| | PricewaterhouseCoopers
took home three awards
from the recent National
Graduate Recruitment
Awards 2009. Two of the
awards were voted on and
determined exclusively
by students – the ‘most
popular graduate
recruiter in accountancy
and professional
services’ and ‘best
student marketing
campaign for
organisations recruiting
more than 50 graduates a
year’. The third award
was voted by university
careers services, and
this award recognises
best practice in
graduate recruitment –
PwC’s outstanding
contribution to
developing employability
and skills in the
curriculum was
particularly
highlighted. The awards
follow several accolades
already achieved in the
graduate recruitment
area in 2009.
PwC was recently
awarded both top
accountancy and top
finance sector employer
in the UK’s Top Graduate
Employer awards for 2009
as voted by over 16,000
students. It is the 10th
year in a row the firm
has won the top
accountancy award, and
the first time to
achieve the finance | |
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| | sector prize.
The firm is
recruiting 1,000
graduates for full-time
positions starting in
April, September and
October 2009.
Competition for places
has increased, with a
38% increase to date
this year in
applications to the full
time programme and a 30%
increase to the firm’s
internship programme.
James Chalmers,
partner, head of
strategy and talent,
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP, commented: “We’re
delighted to have won
these three awards and
it’s particularly
satisfying to have such
support from students
and the career service.
Recruiting talent is not
a switch you can flip on
and off. We’re committed
to graduate recruitment
because we believe it’s
a long term investment
in the future of our
business.”
Sonja Stockton, head
of recruitment at PwC,
said: “We recognised
early on that this year
would be tough for
graduates. We launched
the employability skills
campaign because now,
more than ever, students
and employers need to | |
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| | the following areas:
Most popular
graduate recruiter –
accountancy and
professional services
This year the firm
will recruit over 1,000
graduates and interns in
the UK, on specialist
and generalist training
schemes. In challenging
times the firm remains
committed to providing
graduates with
opportunities in the
accountancy and
professional services
sector.
Best student
marketing campaign for
organisations recruiting
more than 50 graduates a
year
The firm’s
recruitment campaign –
‘Take F1VE’ – challenges
students to think beyond
their academic
achievement to make
themselves distinctive
in their application to
the firm and other
employers. A booklet,
online test tool and six
films help students
identify the skills and
achievements they have
gained to complement
their academic
achievement.
The Employability
Skills Clinic is backed
by a comprehensive
programme of careers and | |
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| | interview advice,
commercial awareness
seminars and reception
evenings at universities
and office locations
where students can find
out about the firm’s
graduate and
undergraduate
opportunities.
The AGCAS award
for the outstanding
contribution to
developing employability
and skills in the
curriculum
PwC’s Employability
Skills Campaign targets
student and graduate job
seekers, and was
launched in September
2008.
The firm’s online
Employability Clinic
including a test tool,
and employability films,
has been viewed by over
38,000 people in six
months, equivalent to
one in 10 of the 2008
graduate population. The
six films demonstrate
how critical business
skills can be developed
in part-time jobs, sport
and volunteering. In
addition, the
employability skills
quiz was taken by over
3,500 people and the
employability guide
downloaded by 10,000
people. | |
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| | talk the same language
about the skills
required in business,
and how students can
develop and demonstrate
them.
“The employability
skills campaign helps
students examine how
their non-academic
skills, combined with a
good-quality degree can
make their application
and experience
distinctive in a very
competitive job market.
“We’re delighted
students have voted us
the top graduate
employer because we work
hard to provide a very
distinctive, challenging
and rewarding programme
and get out on campus to
get them involved early
on. This year’s campaign
is no different, and is
proving so successful
because, in a tough
economic environment for
graduates, we’re
continuing to provide
great opportunities and
help them personally
make the most of the
skills they have in
their applications for
work."
The National Graduate
Recruitment Award
success was achieved in | |
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