Which universities do employers target?

The Universities targeted by the top 100 employers 2008-09

1  (1) Manchester
2  (3) London
3  (5) Warwick
4  (2) Cambridge
5  (4) Oxford
6  (7) Bristol
7  (10) Durham
8  (6) Nottingham
9  (12) Bath
10 (11) Leeds
11 (9) Birmingham
12 (8) Edinburgh
13 (13) Sheffield
14 (17) Loughborough
15 (18) Southampton
16 (16) Cardiff
17 (-) Glasgow
18 (14) Newcastle
19 (20) York
20 (-) St Andrews

Source: The Graduate Market in 2009, published by High Fliers. Last year’s figures in brackets.

Further to his earlier post on today's High Fliers report, John O'Leary writes:

"Call it laziness or a sensible use of resources, but many big firms target their graduate recruitment efforts on a very narrow range of universities. They lavish attention on a few of the usual suspects, holding regular recruitment events to mark out promising candidates, and expect talented graduates from other universities to come to them.

The High Fliers research illustrates this, with Manchester's size and breadth of subjects helping to make it the favourite recruiting ground. The survey does not distinguish between the colleges of the University of London, but Warwick's entrepreneurial reputation moves it ahead of Oxford and Cambridge.

This does not mean that graduates from other institutions should forget about working for one of the leading companies – there are plenty of examples of successful executives emerging from universities beyond the employers’ magic circle. But it may require more perseverance to get noticed.

The High Fliers report points out that the 100 companies’ top targets are not all leading institutions in The Times Good Universities Guide – Manchester is 26th in the 2009 guide, for example. There are several reasons for that, including size in Manchester’s case and the fact that the guide uses a variety of different indicators. Yesterday’s report is interesting for those who are determined to work for one of the top companies, but graduates join a huge variety of employers. The Times guide shows universities such as Surrey, City and Napier in the top 20 for all graduate employment."

See below for the employment table from the Good University Guide. It doesn't mirror the High Fliers one because it divides up London. Figures are for 2006 graduates, and the percentage is for the proportion of graduates in graduate jobs or further study at the turn of 2007.

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Institution/Graduate prospects

Imperial College		89.3
Cambridge	..	88.4
London School of Economics		87.7
Oxford		83.9
University College London		81.5
Bristol		81.5
Bath		81.0
King's College London		80.4
Napier	..	77.9
Keele		77.6
Robert Gordon	..	77.6
Surrey		77.3
City		77.1
Aston		76.4
Strathclyde		76.4
Aberdeen		76.2
Queen's Belfast		76.1
Nottingham		76.0
Durham		75.9
Newcastle		75.3
Queen Mary, London		75.1
Glasgow		75.0
Warwick		74.9
Edinburgh		74.9
Nottingham Trent		74.0

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