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Graduates can play a vital role in for UK SMEs by bringing fresh perspectives, innovative ideas, and up-to-date knowledge of industry trends. Hiring graduates allows SMEs to inject new talent into their workforce while also fostering a culture of learning and development.

Employing & managing staff

How recognition schemes help to retain graduate talent

Keeping talented graduates in your company for the long haul can be a big benefit to your business. Kevin Chamberlain explains how engagement is key and how employee recognition schemes can help.

News

University education no longer a useful barometer of capable workers

SME owners are skeptical about the value of a university education when taking on staff, research finds.

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Graduates choosing to go it alone rather than become employees

The number of graduates choosing to work for themselves after university, as opposed to becoming employees, has nearly doubled in the past year, a study finds.

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Graduates increasingly setting up on their own rather than joining labour market

The number of graduates fresh out of university choosing to work for themselves, rather than becoming employees, has more than doubled in the past year, finds research.

Business management

Addressing the youth skills gap

Tom Hickman founded graduate coaching business The Bridge after struggling to find talented young staff for a previous company. SmallBusiness.co.uk talks to him about his efforts in starting up.

News

Small businesses shun graduates

Small business owners are turning their backs on the graduate employee market and instead choosing to hire school leavers and other non-graduates.

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Degree holders better paid than non-graduates

Degree holders earned an average of £12,000 a year more than non-graduates over the past decade, research finds.

Employing & managing staff

First-class employees

Attracting the best graduate to your company is easier if you show an understanding of their journey from higher education to workplace.

News

Graduate workers ‘disillusioned’

Employers could be faced with a disillusioned workforce of new graduates, warns the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

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Flying start for budding entrepreneurs

UK students are to get a helping hand from a scheme announced by Chancellor Gordon Brown in his pre-Budget report that aims to get more graduates to start their own businesses.

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