Personnel Today
  • Home
    • All PT content
    • Advertise
  • Email sign-up
  • Topics
    • HR Practice
    • Employee relations
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Learning & training
    • Pay & benefits
    • Wellbeing
    • Recruitment & retention
    • HR strategy
    • HR Tech
    • The HR profession
    • Global
    • All HR topics
  • Legal
    • Case law
    • Commentary
    • Flexible working
    • Legal timetable
    • Maternity & paternity
    • Shared parental leave
    • Redundancy
    • TUPE
    • Disciplinary and grievances
    • Employer’s guides
  • AWARDS
    • Personnel Today Awards
    • The RAD Awards
  • Jobs
    • Find a job
    • Jobs by email
    • Careers advice
    • Post a job
  • XpertHR
    • Learn more
    • Products
    • Pricing
    • Free trial
    • Subscribe
    • XpertHR USA
  • Webinars
  • OHW+

Personnel Today

Register
Log in
Personnel Today
  • Home
    • All PT content
    • Advertise
  • Email sign-up
  • Topics
    • HR Practice
    • Employee relations
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Learning & training
    • Pay & benefits
    • Wellbeing
    • Recruitment & retention
    • HR strategy
    • HR Tech
    • The HR profession
    • Global
    • All HR topics
  • Legal
    • Case law
    • Commentary
    • Flexible working
    • Legal timetable
    • Maternity & paternity
    • Shared parental leave
    • Redundancy
    • TUPE
    • Disciplinary and grievances
    • Employer’s guides
  • AWARDS
    • Personnel Today Awards
    • The RAD Awards
  • Jobs
    • Find a job
    • Jobs by email
    • Careers advice
    • Post a job
  • XpertHR
    • Learn more
    • Products
    • Pricing
    • Free trial
    • Subscribe
    • XpertHR USA
  • Webinars
  • OHW+

GraduatesSupplier NewsRecruitment & retention

Graduates still wanted in engineering sector

by Personnel Today 2 Feb 2009
by Personnel Today 2 Feb 2009

The Engineering sector has been and will continue to be affected by the recession to some degree, but Gradcracker, the specialist engineering graduate recruitment website, is finding that many companies are continuing to recruit graduates.

Whilst a few Gradcracker advertisers have already closed their Graduate intake for 2009, the majority are still actively recruiting for both graduates and placement students.

Many companies have recently committed to Gradcracker until August 2010. Some of the latest clients to sign up include Doosan Babcock, Faber Maunsell, Cummins and The Environment Agency.

Many employers, such as Tubelines and Triumph Motorcycles, have recently advertised new vacancies on Gradcracker, whilst others, including Mars and Network Rail, have opted for home page banners to highlight their graduate schemes.

Gradcracker strongly believes that it is crucial for companies to maintain recruitment levels, if at all possible, to avoid a shortage of skilled and trained staff in the future.

Gradcracker Director, Sean O’Connor, comments ‘Companies who are freezing, or greatly reducing, their graduate recruitment now may well face problems in the future. When the recession does end, these companies could find themselves starting to get busier, but not having the people in place to cope.

“This will lead to an urgent need to recruit, but by this point the best candidates may well have been snapped up by companies who have continued to recruit through the lean times.’

Meanwhile, many employers are insisting on ever higher standards from applicants.

Sir Anthony Cleaver, Chairman of the Engineering and Technology Board (ETB), said in the press recently ‘Companies are becoming more demanding of graduate engineer applicants. Employers are now looking for a broad skill set, they want more in terms of teamworking, communication skills, project management and entrepreneurship’.

It is Gradcracker’s belief that the recession will mean more and more companies advertise vacancies on industry specific, rather than general, websites.

Sean O’Connor said ‘Not surprisingly, many employers need the money they spend on recruitment to work harder than ever for them in the current economic downturn. Is advertising for Graduate Engineers on a general Graduate job site economically viable when only a relatively small percentage of visitors to the site are your target audience?

“The way forward is for companies to become more targeted and more specialised in their Graduate recruitment approach.’

Avatar
Personnel Today

previous post
Cutting back on training is false economy, warns Echelon
next post
Snow disruption hits businesses further

You may also like

More government support to help over 50s back...

5 Jul 2022

Staff shortages affecting business growth at three in...

29 Jun 2022

Green jobs: are there shoots of growth on...

29 Jun 2022

Hire quality vs speed: Finding the perfect balance...

29 Jun 2022

PwC to award inflation-busting pay increase

27 Jun 2022

Graduate salaries rise sharply as search for talent...

27 Jun 2022

Don’t be gloomy over social mobility in the...

24 Jun 2022

White-hot recruitment market? William Tincup talks to Oven-Ready...

24 Jun 2022

Three in 10 workers’ skill sets not being...

23 Jun 2022

Bias stopping STEM professionals returning after career break

23 Jun 2022
  • The ultimate guide to payroll for small businesses PROMOTED | You’ve started a business that has expanded to the point of requiring more staff to meet demand. Congratulations!...Read more
  • NSPCC revamps its learning strategy with child wellbeing at its heart PROMOTED | The NSPCC’s mission is to prevent abuse and neglect...Read more
  • Diversity versus inclusion: Why the difference matters PROMOTED | It’s possible for an environment to be diverse, but not inclusive...Read more
  • Five steps for organisations across the globe to become more skills-driven PROMOTED | The shift in the world of work has been felt across the globe...Read more
  • The future of workforce development PROMOTED | Northumbria University and partners share insight...Read more

Personnel Today Jobs
 

Search Jobs

PERSONNEL TODAY

About us
Contact us
Browse all HR topics
Email newsletters
Content feeds
Cookies policy
Privacy policy
Terms and conditions

JOBS

Personnel Today Jobs
Post a job
Why advertise with us?

EVENTS & PRODUCTS

The Personnel Today Awards
The RAD Awards
Employee Benefits
Forum for Expatriate Management
OHW+
Whatmedia

ADVERTISING & PR

Advertising opportunities
Features list 2022

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Linkedin


© 2011 - 2022 DVV Media International Ltd

Personnel Today
  • Home
    • All PT content
    • Advertise
  • Email sign-up
  • Topics
    • HR Practice
    • Employee relations
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Learning & training
    • Pay & benefits
    • Wellbeing
    • Recruitment & retention
    • HR strategy
    • HR Tech
    • The HR profession
    • Global
    • All HR topics
  • Legal
    • Case law
    • Commentary
    • Flexible working
    • Legal timetable
    • Maternity & paternity
    • Shared parental leave
    • Redundancy
    • TUPE
    • Disciplinary and grievances
    • Employer’s guides
  • AWARDS
    • Personnel Today Awards
    • The RAD Awards
  • Jobs
    • Find a job
    • Jobs by email
    • Careers advice
    • Post a job
  • XpertHR
    • Learn more
    • Products
    • Pricing
    • Free trial
    • Subscribe
    • XpertHR USA
  • Webinars
  • OHW+