Graduate Recruitment

8. Typical Difficulties

While the recruitment process itself will be similar to the one you use for other employees, there can be some specific problems associated with the graduate field.

8.1 You may leave it too late to attract high quality candidates from this year's graduates.

• Start planning your recruitment campaign early in the academic year. By the time the exam results are announced, many good graduates will already have accepted job offers.

8.2 You may invest time interviewing candidates who then take jobs elsewhere.

• Be realistic about the calibre of graduate you can expect to attract with your offer.

8.3 You may be flooded with applications.

• Devise a filtering process to whittle the numbers down to a manageable level. For example, be specific about the skills and qualifications required for the job.