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How Clifford Chance is connecting with career changers

Integrating career changers into the early talent strategy at Clifford Chance is helping tackle skills shortages.

New government, tech and challenges: Looking back at 2024

ISE Joint-CEO, Stephen Isherwood reflects on 2024, 12 months in which the UK’s student recruitment market has faced a year of political, economic, and technological pressures.

ISE’s 10 best blogs of 2024

As 2024 comes to a close we countdown our most popular content of the year.

3 early careers trends shaping 2025

ISE was recently joined by Dr. Khairunnisa Mohamedali at The Smarty Train to explore critical trends shaping early careers going into 2025 and beyond.

Understanding how salaries compare to inflation and trends is crucial to early talent attraction

ISE reveals early career starting salaries, but Dr Ghazal Vahidi at the University of Derby argues some important differences when we consider inflation and wider wage trends.

5 trends you need to know from ISE’s Recruitment Survey 2024

Our Student Recruitment Survey 2024 is full of interesting trends and data on the evolving landscape of early careers in the UK. ISE’s Georgia Greer unpacks five top trends everyone should know.

What’s the reality of skills-based hiring and development?

Skills needs and hiring challenges mean employers must rethink their talent strategies, but to what extent is this happening? ISE’s Stephen Isherwood shares our latest research.

Employers share 8 learnings for building a data-driven early careers strategy

The Smarty Train shares the experiences of employers in shifting to a data-driven early careers strategy.

City’s award-winning Career Activation Programme

City shares what’s behind its Career Activiation Programme, which won Best University and Employer Engagement Strategy at ISE’s Awards.

How to recruit early talent more sustainably

Early talent professionals can step up to the climate emergency by recruiting more sustainably, explains Leora Shlasko from the Sustainable Recruitment Alliance.