impact
that the more data we have, the better
our employment matching decisions
become. More data, better matching,
resulting in fewer highly-suited
candidates being targeted for each
opportunity – a better experience for
everyone concerned.
W h at ’ s w r o n g w i t h t h e
existing approach to
g r a d u at e r e c r u i t m e n t ?
The world of graduate recruitment has
for many years been problematic for
everyone involved – universities who
want to connect their students with the
best-suited opportunities, students who
want to be recognised not just for their
exit degree but for what is best about
them as individuals, and employers
who have found the traditional approach
to recruiting graduates costly, time-
consuming and inefficient. To put this
into context, the typical applicant-to-hire
ratio for graduate roles is about 75:1, so
for 74 out of 75 applicants the result is
a rejection. At a national level this
represents millions of hours of wasted
time for job-finders and employers alike.
In our dialogue with universities and
students we are encouraged to use the
power of data to shorten the queues, and
the release of our Talent Matching Engine
is now making a difference for SME
employers throughout the UK.
Gradintelligence
– how it works
For SMEs it couldn’t be easier.
Gradintelligence has developed a
user-friendly online service which is
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designed to be used by business owners
or hiring managers with little or no
experience in graduate recruitment.
Employers create an account and the
system guides them through a process
of describing their organisation and the
opportunity. The next step is a set of
questions related to building the profile
of an ideal candidate. This involves a
mixture of academic and non-academic
skills, achievements, and attributes.
Within about 15 minutes the hard work is
over and the powerful matching engine
does the rest. Typically, full applications
start to arrive within 24-48 hours.
A Review from
a n S M E em p l o y e r
1616 Media is one of the early adopters
of the new recruitment service and has
worked with Gradintelligence to find
talented graduates for their first two staff
appointments – roles that were critical to
their business growth.
Suzy Edward, founder and director of
1616 Media, says: “Like most SMEs, we
had a very clear idea of what we wanted
but simply didn’t have the national
university connections to identify
suitable graduate level candidates.
“We used the Talent Matching Engine
to specify the academic and non-
academic credentials we needed and –
most importantly – the personality fit
that is an essential ingredient in many
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