Give A Grad A Go

Focused on early-career hiring, Give A Grad A Go connects employers with graduates and people starting their first management roles. It works across the UK and runs a separate Australian site. The firm says its aim is to help graduates find a company they will love, not just a role, and to help businesses grow their teams with the right people.

Graduate recruitment in the UK and beyond

The firm's recruiters specialise in graduates and early-career candidates. It says it has placed graduates across the UK and abroad, and that it has helped businesses hire across the globe. Its team combines recruiters with marketing and operational staff, and it describes itself as made up of recent graduates who understand the challenges of job searching.

Job advertising and managed hiring

Employers who want to advertise can post a 60-day job advert that is shared automatically across job boards, carries their own branding and is promoted in targeted emails. Clients who want more hands-on help receive a dedicated account manager and a hiring plan, and the agency does the sourcing and screening. Bigger hiring drives, covering several roles at once, outsourced recruitment processes and graduate schemes, are also handled.

Support for graduates starting their careers

Candidates register, upload a CV, opt in to job alerts and apply through a single online account, where they can follow updates on each application. The firm offers career advice, interview preparation and honest feedback, and it says it relays feedback after interviews and stays in touch once a candidate has started. Its CV templates, interview guides and skills competitions are part of its effort to improve graduate employability.

Clients from start-ups to global groups

The firm says its client base runs from emerging technology start-ups to large global brands, among them a financial group, a marketing agency that has won awards and a company that visualises legal data. It places graduates in growing companies and multinationals alike, and it says its recruiters work closely with candidates to pinpoint their career choices before matching them to a role.

Diversity and candidate outcomes

The firm states that it is an equal-opportunity employer and that all qualified applicants are considered regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability. It says 66 per cent of the candidates it places identify as ethnically diverse and that 96 per cent of the candidates it places pass their probation period. It aims to send shortlisted candidates within about two days, and it says its approach is streamlined for graduate recruitment.