| | 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 sector prize. | |
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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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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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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 the
following areas:
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