked in a customer facing role for almost five years. Been suggested to me that I pursue a management career in the big orange supermarket however it's just not for me.
Would relish the opportunity to get on and try something new.
Cheers
Alex.
Would happily send my CV along with a cover letter (if you could provide me with some more details regarding the job and your ideal candidate) directly to you if you would like.
I have proven analytical skills as well as being very customer focused; having worked in a customer facing role for almost five years. Been suggested to me that I pursue a management career in the big orange supermarket however it's just not for me.
Would relish the opportunity to get on and try something new.
Cheers
Alex.
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