Foreword
The editorial features in this edition of The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers explain how your university careers service can help you prepare for employers’ selection processes and achieve a successful outcome. There are tips, advice and personal guidance from several of the country’s most experienced and well-respected graduate recruiters, plus a full analysis of the current graduate job market, with details of the latest graduate starting salaries available. In the quarter of a century since it was first published, more than 1.5 million copies of The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers have now been produced, helping students and graduates at universities across the UK to research their career options and find their first graduate job. Over 750,000 job hunters have registered to use The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers website – and during the past four years, more than 200,000 students and graduates have read the popular new digital edition of the Top 100 that was introduced to accompany the print edition. Some two and a half decades after its launch, The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers continues to provide an unrivalled, independent assessment of the UK’s most highly-rated graduate employers.
Top 100 Graduate Employers usually receive 40 or 50 applications per graduate vacancy – and some of the most sought-after graduate programmes can attract two or three times this number. The experience of the ‘Class of 2024’ shows that students who are most-likely to be successful in the post-university job market are those who start thinking about potential future careers early and spend their time at university developing the key skills and experience that graduate employers are looking for. Few, if any, of the country’s top employers recruit graduates based on 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 battery of aptitude and psychometric tests and recorded AI-assessed interviews to determine applicants’ abilities and 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 demand for their graduate programmes can be a difficult one to navigate.
Finding out about the Top 100 Graduate Employers
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You’ll find the digital edition of the Top 100 on the official 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.
Each employer featured in this edition of the Top 100 has their own Employer Entry , providing details of graduate vacancies for 2025, 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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