Award winners 2007
The winners of the TARGET National Graduate Recruitment Awards 2007. Congratulations!
Judged awards
Graduate employer of the year
Sponsored by: Bernard Hodes Group
Winner: IBM UK
Shortlisted: IBM UK, McKinsey & Co, Accenture
2006 Winner: National Grid
2005 Winner: BP
Best student marketing campaign for organisations recruiting fewer than 50 graduates
Sponsored by: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Winner: KBC Financial Products
Winning agency: SAS
Shortlisted: Addleshaw Goddard, Audit Commission, Bucknall Austin, Government Legal Service, KBC Financial Products, Reynolds Porter Chamberlain
Best student marketing campaign for organisations recruiting more than 50 graduates
Sponsored by: tmp.worldwide
Winner: Royal Bank of Scotland
Winning agency: Work Communications
Shortlisted: Asda, Chartered Insurance Institute, GCHQ, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, RBS, Teach First
2006 Winner: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
2005 Winner: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Best graduate recruitment website
Sponsored by: Jobs.Telegraph.co.uk
Winner: Lovells
Shortlisted: Addleshaw Goddard, Allen & Overy, KBC Financial Products, Lovells, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, RBS
2006 Winner: Lovells
2005 Winner: JPMorgan
Best undergraduate internship/vacation programme
Sponsored by: 7city Learning
Winner: Nabarro
Shortlisted: Barclays Capital, BP, Deutsche Bank, IBM Extreme Blue, Nabarro, National Grid
2006 Winner: BP
The AGCAS award to reward the most outstanding contribution to diversity in graduate recruitment
Winner: IBM UK
Shortlisted: Civil Service Fast Stream Summer Placement Scheme, Co-operative Group, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, IBM UK, Oxfordshire County Council, Peak District National Park, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
2006 Winner: Co-operative Group
2005 Winner: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Sector awards - voted for by students and graduates
We are also delighted to announce the winners for the most popular graduate recruiters in the following employment categories.
These are the results of an independent national online poll of around 30,000 votes from students and graduates, from December 2006 to March 2007.
The most popular graduate recruiter - Banking & investment
Sponsored by: Teach First
Winner: Goldman Sachs International
Shortlisted: Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC Investment Bank, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley
2006 Winner: JPMorgan
2005 Winner (Banking & consulting): Goldman Sachs International
The most popular graduate recruiter - Consulting
Sponsored by: Opinionpanel Research
Winner: Deloitte
Shortlisted: Accenture, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, IBM UK, McKinsey & Company, PwC Strategy
2006 Winner: McKinsey & Company
2005 Winner (Banking & consulting): Goldman Sachs International
The most popular graduate recruiter - Construction
Sponsored by: CareerStructure.com
Winner: Atkins
Shortlisted: AMEC, Arup, Atkins, Balfour Beatty, Carillion plc, Laing O'Rourke
2006 Winner: Atkins
2005 Winner: Arup
The most popular graduate recruiter - Engineering & science
Sponsored by: npower
Winner: GlaxoSmithKline
Shortlisted: AstraZeneca, Airbus, BAE Systems, GlaxoSmithKline, Rolls-Royce plc, Shell
2006 Winner: Airbus
2005 Winner: Pfizer Global Research & Development
The most popular graduate recruiter - Finance & professional services
Sponsored by: Alexander Mann Solutions
Winner: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Shortlisted: Barclays, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, HSBC, KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
2006 Winner: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
2005 Winner: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
The most popular graduate recruiter - IT & communications
Sponsored by: IET Engineering & Technology Jobs
Winner: IBM UK
Shortlisted: BT, Google, HP, IBM UK, Intel, Microsoft Ltd
2006 Winner: IBM UK
2005 Winner: IBM UK
The most popular graduate recruiter - Law
Sponsored by: ThirtyThree
Winner: Allen & Overy LLP
Shortlisted: Allen & Overy LLP, Clifford Chance LLP, Eversheds LLP, Linklaters, Lovells, Slaughter and May
2006 Winner: Allen & Overy LLP
2005 Winner: Clifford Chance
The most popular graduate recruiter - Retail
Sponsored by: RetailChoice.com
Winner: Marks & Spencer
Shortlisted: Arcadia Group Limited, Debenhams, Harrods Ltd, House of Fraser, John Lewis, Marks & Spencer
2006 Winner: Marks & Spencer
2005 Winner: Arcadia
If you would like to find out where you rank in your sector, get hold of the TARGETjobs Employer of choice graduate survey 2007. For your copy of the relevant sector report(s) contact us.
