Home Your ISE ISE Knowledge Hub Featured Knowledge Featured Know-how Who are you really competing with for graduates? Ahead of his opening keynote at the ISE Early Talent Intelligence Summit, Toby Culshaw, author of Talent Intelligence and co-founder of the Talent Intelligence Collective, asks how well early careers teams really know their competition. Oct 27, 2026 Graduate Attraction & Marketing, Graduate Recruitment, Strategy Read the Article Feature Apprenticeships reform: ISE Employer Readiness Toolkit Members Only Apprentice Recruitment, Apprentice Selection & Assessment A concise checklist and question bank for employers navigating revised apprenticeship assessment arrangements in England. Download Now Case Study Oct 20, 2026 How Severn Trent is building the workforce of the future Apprentice Development, Apprentice Recruitment, Graduate Development, Graduate Recruitment, Strategy Building the workforce of the future starts with aligning strategy with business needs, explains Kellie Emery at Severn Trent. Read the Article ISE Research Oct 19, 2026 Apprentice Recruitment, Graduate Recruitment What the ‘stabilised’ graduate market really looks like ISE’s Claire Tyler examines what this year's hiring figures reveal about the state of the early careers market. This is the first of a four-part series that explores key themes from our Student Recruitment Report 2026. Read the Article Know-how Oct 15, 2026 Apprentice Recruitment, Apprentice Selection & Assessment, Graduate Recruitment, Graduate Selection & Assessment, Technology Finding authentic talent in an AI powered recruitment market In response to member demand, ISE hosted a virtual open forum where employers shared concerns and solutions for finding authentic talent amid a flood of applications. Read the Article Dashboard Apprentice Recruitment, Graduate Recruitment Student Recruitment Data dashboards 2026: Recruitment market Members Only Key data points for market health and the hiring ratio of graduates to school and college leavers. 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Read the Article Case Study Oct 20, 2026 Apprentice Development, Apprentice Recruitment, Graduate Development, Graduate Recruitment, Strategy How Severn Trent is building the workforce of the future Read the Article ISE Research Oct 19, 2026 Apprentice Recruitment, Graduate Recruitment What the ‘stabilised’ graduate market really looks like Read the Article 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. Explore Early Talent 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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