Graduate Recruitment

1. Considerations

Recent graduates have much to offer, but may be more demanding than other employees.

1.1 They are bright and keen to do well.

• They are likely to be ambitious and willing to work hard in order to prove themselves.
• The fact that you have offered them their first job will buy a certain amount of loyalty.

1.2 Graduates starting their first job arrive with no bad working habits.

• They have no pre-conceived ideas about what can and cannot be done.
• You will be able to train them your way.

1.3 Graduates should not be thought of as a source of cheap labour. They are likely to be high maintenance in many ways.

• They will want a competitive salary.
• They expect to be given a high degree of responsibility early on.
• They will be looking for fully mapped out training and career programmes.
• Once trained, they might leave.