FUTURE TALENT November - January 2019/2020 | Page 15

FRONT OF HOUSE
2019
RANKING EMPLOYER INDUSTRY OR
BUSINESS SECTOR GRADUATE JOBS
IN 2020 GRADUATE STARTING
SALARY IN 2020
1 Civil Service Public sector 1,200 £28,000
2 PwC Accounting &
professional
services 1,350 Competitive
3 Aldi Retail 100 £44,000
4 Google Technology No fixed quota Competitive
5 NHS Public sector 500 £24,233
F
GREED NO LONGER
GOOD FOR GRADUATES
The number of new graduates wanting to
work in the public sector is at its highest level
for almost a decade, according to The Times
Top 100 Graduate Employers 2019-20. Eleven
public-sector employers made the rankings,
with the Civil Service knocking PwC into
second place. The NHS sits at number five, its
highest position since the list began in 1999,
while highest-new entry, the prison service,
sits at number 49, thanks to its innovative fast-
track scheme. Five programmes that are
recruiting graduates to work in teaching, social
work, policing and the prison service – Teach
First, Frontline, Think Ahead, Police Now and
Unlocked – are ranked in the top 50. A record
proportion of graduates leaving university in
the summer of 2019 said that “giving
something back to society” was a priority for
their first job, rather than starting salary.
Table: The Times. Source: High Fliers Research
SUPERSTAR COMPANIES CAPTURE
 80% OF ECONOMIC PROFIT
CLOCKS CHANGE FOR
GENDER BALANCE
Large, “superstar companies” tend to dominate the global market,
with the top businesses capturing the vast majority of economic
profit globally. A McKinsey & Company analysis of 5,750 public and
private companies whose revenues exceeded $1bn shows that the
companies at the top of the food chain have come close to operating
an international monopoly, with the biggest 10% of entities capturing
80% of economic profits globally. 
Banking bodies are considering a shorter
trading day to attract more women into
financial ser vices , the FT repor t s .
The Association for Financial Markets in Europe
and the Investment Association, the trade
body representing the UK’s £7.7tn asset-
management industry, are planning to consult
members on the idea. Reducing the working
day could help improve traders’  work-life
balance and access to childcare. Earlier this
year, Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of
England, warned that finance “still doesn’t
offer enough for women”, describing their lack
of representation in senior roles as
“an enormous missed opportunity”.
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