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Know-how
Jul 24, 2025
Apprentice Recruitment, Apprentice Selection & Assessment, Graduate Recruitment, Graduate Selection & Assessment, Technology

6 ways to beat surge in job applications

With AI making it easier to apply for jobs en masse, small early careers teams in particular are feeling the strain. ISE members offer advice.

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Know-how
Jul 23, 2025
Future, Graduate Recruitment, Graduate Attraction & Marketing

What’s the future of graduate marketing?

What do Twitch streamers, Minecraft worlds, and influencers have in common? Until recently, probably not graduate attraction strategy. But a live panel with TMP Worldwide found that the rules of engagement have changed.

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Opinion
Jul 15, 2025
Graduate Recruitment, Graduate Attraction & Marketing, Student Insight

A new movement sparks change for student wellbeing

Campus to Campus: Stories in Motion is a rapidly growing movement committed to fostering meaningful dialogue and driving positive change within student mental health, explains Founder Katherine Allan.

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Know-how
Jul 10, 2025
Graduate Recruitment, Graduate Development

3 steps to keep graduates warm before day one

Amberjack’s latest webinar, hosted by Head of Learning and Development, Jenny Fitzgerald, explored how pre-boarding engagement activity is critical to keeping graduates warm and building loyalty.

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ISEResearch
Jul 09, 2025
Apprentice Recruitment, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, Graduate Recruitment

Graduate employers maintain strong commitment to EDI

ISE Pulse Survey shows commitment of early careers professionals to EDI initiatives.

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Know-how
Jul 04, 2025
Graduate Recruitment, Graduate Attraction & Marketing, Strategy

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.

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ISEResearch
Jul 03, 2025
Apprentice Recruitment, Graduate Recruitment

Have graduate jobs really nose-dived?

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
Apprentice Recruitment, Graduate Recruitment

Energy & insight at ISE Student Recruitment Conference 2025

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 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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Research
Jun 04, 2025
Graduate Recruitment, Student Insight

Graduates pivot careers due to AI and job automation

AI is impacting the early career decisions of young people, reveals a new report from Prospects at Jisc.

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