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There are two main types of awards: the student panel awards and the sector awards.
Every single award within these two categories is voted on and determined exclusively by students, a fact that makes our graduate recruitment awards event unlike any other. In addition, there's also the AGCAS award and the graduate employer of the year award – for the outstanding employer of the year.
The award categories include the following:
Student panel Awards
- Best social mobility strategy
- Apprentice of the year
- Best school leaver programme
- Best diversity strategy
- Best innovation in recruitment
- Best work experience programme
- Best student marketing campaign <50
- Best student marketing campaign >50
- Best use of social media (NEW for 2017)
- Rising star
- Best graduate website
- Best on-boarding experience (NEW for 2017)
The sector awards - voted for by students
The winner of each award is determined by an online student poll conducted by our research partner ‘trendence’ and we have captured 62,814 student votes this year. All shortlisted organisations are also eligible to enter for the graduate employer of the year award. These awards recognise the most popular graduate recruiters in the following fifteen categories:
- Accounting and financial management
- Banking, insurance and financial services
- Construction, civil engineering and surveying
- Consulting
- Consumer goods – manufacturing and marketing
- Energy and utilities
- Engineering, design and manufacture
- Hospitality, leisure and tourism
- Investment banking and investment
- IT & technology
- Law – solicitors
- Logistics, transport and supply chain
- Public sector
- Retail
- Scientific research and development
The best university employability strategy - NEW for 2017
This new award celebrates the achievements being made by higher education institutions to ensure that their undergraduates are best equipped to achieve their potential when searching and applying for graduate roles and transitioning to employment.
The AGCAS award - voted for by careers and employability professionals
The AGCAS award for careers service engagement focuses on employers who develop and sustain good working relationships with higher education careers and employability services. Voted for by careers and employability professionals, the award recognises those employers who provide outstanding support for careers services’ work with students and graduates.
The graduate employer of the year award - now open to shortlisted organisations
The climax of the evening is always the ‘graduate employer of the year award'. Importantly, this prestigious award is ONLY open to shortlisted organisations.