The Awards

We're the largest student-driven graduate recruitment awards event in the world. Over the course of the event, we'll count over 100,000 individual votes, welcome 1,000 distinguished guests on the night and present 30 fiercely-competed trophies.

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Winners 2010

No one forgets a winner. But just in case the last couple of years' awards are fading a little in the memory, remind yourself who excelled and covered themselves in glory - and don't forget to get your ticket for this year's big night.

Awards ceremony winners

The most popular graduate recruiter - Accounting and professional services 2010, sponsored by The Institute of Chartered Accountants

Award Winners

Winner: PricewaterhouseCoopers

  • 2. Ernst & Young
  • 3. Deloitte
  • 4. KPMG
  • 5. HM Revenue & Customs
  • 6. National Audit Office
  • 7. Grant Thornton
  • 8. Audit Commission
  • 9. National Grid
  • 10. Baker Tilly

2009 winner: PricewaterhouseCoopers

The most popular graduate recruiter – Banking, insurance and financial services 2010, sponsored by Alexander Mann Solutions

Winner: HSBC

  • 2. Barclays
  • 3. The Royal Bank of Scotland
  • 4. Financial Services Authority/li>
  • 5. Bloomberg
  • 6. American Express
  • 7. Lloyds Banking Group
  • 8. Santander
  • 9. Zurich Financial Services
  • 10. Lloyd's

2009 winner: HSBC

The most popular graduate recruiter – Charity and not-for-profit 2010, sponsored by DHL

Winner: Amnesty International

  • 2. Oxfam
  • 3. WWF (World Wildlife Fund)
  • 4. Cancer Research UK
  • 5. British Red Cross
  • 7. Save the Children
  • 8. National Trust
  • 9. Comic Relief
  • 10. NSPCC
  • 11. Teach First

2009 winner: Oxfam

The most popular graduate recruiter – Construction and civil engineering 2010, sponsored by SIFE

Award Winners

Winner: Atkins

  • 2. Arup
  • 3. Balfour Beatty
  • 4. Sir Robert McAlpine
  • 5. Jacobs Engineering
  • 6. Skanska
  • 7. Mott MacDonald
  • 8. Carillion
  • 9. Buro Happold
  • 10. Laing O'Rourke

2009 winner: Atkins

The most popular graduate recruiter – Consulting 2010, sponsored by GTI Recruiting Solutions

Award Winners

Winner: PricewaterhouseCoopers

  • 2. IBM
  • 3. Accenture
  • 4. Deloitte
  • 5. Ernst & Young
  • 6. BT
  • 7. McKinsey & Company
  • 8. The Boston Consulting Group
  • 9. Mars & Co
  • 10. Bain & Company

2009 winner: Accenture

The most popular graduate recruiter – Engineering, design and manufacture 2010, sponsored by Engineering & Technology

Winner: Airbus

  • 2. Rolls-Royce
  • 3. BMW Group (Mini)
  • 4. BAE Systems
  • 5. Jaguar Land Rover
  • 6. Siemens
  • 7. Shell
  • 8. BP
  • 9. Atkins
  • 10. ExxonMobil
  • 11. Toyota



2009 winner: Rolls-Royce

The most popular graduate recruiter – FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) 2010, sponsored by Kerry Foods

Winner: Procter & Gamble

  • 2. Unilever
  • 3. L'Oréal
  • 4. Cadbury
  • 5. Coca-Cola Great Britain
  • 6. Nestlé
  • 7. GlaxoSmithKline
  • 8. Body Shop International
  • 9. Mars
  • 10. Estée Lauder Cosmetics

2009 winner: Procter & Gamble

The most popular graduate recruiter – Hospitality, leisure and tourism 2010, sponsored by Arcadia Group

Winner: Walt Disney

  • 2. Hilton International
  • 3. Camp America
  • 4. Marriott International
  • 5. Thomas Cook
  • 6. Virgin Active
  • 7. Center Parcs
  • 8. Intercontinental Hotels
  • 9. P&O
  • 10. BUNAC

2009 winner: Hilton Hotels

The most popular graduate recruiter – Investment banking and investment 2010, sponsored by Stafford Long

Winner: Goldman Sachs

  • 2. HSBC Investment Bank
  • 3. J.P. Morgan
  • 4. Morgan Stanley
  • 5. Barclays Capital
  • 6. Deutsche Bank
  • 7. Bank of America Merrill Lynch
  • 8. Citi
  • 9. Credit Suisse
  • 10. Barclays Global Investors
  • 11. Bloomberg



2009 winner: J.P. Morgan

The most popular graduate recruiter – IT and telecoms 2010, sponsored by SHL

Winner: Microsoft

  • 2. Apple
  • 3. IBM UK
  • 4. Intel
  • 5. Dell
  • 6. BT
  • 7. Cisco
  • 8. Accenture
  • 9. O2
  • 10. HP

2009 winner: Google

The most popular graduate recruiter – Law - barristers 2010. Please note: This award was not presented at the TARGETjobs awards.

Winner: Kings Chambers

  • 2. 2-3 Gray's Inn Square
  • 3. Matrix Chambers
  • 4. 4-5 Gray's Inn Square
  • 5. Blackstone Chambers
  • 6. No5 Chambers
  • 7. Outer Temple Chambers
  • 8. 7 King's Bench Walk
  • 9. Essex Court Chambers
  • 10. Wilberforce Chambers

2009 winner: Kings Chambers

The most popular graduate recruiter – Law - solicitors 2010, sponsored by EURO RSCG RILEY

Award Winners

Winner: Allen & Overy

  • 2. Clifford Chance
  • 3. Slaughter and May
  • 4. Linklaters
  • 5. DLA Piper
  • 6. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
  • 7. Baker & McKenzie
  • 8. Herbert Smith
  • 9. Lovells
  • 10. Eversheds

2009 winner: Allen & Overy

The most popular graduate recruiter – Logistics and transport 2010

Award Winners

Winner: British Airways

  • 2. Shell
  • 3. Virgin
  • 4. Airbus
  • 5. DHL
  • 6. BAE Systems
  • 7. Transport for London
  • 8. Maersk
  • 9. Eurostar Group
  • 10. BAA

2009 winner: British Airways

The most popular graduate recruiter – Marketing and advertising 2010, sponsored by Dawson Walker Communications

Award Winners

Winner: Saatchi & Saatchi

  • 2. JCDecaux
  • 3. Mintel Group
  • 4. MediaCom
  • 5. Thinkbox
  • 6. M&C Saatchi
  • 7. Research International
  • 8. WPP
  • 9. Ogilvy & Mather
  • 10. TNS Global

2009 winner: Saatchi & Saatchi

The most popular graduate recruiter – Media, publishing and printing 2010, sponsored by Penna TCS

Winner: BBC TV

  • 2. BBC Worldwide
  • 3. Channel 4
  • 4. Google
  • 5. Guardian Media Group
  • 6. Penguin
  • 7. BBC Radio
  • 8. Sky
  • 9. Random House
  • 10. Bloomsbury Publishing

2009 winner: BBC TV

The most popular graduate recruiter – Property 2010, sponsored by RICS

Winner: Savills

  • 2. Countryside Properties
  • 3. BNP Paribas Real Estate
  • 4. Knight Frank
  • 5. Grosvenor
  • 6. British Land
  • 7. Valuation Office Agency
  • 8. Allsop
  • 9. Strutt & Parker
  • 10. NB Real Estate

2009 winner: Savills

The most popular graduate recruiter – Public sector 2010, sponsored by National Policing Improvement Improvement Agency

Award Winners

Winner: NHS Graduate Schemes

  • 2. Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)
  • 3. Civil Service Fast Stream
  • 4. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
  • 5. Teach First
  • 6. Security Service (MI5)
  • 7. Environment Agency
  • 8. National Graduate Development Programme
  • 9. Ministry of Defence
  • 10. Bank of England

2009 winner: Teach First

The most popular graduate recruiter – Quantity surveying and building surveying 2010

Winner: Balfour Beatty

  • 2. Laing O'Rourke
  • 3. Sir Robert McAlpine
  • 4. BNP Paribas Real Estate
  • 5. The Miller Group
  • 6. Grosvenor
  • 7. Kier Group
  • 8. DTZ
  • 9. Skanska
  • 10. Bovis Lend Lease

2009 winner: Balfour Beatty

The most popular graduate recruiter – Retail 2010, sponsored by npower

Award Winners

Winner: Harrods

  • 2. Selfridges
  • 3. John Lewis
  • 4. Abercrombie and Fitch
  • 5. Marks & Spencer
  • 6. Arcadia Group
  • 7. Tesco
  • 8. Boots
  • 9. Debenhams
  • 10. HMV

2009 winner: Marks and Spencer PLC

The most popular graduate recruiter – Scientific research and development 2010, sponsored by naturejobs.com

Award Winners

Winner: GlaxoSmithKline

  • 2. L'Oréal
  • 3. Johnson & Johnson
  • 4. Dyson
  • 5. The Science and Technology Facilities Council
  • 6. Pfizer
  • 7. Government Operational Research Service
  • 8. AstraZeneca
  • 9. DSTL (Defence Science and Technology Laboratory)
  • 10. AWE, the Atomic Weapons Establishment

2009 winner: The Science and Technology Facilities Council