Foreword
demand for their graduate programmes can be a di#cult one to navigate. The editorial features in this edition of The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers explain how your university careers service can help you research your career options, prepare your graduate job applications, and get ready for employers’ selection processes. There are tips, advice and guidance on what employers are looking for, in-depth analysis of the current graduate job market, plus full details of graduate employers in more than fifteen di!erent industries and business sectors. Over 1.5 million copies of The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers have now been produced since 1999, helping students and graduates at universities across the UK to research their career options and find their first graduate job. And during the past five years, more than 750,000 students and graduates have read the popular digital edition of the Top 100 that accompanies the print edition. Over a quarter of a century after its launch, The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers continues to provide the nation’s university-leavers with an unrivalled, independent assessment of the UK’s most highly-rated graduate employers.
This discouraging and disappointing outcome is a reminder of just how much competition there is currently for graduate-level opportunities. Organisations featured in The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers typically receive between 50 and 150 applications per graduate vacancy – and some of the most sought-after graduate programmes can attract double this number. The di#cult experiences faced by the ‘Class of 2026’ highlight that the students who are most- likely to be successful in the graduate job market are those who spend their time at university developing the key skills and experiences that graduate employers are looking for. Few, if any, of the country’s top employers recruit graduates because of their academic record – or the content of their university degree. Many have removed school and university results from their applications altogether and are instead relying on their own aptitude and psychometric tests and AI-assessed recorded interviews to determine applicants’ suitability for their graduate roles. This shift away from academic achievement to demonstrating the broad range of skills – from teamwork and leadership, to problem solving, critical thinking and resilience – that employers
Finding out about the Top 100 Graduate Employers
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You’ll !nd the digital edition of the Top 100 on the of!cial Top 100 website, giving you access to the very latest information about the UK’s most sought-after graduate employers.. Get ready for your graduate job search with full details of employers’ forthcoming application deadlines. And register on the website to receive regular updates about the country’s top graduate employers. www.Top100GraduateEmployers.com
Each employer featured in this edition of the Top 100 has their own Employer Entry , providing details of graduate vacancies for 2027, minimum academic requirements, starting salaries, for new graduates, plus this year’s application deadlines.
Once you’ve registered with the Top 100 website, you’ll receive weekly email bulletins with news of the employers you’re interested in, details of their latest graduate vacancies, and their application deadlines.
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