| Do you know aproximately how many graduates your organisation has recruited between 2004-2005? | 5 |
| How do you advertise vacancies that graduates could apply for? | Social Sciences |
| From which degree discipline do you normally recruit graduates? | Business and Administration, IT, Science and Maths |
| Do you have any minimum academic requirements? (e.g. Yes/No) | Yes |
| What sort of work experience do you feel is appropriate for the kind of graduate roles that you recruit for? | Any but preferably experience that shows commitment and continuity. |
| What for you makes an applicant stand out from the crowd? | Body language and personality during interview and no spelling mistakes on their CV. |
| What common mistakes do you see applicants make at interview? | Being over eager to impress and not relaxed or natural. |
| What kind of training do you provide for new starters within your organisation? | We are a small company so training is limited. Fundamental in-house training is offered on our software. |
| What is the average starting salary of a graduate within your organisation? | 16000 |
| Do you offer any other kind of work for undergraduate students? | Unpaid part-time work,Voluntary work,Other |
| Do you know approximately how many graduates your organisation has recruited over the past 5 years?
Please provide details | 4 |
| Do you have any minimum academic requirements? (e.g. A Level points scores, degree classification) | 2:1 |
| What is involved in your recruitment process? | Local newspaper, Graduate Link |
| How does your organisation ensure a good work-life balance? | We are a small company of 13 employees going through a critical growth phase so there are no official work-life balance initiatives in place. |
| How are people inducted into your organisation? How long is the process? | Again, being a small business in a critical growth phase induction is not as long or as detailed a process as we would like. Currently employees typically spend two days taking job skills training and half a day being educated on company culture (Who We Are) – and corporate mission (What We Do) |
| How does the organisation embrace employees to make them feel part of the team? | Communication throughout the company is good. Regular monthly meetings with employees provide a forum for issues/grievances to be raised and, whenever practically possible we organise team building events such as karting or paint balling. |
| What kind of training do you provide for new starters within the organisation? | Because of the nature of our company we do prefer self-starters who have enough initiative to hit the ground running. A new starter will typically attend two training courses – basics and advanced – on our software packages. |
| What benefits/rewards are offered by the organisation? | Employee share option scheme after one year and a commission structure on sales available to all. |
| What is the recruitment process for a graduate applying for work with your organisation and what core competencies do you look for? | Standard CV and covering letter. We usually look for people through Graduate Link. Core competencies? We value people who have a confident and strong character, can think laterally and who have the right attitude to fit our business. The nature of the degree is relatively unimportant although we do prefer someone with at least a 2:1. |
