The jobs market is highly competitive for graduates and apprentices - with employers investing heavily in their attraction and selecting procedures, says Stephen Isherwood, chief executive of the Institute of Student Employers
In this webinar, Stephen uses data from the latest ISE Student Development Survey and Pulse Survey 2020 to provide an update on the graduate market for the recruitment season ahead.
About the webinar
Watch the video below to discover:
- current and upcoming challenges faced by early careers recruiters
- approaches to candidate selection
- diversity priorities and practices
- apprenticeships and the growth in vacancies
- industries suffering from shortages
- demographic changes affecting the labour market
- employers' top concerns for 2020.
Presenter's biography
Stephen Isherwood was appointed chief executive of the ISE in June 2013.
The ISE is a member-led organisation made up of around 300 employers, 90 universities as well as some schools, colleges and suppliers to the industry. Much of its research into the graduate labour market is conducted is done by bringing together these members and by providing leadership and support in all aspects of student recruitment and development.
Prior to the ISE, Stephen spent seven years as head of graduate recruitment UK & Ireland at Ernst & Young, one of the largest recruiters of graduates in the UK. Before that he managed graduate recruitment and development programmes at PwC and Safeway, as well as working in the public sector, where he developed and managed a number of careers related programmes.
He has extensive experience in the recruitment and development of students, both graduates and school leavers, having worked closely with higher education throughout his career. In addition to his role at the ISE, Stephen sits on the board of HECSU and is a trustee of Ashorne Hill Management College. In 2019 he was appointed as a special advisor to Dame Shirley Pearce's TEF review.
Stephen works with the charity Speakers for Schools and has also recently teamed up with Roding Valley High School as an enterprise adviser through the Careers and Enterprise Company. He has presented to various committees in the Houses of Parliament and often appears in national and local media.
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