Aspire Graduates brochure

Graduate Recruitment

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Graduate Recruitment

‘We are graduate specialists, recruiting candidates from entry level to 2 years of experience across the Media, Digital and Corporate markets.’

Aspire has been actively recruiting graduates since 1993. We have helped change people’s lives by assisting them in getting started in their first career after University. Since then we have broadened our remit and actively work with candidates from fresh graduates to those with up to two years of relevant industry experience.

Graduate recruitment is often a complex process, but it doesn’t need to be. There are over 1.4 million students in Higher Education and over 400,000 graduates annually. Aspire has over two decades experience of offering a ‘high touch’ human service. We meet and asses every candidate before recommending them to our clients and this alone sets us apart in this specialist market.

SectorsOur client base ranges from digital companies, technology providers and emerging platforms, to a host of marketing, media and creative agencies, to corporate clients in telecoms, business information, property, healthcare and a wide range of other industries:

Corporate - For corporates, we specialise in recruiting graduates within a range of businesses including, management consultancy, property, technology and market research sectors, working with candidates looking for sales, support and research positions.

Digital - Within the digital markets we specialise in recruiting into junior digital marketing, commercial and data led roles within media and digital agencies, trading platforms, technology companies, ecommerce brands and media owners.

Media - Within the media markets we specialise in recruiting junior candidates looking for sales, research, conference production and support positions across media owners, publishers and agencies.


More TogetherWe work to our More Together values and believe that only when all parties are truly committed do you get the best result. This is why we aim to meet with all our clients, taking the time to get to know you and understand your individual requirements. This is why we have a 96% success rate placing the right people into the right job.

Key stats for you:

• Last 12 months – interviewed over 2,200 graduates

• Taken over 750 jobs

• Placed over 470 graduates

96%

64% of candidates

come from our own network

sources

We have a 96% success rate

placing the right people into the

right job



How do we help you recruit the best Graduates? •Contingency - Group interviews for multiple roles or one

on one assessments

•Graduate Schemes – retained either for finite numbers or top up

As a value added extra, our clients often like us to host interviews in our offices, which is known as our “HIRE service”.

HIREs are highly successful group or back to back 1:1 interviews which many clients who are recruiting for graduate sales, or non-sales candidates choose to use.

With our heritage comes access to a huge network of

contacts. Our state of the art CRM hosts over 480 active

coded and qualified graduate candidates (over 20,000

in total) with over 64% of new candidates coming via our

own channels such as referrals, returning candidates, our

website and social media.

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Key benefits of using our hosted interview services:

• Interviews take place at our offices, a neutral location for a candidate. This is particularly helpful if office space is tight at your location, you are opening a new office, or if it simply makes things easier for you logistically!

• Interviews are held back to back with short intervals in between for reflection and feedback.

• They are ideal to benchmark candidates (better than seeing people spread over the week or squeezing in recruitment out of hours times). You can see and benchmark circa eight candidates at a time. We can provide competency and/or scoring criteria.

• It demonstrates to candidates your commitment to the process.

• Instant feedback enables both parties to assess their positions, without delay.

• It enables you to focus on selection without interruption.

• It ensures we are under pressure to deliver – the date and time is agreed, and you don’t need to think about recruitment again until you turn up on the day.

• Success rate is twice as likely compared to “normal contingency recruitment”

• 90% of clients that use this service are returning clients.


HiResThe Register were looking for two sales candidates to start together as soon as possible. To save time we ran a HIRE where we could get between 6-10 candidates together at our offices for them to meet as a group for the first stage.They saw some candidates for a one to one interview straight after, took four back for a second interview at their offices and were so impressed by the individuals they decided to hire three candidates in the end!

Capita Conferences, who we have worked with since 2005, have always wanted to take the “traditional route” of recruiting for their team; reviewing CV’s and holding individual first and second stage interviews.

Since starting work with them in 2011, we have sold the idea of a HIRE to overcome the frustrations they regularly experience when recruiting for their team (ie. process taking too long, candidates going off the market).

Last year, they agreed to give the HIRE process a go - with great success! They hired a Delegate Sales Executive for the team in less than a week and found the process fast and effective.

The same client has since used this process on three further occasions to recruit for the same position and wouldn’t go back to the “traditional method” of hiring on his team.


Highly impressed. Great opportunity to see numerous candidates in a short period of time. Happy with the standard of candidates.

Maximyser Ltd.

Great selection of candidates – very good. The consultant listened to what we wanted, thanks for providing the service.

News International

The work is done for us. Structured, informative and saves a lot of time.

Carrenza

Efficient and great for bench marking

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other agencies don’t compare… We met a client, Media Bounty, who had been looking for an Account Executive for four weeks using another agency. It was an urgent hire, as someone was leaving and they wanted a handover/crossover. The other recruitment agency let them know the candidate pipeline had ‘dried up’, and didn’t have any more people to send. We spoke to the client on the Tuesday afternoon, met them on Wednesday morning and took the brief. We sent one CV over the same day and the interview happened on the Thursday. The client then invited the candidate for the final stage at the next earliest opportunity and there was an offer on the table on the Wednesday. He started the next week.


proven success = long term relationships A year ago a new client IMRG approached us to find a graduate for an administration role. They were a fairly new company and were growing quickly and they had never hired a graduate before. We suggested a HIRE as they were pushed for time and wanted someone with a strong personality.

The group interview was a success and they hired someone within a week. This candidate has done tremendously well over the last 12 months and now has been promoted to senior member of staff. They have just approached us again to hire for their replacement, so they can focus on their new position.

In the meantime we have filled another two roles for the company. One of these roles was a position they were not using an agency for, but the candidate was such a strong match, they could not say no.

We are now the only agency they use for recruitment.


we smooth the processWe have worked with Media IQ as one of various agencies, helping to fill roles with difficult to find digital traders. The process took a very long time, and they were losing candidates to competitors due to the lengthy process. They also needed to hire on a regular basis, but didn’t have the time to do so. We offered to change their initial recruitment process; which was CV screening, then telephone screening, then face to face interview, followed by a second stage presentation. We cut out the first two stages by using our recommendations to find the best possible candidates from the marketplace, and arrange a HIRE for them. The clients were then able to interview between six and eight candidates, and condense down to three or four candidates for final stages, all within a two hour timeframe. This increased candidate buy-in, which in this competitive marketplace is crucial. It was time effective, and has resulted in various top level Graduates being hired. The process from first stage interview to start date was just two weeks.


we can manage recruitment for structured graduate programmesWe have worked with a number of clients to fill their traditional graduate schemes. We work to each clients’ timescales and interview structure:

We have been the sole recruiter for a boutique management consultancy to fill their graduate scheme for the last three years. When they approached us, they had not run a graduate scheme within their business before. We met them to understand their company, culture, values, scheme and how they saw the programme working. As this was the first time they had hired at a graduate level, we were able to offer advice for the best way to manage this process and structure the programme. The first year they wanted two candidates and last year they took five! This year we are running the progamme again, and are looking for another five graduates to join their flourishing business!

We handled all of the applications and pre screened all applicants that applied. We then held 30 minute structured telephone interviews with each potential candidate, before compiling a shortlist to send to the client.

The client then ran there own in-depth telephone interviews, before inviting the most suitable candidates to assessment centre. This was based on our HIRE format, but was a full day assessment held in our office, and attended by the client. The day consisted of testing numeracy, debate, critical thinking and problem solving skills. It was time effective, and has resulted in various top level Graduates being hired.


To find out more, contact our specialist Graduate Recruitment Team

020 7612 [email protected]

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