TARGET National Graduate Recruitment Awards

Award winners 2008

This year's winners

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Judged awards

Graduate employer of the year

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

The best student marketing campaign

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

The best student marketing campaign

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

The 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

The best undergraduate internship

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

The diversity recuitment 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

2007 Winner: IBM UK
2006 Winner: Co-operative Group
2005 Winner: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

The innovation on campus award

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

The AGCAS award

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

Banking

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

Built environment

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Retail Carl Gilleard, CEO AGR

If 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

Media partner

The Guardian

Sponsors

Leaders in Graduate Recruitment Marketing aia Alexander Mann Careerstructure.com Graduate Solutions IET Infosys Technologies Ltd npower PricewaterhouseCoopers The Royal Bank of Scotland Retailchoice.com 7city learning TCS Recruitment Ltd. Thirty Three TMP Worldwide Work

Founder sponsor

Teach First

Research sponsor

Citi

Special award supported by

AGCAS

2008 charity

Chickenshed