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Summer slowdown? Get ahead with ‘always-on’ recruitment

In a crowded job market where students are researching year-round, silence over summer is a missed opportunity. The smartest employers are ‘always-on’ using this time to sharpen their strategies rather than press pause. Hannah Holroyd at Stafford Long explains how.

Jul 04, 2025
Graduate Recruitment, Graduate Attraction & Marketing, Strategy

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ISEResearch
Jul 03, 2025

Have graduate jobs really nose-dived?

Apprentice Recruitment, Graduate Recruitment

ISE’s Pulse Survey and Group GTI data shows the market isn’t quite declining as widely reported, explains Stephen Isherwood, joint CEO.

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Opinion
Jul 02, 2025

Energy & insight at ISE Student Recruitment Conference 2025

Apprentice Recruitment, Graduate Recruitment

ISE Chair Joan Moore reflects on our flagship Student Recruitment Conference and shares her highlights.

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Feature
Jun 26, 2025
Apprentice Development, Apprentice Recruitment, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, Graduate Recruitment, Graduate Development, Strategy

ISE Award winners 2025 revealed

The ISE Awards are the biggest celebration of early careers recruitment and development in the UK.

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Know-how
Jun 26, 2025
Graduate Recruitment, Graduate Attraction & Marketing

Campus engagement: what’s working and what’s not

Not long ago, a free tote bag and a handshake could spark a graduate’s career journey. Today that barely gets a second glance. Christos Orthodoxou, Director of Innovation at Talent People, reflects on the new rules of campus engagement.

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Know-how
Jun 26, 2025
Apprentice Development, Graduate Development

Preparing early talent to thrive in the AI era

Equipping early career talent and ourselves to flourish in the AI age is essential, explains Alice Hooper-Scott, Director, The School of Life at Work.

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Know-how
Jun 26, 2025
Apprentice Attraction & Marketing, Apprentice Recruitment, Graduate Recruitment, Graduate Attraction & Marketing

How to build an effective employee ambassador network

In today’s competitive talent landscape, organisations are increasingly turning to a powerful but underutilised strategy to boost their employer brand: employee ambassador programmes. PLOY explains how.

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ISE Insights

We work to provide expert information and insight to our member organisations and deliver comprehensive research on range of issues affecting graduate, intern and apprenticeship recruitment and development.

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ISE Research

ISE research helps employers, universities, suppliers, and wider stakeholders in the student recruitment and development industry make well-informed decisions about student talent. 

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Report

ISE Student Development Survey 2025 Members Only

Despite an uncertain economic and political environment, ISE members continue to hire more student onto their development programmes. Find an in-depth analysis of data from employer members across a range of sectors and discover trends in development programmes for graduates and school and college leavers.

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Know-how

From ‘Early Talent’ to Emerging Talent: ISE Podcast

Episode 1: In discussion with Tom Baker

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Dashboard

Data Dashboards: Student Development 2025 Members Only

We've gathered the data from our Student Development survey into these digestible, interactive dashboards.

Apprentice Development, Graduate Development

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ISE Resources

Our resources cover a wide range of toolkits and guides, to give you comprehensive support in all aspects of your role. 

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Future of Early Talent

Ten years ago, not many ISE members were hiring school leavers, now they are.

Ten years from now, we expect many ISE member recruitment teams will not only still target school leavers and graduates, but also career changers, older workers and internal candidates.

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ISE Apprenticeships

Here you will find the content the ISE Apprenticeships Working Group has been working hard on delivering. 

In order to inform employers of the value of apprenticeships for their organisation.

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EDI

Find research, case studies, advice and information curated by ISE’s EDI Working Group to support members in their EDI journey.

From starting out and building a business case to developing a strategy and measuring performance.

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