Award winners 2008
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Judged awards
Graduate employer of the year
Sponsored by: Bernard Hodes Group
Winner: IBM UK
Shortlisted: Barclays Capital, GlaxoSmithKline, IBM UK, Marks & Spencer, McKinsey & Company, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
2007 Winner: IBM UK
2006 Winner: National Grid
2005 Winner: BP
Best student marketing campaign for organisations recruiting fewer than 50 graduates
Sponsored by: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Winner: The Audit Commission
Winning agency: ThirtyThree
Shortlisted: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, GVA Grimley, Lloyds, Mars Inc, The Audit Commission, Weber Shandwick
2007 Winner: KBC Financial Products
2007 Winning agency: SAS
Best student marketing campaign for organisations recruiting more than 50 graduates
Sponsored by: TMP Worldwide
Winner: GCHQ
Winning agency: TMP Worldwide
Shortlisted: Baker Tilly, Barclays, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, GCHQ, Linklaters, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
2007 Winner: The Royal Bank of Scotland Group
2007 Winning agency: Work Communications
2006 Winner: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
2005 Winner: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Best graduate recruitment website
Sponsored by:The Royal Bank of Scotland Group
Winner: QinetiQ
Winning agency: aia
Shortlisted:Barclays Capital, Hammonds, Lovells, npower, QinetiQ, The Audit Commission
2007 Winner: Lovells
2006 Winner: Lovells
2005 Winner: JPMorgan
Best undergraduate internship/vacation programme
Sponsored by: 7city Learning
Winner: Nabarro
Shortlisted: Barclays Capital, HSBC, IBM UK, JPMorgan, Nabarro, Welsh Assembly Government
2007 Winner: Nabarro
2006 Winner: BP
The diversity recruitment award
Sponsored by: EURO RSCG Riley
Winner: DLA Piper
Shortlisted: Civil Service Fast Stream, DLA Piper UK LLP, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Lovells, The Audit Commission, Welsh Assembly Government
2006 Winner: Co-operative Group
2005 Winner: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
The innovation on campus award
Sponsored by: Work Communications
Winner: npower
Shortlisted: Allen & Overy LLP, Ernst & Young, HBOS, npower, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Watson Wyatt
The AGCAS award
The award for the outstanding contribution to developing employability and skills in the curriculum
Winner: JPMorgan, Bournemouth office
Shortlisted: DMH Stallard, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, JPMorgan, Oliver Wyman, RMT, Thorntons Solicitors
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 34,000 votes from students and graduates, from December 2007 to March 2008.
The most popular graduate recruiter - Banking & investment
Sponsored by: Graduate Solutions
Winner: Goldman Sachs International
Shortlisted: Barclays Capital, Citi, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs International, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley
2007 Winner: Goldman Sachs International
2006 Winner: JPMorgan
2005 Winner (Banking & consulting): Goldman Sachs International
The most popular graduate recruiter - Construction
Sponsored by: CareerStructure.com
Winner: Atkins
Shortlisted: Arup, Atkins, Balfour Beatty, Faber Maunsell, Jacobs, Mott MacDonald
2007 Winner: Atkins
2006 Winner: Atkins
2005 Winner: Arup
The most popular graduate recruiter - Consulting
Sponsored by: aia
Winner: Accenture
Shortlisted: Accenture, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, IBM UK, McKinsey & Company, PwC Strategy
2007 Winner: Deloitte
2006 Winner: McKinsey & Company
2005 Winner (Banking & consulting): Goldman Sachs International
The most popular graduate recruiter - Engineering & science
Sponsored by: npower
Winner: GlaxoSmithKline
Shortlisted: AstraZeneca Group, BAE Systems, BP, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, Rolls-Royce Plc
2007 Winner: GlaxoSmithKline
2006 Winner: Airbus
2005 Winner: Pfizer Global Research & Development
The most popular graduate recruiter - Finance & professional services
Sponsored by: Alexander Mann Solutions
Winner: Deloitte
Shortlisted: Barclays, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, HSBC, KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
2007 Winner: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
2006 Winner: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
2005 Winner: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
The most popular graduate recruiter - IT & communications
Sponsored by: IET
Winner: Google
Shortlisted: Accenture, BT, Google, IBM UK, Intel Corporation, Microsoft Ltd
2007 Winner: IBM UK
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
2007 Winner: Allen & Overy LLP
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, Boots, Debenhams Retail plc, John Lewis, Marks & Spencer, Tesco
2007 Winner: Marks & Spencer
2006 Winner: Marks & Spencer
2005 Winner: Arcadia
TARGETjobs Lifetime achievement award 2008
Carl Gilleard, CEO AGRIf you would like to find out where you rank in your sector, get hold of the TARGETjobs Employer of choice graduate survey 2008. Copies will be available from 22 May 2008 at groupgti.com/research






















