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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The student labour market is directly affected by global and national economic forces, the political environment, and the changing needs of employers and students. The ISE Recruitment Survey identifies a number of significant trends driven by these pressures.
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This year's report reveals key findings in the age of AI, the top skills being developed to equip GenZ hires for the world of work, and the top reasons GenZ employees are leaving organisations.
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View key data from the ISE Student Recruitment Report in these interactive dashboards, where you can filter by sector and pathway. Discover new and extended dashboards introduced this year!
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Interactive data dashboards from the ISE Student Development Survey 2026. Discover data on development approach and apprenticeships.
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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!
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Interactive data dashboards from the ISE Student Development Survey 2026. Discover data on the impact of AI on entry-level roles and it's presence in recruitment and development.
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Interactive data dashboards from the ISE Student Development Survey 2026. Discover data on skills demand, skills readiness on entry and skills development.
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Interactive data dashboards from the ISE Student Development Survey 2026. Discover data on progression, retention and mental health and well being.
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Interactive data dashboards from the ISE Student Development Survey 2026. Discover data on resourcing and cost per hire.
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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.
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Discover an insight into market health, view recruitment growth between 2023/24 and 2024/25, applications per hire for each pathway and the ratio of graduates to school and college leavers.
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View the apprenticeships levels organisations are recruiting by sector and pathway.
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Discover the number of recruitment intakes per year and the recruitment campaign schedules.
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Here we cover the minimum entry requirements for graduates.
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Discover typical starting salaries indexed for inflation and salaries after three years by sector and region.
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Find the typical student to recruiter ratio and cost per student hire.
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Discover key trends in student recruitment with these interactive dashboards, with the ability to filter by sector and region.
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We've gathered the data from our Student Development survey into these digestible, interactive dashboards.
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We've gathered the data from our Student Recruitment survey into these digestible, interactive dashboards.
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Student mental health, the cost-of-living crisis, hybrid working and retention of employees, all are issues that have made headlines in recent months. They are also the concerns of those who manage student development programmes. In this year’s ISE development survey we have added analysis on retention, working practices and programme design to understand how our sector is responding to the pressures faced by employers and their early career hires.
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The student labour market is directly affected by global and national economic forces, the political environment, and the changing needs of employers and students. The ISE Recruitment Survey identifies a number of significant trends driven by these pressures.
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The student labour market is directly affected by global and national economic forces, the political environment, and the changing needs of employers and students. This year's ISE Recruitment Survey identifies a number of significant trends driven by these pressures.
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There has never been a greater need to invest in early talent development programmes. High vacancy rates, low unemployment, and decreasing participation are all creating a shortage of talent for employers. A strong, retained, early talent pipeline is how employers can help meet their future resourcing needs, and this report provides the analysis to build effective development programmes.
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