Hi
After a week in the sun I have come back to freezing temperatures and snow! In my absence a lot has been happening with several placements made and meetings about our business plan for 2010.
Many of our clients are still interviewing graduates right up to Christmas Eve so we don't wind down completely for a week yet. Many recruiters want to get offers out before Christmas so they have new people starting in the New Year. In fact, our first ever job offer was on Christmas Eve 1996!
Our staff dinner is on 22nd December at a local restaurant then we shut the office on Christmas Eve at 2pm and return to work on the 4th January. May I take this opportunity to wish you and your families seasons greetings and a prosperous New Year.
Best regards
Dan Hawes
Friday 18 December 2009
Friday 4 December 2009
Get Your CV Done Now
Hi
It's December already and it's not long until term ends so we have noticed students are rushing around getting projects in or revising so save some time and email us your CV now and we can do all the hard work of job searching while you focus on your studies.
I've been zipping up to London this week attending various seminars and graduate recruitment events and can report that the market is still optimistic for 2010 but growth will be slow. It probably won't return to the norm as the economy has permanently adjusted to this new enviroment but with that comes many opportunities with thousands of employers that are not perhaps City base or FTSE listed. Our consultants have many contacts within this hidden job market and, if you want, we can focus our efforts on searching out graduate opportunities within this job sector.
Finally, if you are looking for good deals on your mobile phone we have teamed up with a partner site which compares pay monthly phones and pay as you go prices - check it out here.
I am off to Twickenham tomorrow for the Barbarian's v. All Blacks game and am then on leave next week. Catch up with you all in a fortnight.
Best regards
Dan
It's December already and it's not long until term ends so we have noticed students are rushing around getting projects in or revising so save some time and email us your CV now and we can do all the hard work of job searching while you focus on your studies.
I've been zipping up to London this week attending various seminars and graduate recruitment events and can report that the market is still optimistic for 2010 but growth will be slow. It probably won't return to the norm as the economy has permanently adjusted to this new enviroment but with that comes many opportunities with thousands of employers that are not perhaps City base or FTSE listed. Our consultants have many contacts within this hidden job market and, if you want, we can focus our efforts on searching out graduate opportunities within this job sector.
Finally, if you are looking for good deals on your mobile phone we have teamed up with a partner site which compares pay monthly phones and pay as you go prices - check it out here.
I am off to Twickenham tomorrow for the Barbarian's v. All Blacks game and am then on leave next week. Catch up with you all in a fortnight.
Best regards
Dan
Friday 27 November 2009
News From The AGR AGM at RBS!
Hello
Another productive week at GRB. We went along to the Association of Graduate Recruiters AGM kindly hosted by our friends at the Royal Bank of Scotland. Against the odds, membership is up and the mood was optimist for 2010 - although by no means a return to pre-2008 activity - which is positive news.
Yesterday I was at the Warwick AIESEC Careers Fair which was well attended and we spoke over 500 students who were very interested in our recruitment service. I think there is a realisation that 2010 may be slightly better but they will be competing much more with 2009 graduates for these jobs so getting an early-mover advantage is key. And that's were GRB come in!
Also we reported in our news section that many students believe that doing unpaid internships are legal when the opposite is the case. Unfortunately unscrupulous employers are taking advantage of the huge numbers of graduates entering the job market and breaking the law so look out and know your rights.
Finally, we have created an improvement to our job listings on http://www.grb.uk.com/ by placing them in closing date order so this should make it easier to see which jobs you need to apply for quickly!
Best regards
Dan Hawes
Another productive week at GRB. We went along to the Association of Graduate Recruiters AGM kindly hosted by our friends at the Royal Bank of Scotland. Against the odds, membership is up and the mood was optimist for 2010 - although by no means a return to pre-2008 activity - which is positive news.
Yesterday I was at the Warwick AIESEC Careers Fair which was well attended and we spoke over 500 students who were very interested in our recruitment service. I think there is a realisation that 2010 may be slightly better but they will be competing much more with 2009 graduates for these jobs so getting an early-mover advantage is key. And that's were GRB come in!
Also we reported in our news section that many students believe that doing unpaid internships are legal when the opposite is the case. Unfortunately unscrupulous employers are taking advantage of the huge numbers of graduates entering the job market and breaking the law so look out and know your rights.
Finally, we have created an improvement to our job listings on http://www.grb.uk.com/ by placing them in closing date order so this should make it easier to see which jobs you need to apply for quickly!
Best regards
Dan Hawes
Friday 20 November 2009
AGR Chief Exec Posts Video On GRB Site
Hello and welcome to this weeks happenings at GRB,
Despite the miserable weather affecting the UK we have a had few rays of sunshine to lift the nations graduate job seekers! I can report extremely positive news of many recruiters talking to us at the moment who are planning to recruit graduates next Summer. A high street bank, a City based IT firm, investment bank and several leading retailers plus an engineering firm - so stick with us and give yourself a fighting chance in the jobs market.
Carl Gilleard, Chief Exec of the Association of Graduate Recruiters, this week recorded an exclusive video for our website packed full of useful advice from our man-in-the-know. Plus, watch advice from three GRB experts about a suggested action plan of what you need to do in year one, year two and year three of your time at Uni to give yourself a head and shoulders advantage over other job seeking students.
Finally, for any budding Marketers amongst you, The Chartered Institute of Marketing Sussex division is hosting a seminar entitled "Back to the Future" about what successful companies are planning for their marketing in 2010.
Speak next week. Have a great weekend.
Best regards
Dan Hawes
Despite the miserable weather affecting the UK we have a had few rays of sunshine to lift the nations graduate job seekers! I can report extremely positive news of many recruiters talking to us at the moment who are planning to recruit graduates next Summer. A high street bank, a City based IT firm, investment bank and several leading retailers plus an engineering firm - so stick with us and give yourself a fighting chance in the jobs market.
Carl Gilleard, Chief Exec of the Association of Graduate Recruiters, this week recorded an exclusive video for our website packed full of useful advice from our man-in-the-know. Plus, watch advice from three GRB experts about a suggested action plan of what you need to do in year one, year two and year three of your time at Uni to give yourself a head and shoulders advantage over other job seeking students.
Finally, for any budding Marketers amongst you, The Chartered Institute of Marketing Sussex division is hosting a seminar entitled "Back to the Future" about what successful companies are planning for their marketing in 2010.
Speak next week. Have a great weekend.
Best regards
Dan Hawes
Friday 13 November 2009
GRB In The Media
Hi
We spoke to thousands of graduates in the last few weeks keen to register their CV with our consultants to start applying for jobs for them. This has created a huge backlog so please bear with us if your CV is waiting to go onto our database. In the meantime if you see any jobs you like the look of then you can visit the site http://www.grb.uk.com/, call in and discuss the next steps with a consultant. We are still busy with recruiters looking for graduates, not necessarily on graduate schemes which have been affected by the recession, but many, many direct-entry roles.
GRB have had some excellent press coverage of late. I was interviewed for the BBC World Service, FT and recently Brookson where I commented on the Government's latest initiative to get more young people getting qualifications and apprenticeships.
Finally one of my recruitment buddies, Tanya, has passed on some really useful advice so take a moment to check it out (and her book if you are interested!)
We spoke to thousands of graduates in the last few weeks keen to register their CV with our consultants to start applying for jobs for them. This has created a huge backlog so please bear with us if your CV is waiting to go onto our database. In the meantime if you see any jobs you like the look of then you can visit the site http://www.grb.uk.com/, call in and discuss the next steps with a consultant. We are still busy with recruiters looking for graduates, not necessarily on graduate schemes which have been affected by the recession, but many, many direct-entry roles.
GRB have had some excellent press coverage of late. I was interviewed for the BBC World Service, FT and recently Brookson where I commented on the Government's latest initiative to get more young people getting qualifications and apprenticeships.
Finally one of my recruitment buddies, Tanya, has passed on some really useful advice so take a moment to check it out (and her book if you are interested!)
I am off to see some friends and visit Cheddar Gorge and see why they put the super in Weston Super Mare! Please let there be sunshine...
Best regards
Dan HawesFriday 6 November 2009
GRB Attend Careers Fairs Across The Country
Hello
GRB were out and about this week at various careers fairs across the UK. The Yorkshire Graduate Fair at Sheffield Uni; Sussex Uni GradFair and then Brighton Uni Career Fair to mention a few. Loads of students came up to our stand and signed up and were really pleased to discover we existed! Judging from the number of other recruiters at these fairs I would say the recession is definitely not stopping them seek top graduates to join their firms. The only noticeable abscence of course are investment banks but even these are starting to make enquiries at GRB about their 2010 programmes so I think we have turned a corner.
We have been reinforcing the value of hiring graduates with news like this Recruitment At Firms Gathers Pace and surveys like this It pays to recruit graduates on our website newsfeed. I also got the chance to advise two graduates on air for the BBC World Service yesterday. It was broadcast from the lawns of SOAS in London and can be listened to here > http://www.grb.uk.com/grb_in_the_press.0.html
We have a new recruitment consultant starting on Monday who will be specialising in helping language graduates find work so today we have been making room for her in the office and getting her induction ready. Watch this space for a lots of new opportunities for language graduates!
All the best and enjoy any firework displays. Yesterdays Lewes Bonfire was well attended by GRB staff so have fun.
Best regards
Dan Hawes
GRB were out and about this week at various careers fairs across the UK. The Yorkshire Graduate Fair at Sheffield Uni; Sussex Uni GradFair and then Brighton Uni Career Fair to mention a few. Loads of students came up to our stand and signed up and were really pleased to discover we existed! Judging from the number of other recruiters at these fairs I would say the recession is definitely not stopping them seek top graduates to join their firms. The only noticeable abscence of course are investment banks but even these are starting to make enquiries at GRB about their 2010 programmes so I think we have turned a corner.
We have been reinforcing the value of hiring graduates with news like this Recruitment At Firms Gathers Pace and surveys like this It pays to recruit graduates on our website newsfeed. I also got the chance to advise two graduates on air for the BBC World Service yesterday. It was broadcast from the lawns of SOAS in London and can be listened to here > http://www.grb.uk.com/grb_in_the_press.0.html
We have a new recruitment consultant starting on Monday who will be specialising in helping language graduates find work so today we have been making room for her in the office and getting her induction ready. Watch this space for a lots of new opportunities for language graduates!
All the best and enjoy any firework displays. Yesterdays Lewes Bonfire was well attended by GRB staff so have fun.
Best regards
Dan Hawes
Friday 30 October 2009
Chat Online With GRB
Good morning and welcome to the latest news from GRB HQ
Being the last week of the month our team have been busy meeting their targets of placing graduates and I am pleased to say we have a had a good month. We are finding employers may have made too many redundancies and are now finding they need graduates so we have been searching our candidate database speaking to the very best graduates who will fit into their organisation. We always call graduates before we put them forward unlike some other agencies who fire off CVs willy nilly so if you get a call from 01273-325775 it's good news!
Our candidate numbers have been increasing too with many sign ups from last weeks London Careers Fair and yesterdays Nottingham Fair. A lot of graduates read about us in the press and we had several enquiries following an article in yesterday's Executive Appointment section of the FT.
As ever the team are available until 8pm Mon-Thurs and until 5pm on Fridays to answer your emails and phone calls or you might want to chat online anytime. Have a great weekend and speak soon.
Best regards
Dan Hawes
Being the last week of the month our team have been busy meeting their targets of placing graduates and I am pleased to say we have a had a good month. We are finding employers may have made too many redundancies and are now finding they need graduates so we have been searching our candidate database speaking to the very best graduates who will fit into their organisation. We always call graduates before we put them forward unlike some other agencies who fire off CVs willy nilly so if you get a call from 01273-325775 it's good news!
Our candidate numbers have been increasing too with many sign ups from last weeks London Careers Fair and yesterdays Nottingham Fair. A lot of graduates read about us in the press and we had several enquiries following an article in yesterday's Executive Appointment section of the FT.
As ever the team are available until 8pm Mon-Thurs and until 5pm on Fridays to answer your emails and phone calls or you might want to chat online anytime. Have a great weekend and speak soon.
Best regards
Dan Hawes
Friday 23 October 2009
It's Free Y'Know!
Welcome to this weeks report from GRB
It's funny how students are surprised when I tell them our service is free and we actually apply for jobs on their behalf. I guess they have a perception of recruitment agencies as taking a sneaky cut from their wages or not returning their calls but GRB do things differently.
We have been promoting GRB at the recent London Graduate Fair and we advertise with all Uni Careers Services so we are easy to find. You may even bump into one of our Student Brand Managers who represent GRB on campus. In fact, we currently have vacancies at Brighton, Royal Holloway, UEA, Surrey and Essex Unis so if you are interested in doing a part-time Marketing job drop me a line today dan@grb.uk.com.
GRB staff are off to a consultants 30th Birthday tonight in Worthing so that'll be a late one. Have a great weekend!
Dan Hawes
It's funny how students are surprised when I tell them our service is free and we actually apply for jobs on their behalf. I guess they have a perception of recruitment agencies as taking a sneaky cut from their wages or not returning their calls but GRB do things differently.
We have been promoting GRB at the recent London Graduate Fair and we advertise with all Uni Careers Services so we are easy to find. You may even bump into one of our Student Brand Managers who represent GRB on campus. In fact, we currently have vacancies at Brighton, Royal Holloway, UEA, Surrey and Essex Unis so if you are interested in doing a part-time Marketing job drop me a line today dan@grb.uk.com.
GRB staff are off to a consultants 30th Birthday tonight in Worthing so that'll be a late one. Have a great weekend!
Dan Hawes
Friday 16 October 2009
We Also Advertise Part-Time Jobs
Happy Friday and welcome to this weeks goings-on at GRB,
Lots of activity on our website with students visiting our very popular student jobs listing which currently has 264 part-time jobs. We also have Carl Gilleard, the chief exec of the Association of Graduate Recruiters giving us his exclusive monthly look at what's going on in the graduate jobs market. If anyone knows what's going on he's your man so have a read. Plus, read this week's Tip Of The Week to give you that all-important edge when applying for graduate jobs.
Our quarterly newsletter also went out to our members but you have to register with us to see that one! The marketing team have been getting ready for the Guardian London Graduate Fair next Tuesday so please do come along and pay a visit to our stand and grab yourself a freebie.
Finally, I have been getting calls from journalists this week running various graduate recruitment articles so keep an eye out for a GRB mention in Thursdays FT and the National Student very soon.
All the best.
Dan Hawes
Lots of activity on our website with students visiting our very popular student jobs listing which currently has 264 part-time jobs. We also have Carl Gilleard, the chief exec of the Association of Graduate Recruiters giving us his exclusive monthly look at what's going on in the graduate jobs market. If anyone knows what's going on he's your man so have a read. Plus, read this week's Tip Of The Week to give you that all-important edge when applying for graduate jobs.
Our quarterly newsletter also went out to our members but you have to register with us to see that one! The marketing team have been getting ready for the Guardian London Graduate Fair next Tuesday so please do come along and pay a visit to our stand and grab yourself a freebie.
Finally, I have been getting calls from journalists this week running various graduate recruitment articles so keep an eye out for a GRB mention in Thursdays FT and the National Student very soon.
All the best.
Dan Hawes
Friday 9 October 2009
GRBs Weekly Highlights | No.7
Hello
Had a great week at GRB! Now students are back, GRB are on the road meeting thousands of you at various freshers fairs and events. On Tuesday we were at Cambridge Uni and were overwhelmed with sign ups to our service. Plus they loved our freebies!
We are going to help these guys find part-time work and internships and then guide them as they progress to graduation and represent them when they start applying for graduate jobs. There is a big grad fair in Earls Court, London this weekend which I am going to pop into as I am visiting the Bike Show next door in Olympia! Don't worry I won't be in lycra if you spot me.
I was in London yesterday to help AGR with their membership strategy and a very productive meeting it was too. The more recruiters are aware of AGR then the more companies can achieve higher standards and better recruitment campaigns. If I get any useful info that will help you find work, I'll pass it on.
Finally, if there are any Sussex based students or graduates interested in keeping up to date on current marketing topics then an event on October 29th is a must. More info here>
ttp://www.cim.co.uk/Events/EventDetail.aspx?ObjectID=29093
Have a great weekend.
Dan
Had a great week at GRB! Now students are back, GRB are on the road meeting thousands of you at various freshers fairs and events. On Tuesday we were at Cambridge Uni and were overwhelmed with sign ups to our service. Plus they loved our freebies!
We are going to help these guys find part-time work and internships and then guide them as they progress to graduation and represent them when they start applying for graduate jobs. There is a big grad fair in Earls Court, London this weekend which I am going to pop into as I am visiting the Bike Show next door in Olympia! Don't worry I won't be in lycra if you spot me.
I was in London yesterday to help AGR with their membership strategy and a very productive meeting it was too. The more recruiters are aware of AGR then the more companies can achieve higher standards and better recruitment campaigns. If I get any useful info that will help you find work, I'll pass it on.
Finally, if there are any Sussex based students or graduates interested in keeping up to date on current marketing topics then an event on October 29th is a must. More info here>
ttp://www.cim.co.uk/Events/EventDetail.aspx?ObjectID=29093
Have a great weekend.
Dan
Friday 2 October 2009
GRBs Weekly Highlights | No.6
Hi
With many students going back to University our website has seen way more visits especially to our student jobs section. I guess the class of 2010 aren't wasting any time so they avoid missing out on job opportunities. I understand that looking for a graduate job is very time-consuming and most students leave it until the Summer when then actually graduate and can think clearly about what they want to do. In fact the forcast for 2010 is looking slightly better than 2009 so there is no need to panic but some sectors will take longer to recover so keep your ear to the ground plus we are here to help you so feel free to drop me or my team a line.
We are running monthly polls on our website and the findings from our recent are published here > http://www.grb.uk.com/news_archive.0.html?storyId=1448. Also, our website gets newsfeeds every day so it's well worth subscribing to the RSS feed to keep uo to date on what's going on in graduate recruitment.
Finally, as Treasurer of the Sussex region Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) I get involved in various events and this Wednesday saw a fantastic turnout in at the Crowne Plaza Hotel for a debate on who rules the boardroom - Marketing or Finance. Who do you think?!
Here's to good weekend - it's starting this evening with some after work drinks in Brighton. Will check in with you all next Friday.
Dan Hawes
With many students going back to University our website has seen way more visits especially to our student jobs section. I guess the class of 2010 aren't wasting any time so they avoid missing out on job opportunities. I understand that looking for a graduate job is very time-consuming and most students leave it until the Summer when then actually graduate and can think clearly about what they want to do. In fact the forcast for 2010 is looking slightly better than 2009 so there is no need to panic but some sectors will take longer to recover so keep your ear to the ground plus we are here to help you so feel free to drop me or my team a line.
We are running monthly polls on our website and the findings from our recent are published here > http://www.grb.uk.com/news_archive.0.html?storyId=1448. Also, our website gets newsfeeds every day so it's well worth subscribing to the RSS feed to keep uo to date on what's going on in graduate recruitment.
Finally, as Treasurer of the Sussex region Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) I get involved in various events and this Wednesday saw a fantastic turnout in at the Crowne Plaza Hotel for a debate on who rules the boardroom - Marketing or Finance. Who do you think?!
Here's to good weekend - it's starting this evening with some after work drinks in Brighton. Will check in with you all next Friday.
Dan Hawes
Friday 25 September 2009
GRBS Weekly Highlights | No.5
Hi everyone and welcome to my update from GRB.
It's been a productive week with applications to go through for lots of graduate vacancies. Looking ahead to next year signs are very good and surprised some of the attendees at a graduate recruitment breakfast seminar on Wednesday. The AGR announced that their members (big name grad recruiters) will be continuing with their graduate recruitment for 2010 and in many cases actually increasing their vacancies. This news just doesn't seem to get out and many graduates and students are panicking needlessly. Here's more info on that here > http://tinyurl.com/y96aqgs
We have also been speaking to candidates for two roles we have at GRB in Brighton, Sussex. We need graduates with 2 years recruitment experience to join our team. Let me know if you know anyone.
In the Marketing Department we have been putting the final touches to our plans and we are all looking forward to getting out on the road and visit as many students up and down the county at careers fairs, freshers fairs and various other events.
Finally, our man-in-the-know, Carl Gilleard, Chief Exec at AGR has kindly written his exclusive monthly column on our website so click here to get some inside info on graduate recruitment.
http://www.grb.uk.com/news_archive.0.html?storyId=1440
OK I'm off and am looking forward to a weekend of bicycle maintenance, basketball (Worthing Thunder play their first game of the season on Saturday), football and rugby! Have a good one.
Best regards
Dan Hawes
It's been a productive week with applications to go through for lots of graduate vacancies. Looking ahead to next year signs are very good and surprised some of the attendees at a graduate recruitment breakfast seminar on Wednesday. The AGR announced that their members (big name grad recruiters) will be continuing with their graduate recruitment for 2010 and in many cases actually increasing their vacancies. This news just doesn't seem to get out and many graduates and students are panicking needlessly. Here's more info on that here > http://tinyurl.com/y96aqgs
We have also been speaking to candidates for two roles we have at GRB in Brighton, Sussex. We need graduates with 2 years recruitment experience to join our team. Let me know if you know anyone.
In the Marketing Department we have been putting the final touches to our plans and we are all looking forward to getting out on the road and visit as many students up and down the county at careers fairs, freshers fairs and various other events.
Finally, our man-in-the-know, Carl Gilleard, Chief Exec at AGR has kindly written his exclusive monthly column on our website so click here to get some inside info on graduate recruitment.
http://www.grb.uk.com/news_archive.0.html?storyId=1440
OK I'm off and am looking forward to a weekend of bicycle maintenance, basketball (Worthing Thunder play their first game of the season on Saturday), football and rugby! Have a good one.
Best regards
Dan Hawes
Friday 18 September 2009
GRBS Weekly Highlights | No. 4
Hello job seekers! Welcome to this weeks happenings at GRB HQ.
Well first of all we had a new graduate join GRB as a Trainee Recruitment Consultant. Her name is Jenny and she went to Portsmouth University and completed a HR and Psychology degree. She's just finished her induction and raring to go and will be speaking to graduates shortlisted for some of our key accounts over the coming weeks.
Some recruitment consultants have been seeing a steady rise in enquiries from recruiters for STEM graduates which means those studying Science, Technology, Engineering or Maths and also in locations across the UK; Bristol, Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle and Birmingham. So if that's you expect and email and call very soon.
As you know GRB have a team of specialists who from start to finish will help you apply for jobs and fastrack the process so when we call or email you get ready! In case you didn't know the team are available until 8pm on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday so give us a call if you have any queries.
Finally a friend of GRB is off on a charity mission to a school in Botswana to help some of the children. We have donated our projector so he can show the kids some films which they have never had the opportunity to see that's our good deed for the day!
Have a great weekend - I'm off mountain biking in Afan, South Wales. Bye for now...
Well first of all we had a new graduate join GRB as a Trainee Recruitment Consultant. Her name is Jenny and she went to Portsmouth University and completed a HR and Psychology degree. She's just finished her induction and raring to go and will be speaking to graduates shortlisted for some of our key accounts over the coming weeks.
Some recruitment consultants have been seeing a steady rise in enquiries from recruiters for STEM graduates which means those studying Science, Technology, Engineering or Maths and also in locations across the UK; Bristol, Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle and Birmingham. So if that's you expect and email and call very soon.
As you know GRB have a team of specialists who from start to finish will help you apply for jobs and fastrack the process so when we call or email you get ready! In case you didn't know the team are available until 8pm on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday so give us a call if you have any queries.
Finally a friend of GRB is off on a charity mission to a school in Botswana to help some of the children. We have donated our projector so he can show the kids some films which they have never had the opportunity to see that's our good deed for the day!
Have a great weekend - I'm off mountain biking in Afan, South Wales. Bye for now...
Thursday 10 September 2009
GRBs Weekly Highlights
Hello and welcome to this weeks goings-on at GRB
Now the schools are back it's only a short while until Unis go back. One student I spoke to from York Uni doesn't go back until 13th October! Alright for some. We are planning several research projects with students so timing is pretty important for when we roll this out.
The GRB consultants have had another busy week speaking to graduates about jobs, arranging interviews and working with clients on immediate and, despite the economic gloom, their graduate recruitment plans for 2010 - so don't despair there is light at the end of the tunnel!
I have a busy day today as I have my quarterly committee meeting with the Association Of Graduate Recruiters Membership team in Farringdon, London to look at ways of attracting more companies to join our professional organisation. After that I am off to the Chartered Institute Of Marketing's regional conference at CIM HQ near Reading which finishes off with a Dinner and an overnight stay.
Finally, check out our website as we have just loaded a new feedback widget on the top left corner of the page so people can give us their suggestions. Right, better go, my team is about to go into a meeting about our Marketing Plan for 2009-10. Have a great weekend and see you next Friday.
Now the schools are back it's only a short while until Unis go back. One student I spoke to from York Uni doesn't go back until 13th October! Alright for some. We are planning several research projects with students so timing is pretty important for when we roll this out.
The GRB consultants have had another busy week speaking to graduates about jobs, arranging interviews and working with clients on immediate and, despite the economic gloom, their graduate recruitment plans for 2010 - so don't despair there is light at the end of the tunnel!
I have a busy day today as I have my quarterly committee meeting with the Association Of Graduate Recruiters Membership team in Farringdon, London to look at ways of attracting more companies to join our professional organisation. After that I am off to the Chartered Institute Of Marketing's regional conference at CIM HQ near Reading which finishes off with a Dinner and an overnight stay.
Finally, check out our website as we have just loaded a new feedback widget on the top left corner of the page so people can give us their suggestions. Right, better go, my team is about to go into a meeting about our Marketing Plan for 2009-10. Have a great weekend and see you next Friday.
Friday 4 September 2009
GRB Weekly Highlights
Welcome to this week’s round up from my desk!
My team had another busy week bringing graduates and recruiters together from across the country. A new advertiser went on our job site www.grb.uk.com called Cerulli who are looking for numerate grads - you can apply directly to them here > http://tinyurl.com/nw7asn
We are gearing up for the new term and have recruited many new Student Brand Managers who will be running our marketing campaigns on campuses across the UK so keep an eye out for them. I've also taken several enquiries from journalists wanting me to comment on graduate recruitment issues which are making the headlines of late. Here's a link to an article in the Daily Telegraph which I had a hand in! http://tinyurl.com/nfmazr
We have our finger on the pulse here at GRB as we are talking to, meeting with and emailing students and graduates everyday. I was curious given the tight labour market whether this year’s crop of graduates think they made the right decision choosing their degree subject so I ran a poll on our website and here are the current results > http://tinyurl.com/mdrw5o
I hope you have a great weekend - I am off to Twickenham tomorrow to see the curtain raiser of the new season with two games of rugby.
Best regards
Dan Hawes
My team had another busy week bringing graduates and recruiters together from across the country. A new advertiser went on our job site www.grb.uk.com called Cerulli who are looking for numerate grads - you can apply directly to them here > http://tinyurl.com/nw7asn
We are gearing up for the new term and have recruited many new Student Brand Managers who will be running our marketing campaigns on campuses across the UK so keep an eye out for them. I've also taken several enquiries from journalists wanting me to comment on graduate recruitment issues which are making the headlines of late. Here's a link to an article in the Daily Telegraph which I had a hand in! http://tinyurl.com/nfmazr
We have our finger on the pulse here at GRB as we are talking to, meeting with and emailing students and graduates everyday. I was curious given the tight labour market whether this year’s crop of graduates think they made the right decision choosing their degree subject so I ran a poll on our website and here are the current results > http://tinyurl.com/mdrw5o
I hope you have a great weekend - I am off to Twickenham tomorrow to see the curtain raiser of the new season with two games of rugby.
Best regards
Dan Hawes
Thursday 27 August 2009
GRB Weekly Highlights
Hello and welcome to the first of my weekly updates from the world of GRB!
With BT cancelling their graduate recruitment programme for 2010 all eyes were on any other big names recruiters’ following suit. Luckily, so far, this case has been isolated. I can understand how this action will save money in the short term but it creates massive problems for succession planning when they seek to pick rising stars to become mangers and future board members. Where will they turn to? Probably recruitment agencies like ours who have a huge talent pool of graduates like you! Let's wait and see what happens...
In the meantime we continue to be very busy placing graduates up and down the country. This week for example we helped recruiters hire Electrical Engineers, English Literature, Philosophy, Maths, Economics and Management graduates. Recession? What recession! We also placed a graduate with four years work experience so even if you graduated a while ago you are still in demand. Other success stories include two members of the GRB team being promoted to Senior Recruitment Consultants due to their fantastic billing record this year. The only bad news in the office was the cancelling of the Beachdown Festival in Brighton which left some of the team on a beachdowner!
Finally, we speak to graduates and students every day and especially love meeting them at events across the UK. It would be great to meet everyone and talk to them about their needs and wants but that's not possible so instead if you have any comments, suggestions and ideas then please drop me a line or visit our new forum. If enough people ask for it we'll do it! Have a great week and speak to you soon.
Dan
dan@grb.uk.com
With BT cancelling their graduate recruitment programme for 2010 all eyes were on any other big names recruiters’ following suit. Luckily, so far, this case has been isolated. I can understand how this action will save money in the short term but it creates massive problems for succession planning when they seek to pick rising stars to become mangers and future board members. Where will they turn to? Probably recruitment agencies like ours who have a huge talent pool of graduates like you! Let's wait and see what happens...
In the meantime we continue to be very busy placing graduates up and down the country. This week for example we helped recruiters hire Electrical Engineers, English Literature, Philosophy, Maths, Economics and Management graduates. Recession? What recession! We also placed a graduate with four years work experience so even if you graduated a while ago you are still in demand. Other success stories include two members of the GRB team being promoted to Senior Recruitment Consultants due to their fantastic billing record this year. The only bad news in the office was the cancelling of the Beachdown Festival in Brighton which left some of the team on a beachdowner!
Finally, we speak to graduates and students every day and especially love meeting them at events across the UK. It would be great to meet everyone and talk to them about their needs and wants but that's not possible so instead if you have any comments, suggestions and ideas then please drop me a line or visit our new forum. If enough people ask for it we'll do it! Have a great week and speak to you soon.
Dan
dan@grb.uk.com
Thursday 14 May 2009
Channel 4
We are dealing with a few enquiries at the moment from the media about graduates and their plans to find work in this difficult jobs market. Channel 4 are looking to run a video diary with 3 graduates looking for work. If you are interested please email me dan@grb.uk.com.
Thursday 30 April 2009
The Graduate Market in 2009 - NEW survey
Read the full High Fliers Survey here > http://tinyurl.com/crxcz2
Tuesday 21 April 2009
Internships give an extra edge
According to Dan Hawes of the Graduate Recruitment Bureau, the best CVs are those with details of good internships. “Relevant work experience makes a candidate stand out. We go to a lot of career fairs and students with commercial know-how are different. They can speak to you on the same level.
Full Times article here > http://tinyurl.com/c75s53
Full Times article here > http://tinyurl.com/c75s53
An American take on interview tips
What is it that certain people say or do during a job interview that makes them stand out? Why do some people struggle to find work, while others land a job in no time? I wanted to know, and the only way to find out was to experience the interview from the other side of the table. If I could be the one asking the interview questions, not answering, I could see first hand what made candidates stand out. I could then take that knowledge and cater my behavior in any future interview to give myself the best chance of getting hired.
More here > http://www.howtonailaninterview.com/
More here > http://www.howtonailaninterview.com/
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