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Strategic ROI: analysing data and influencing decisions

In a tight economic climate, where businesses expect development teams to deliver more with less, proving the value of early careers hiring has never been more important, explains ISE’s Anne-Marie Campion.

Data dashboards - ISE Student Development Survey 2026 Members Only

View the key themes of data from the ISE Student Development Survey in these interactive dashboards, where you can filter by region and sector. This year we've introduced seven new dashboards!

Development data dashboards: strategy and resourcing Members Only

Interactive data dashboards from the ISE Student Development Survey 2026. Discover data on resourcing and cost per hire.

ISE Student Development Survey 2026 Access Now

Discover the current trends from the largest group of early careers development professionals in the UK. The ISE annual Student Development Survey is the largest of its type and this year analyses data from 144 employers.

Severn Trent: A strategic approach to work experience

Severn Trent left behind an ad-hoc, reactive approach for high-quality, inclusive work experience at scale – and they’re reaping the rewards. Here’s how.

We can’t solve long-term skills gap with short-term thinking

Solving the skills gap isn’t about hiring ready-made talent, but about how quickly they can learn what the business needs tomorrow, explains Simon Reichwald at Connectr and Chris Shirley at Form the Future.

What’s behind Sky’s most successful early careers strategy?

Sky was crowned with the Most Successful Early Careers Strategy at this year’s ISE Awards. Early Careers Senior Consultant, Charlotte Stephenson, explains how they did it.

What you need to know about post-16 skills reforms

In this article Anne-Marie Campion unpacks the recently published White Paper on post 16 Education and Skills and current proposal for apprenticeship reform.

From ‘Early Talent’ to Emerging Talent: ISE Podcast

New episode out now! Emerging talent leaders, Ellie Long from Rolls-Royce and Lisa Dell'Avvocato from Lloyds Banking Group, share what it means to be skills-based in their regulated organisations.

Data dashboard 2025: AI in recruitment Members Only

Discover the data surrounding policies and guidance for candidate use, cheating, benefits and drawbacks of using AI in the recruitment process, and the future outlook.