targetjobs Awards 2024: Shortlists

Here are our targetjobs National Graduate Recruitment Awards shortlists!

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The sector Awards

The most popular graduate recruiter in accounting and financial management award 2024, sponsored by University of Exeter

  • BDO
  • Deloitte
  • Evelyn Partners
  • EY
  • Grant Thornton
  • KPMG
  • Mazars
  • National Audit Office (NAO)
  • PwC
  • RSM

The most popular graduate recruiter in banking, insurance and financial services award 2024, sponsored by NFU Mutual

  • American Express
  • Bank of England
  • Barclays
  • Bloomberg
  • HM Revenue & Customs
  • HSBC
  • Lloyd’s
  • Lloyds Banking Group
  • London Stock Exchange Group
  • Mastercard

The most popular graduate recruiter in construction, civil engineering and surveying award 2024, sponsored by Knight Frank

  • AECOM
  • Arup
  • AtkinsRéalis
  • Balfour Beatty
  • BAM Construct UK
  • CBRE
  • Kier Group
  • Mott MacDonald
  • Savills
  • WSP

The most popular graduate recruiter in consulting award 2024, sponsored by CBRE

  • Accenture
  • Bain & Company
  • Boston Consulting Group
  • Capgemini
  • Deloitte
  • EY
  • IBM
  • KPMG
  • McKinsey & Company
  • PwC

The most popular graduate recruiter in consumer goods – manufacturing and marketing award 2024, sponsored by targetconnect

  • Associated British Foods (ABF)
  • Coca-Cola
  • GSK
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • L’Oréal
  • Mondelēz International
  • Nestlé
  • PepsiCo
  • Procter & Gamble (P&G)
  • Unilever

The most popular graduate recruiter in energy and utilities award 2024, sponsored by 1 Hour Project

  • Affinity Water
  • bp
  • Centrica (British Gas)
  • EDF
  • ExxonMobil
  • ScottishPower
  • Severn Trent
  • Shell
  • SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy)
  • Yorkshire Water

The most popular graduate recruiter in engineering, design and manufacture award 2024, sponsored by Blackbridge

  • Airbus
  • BAE Systems
  • British Airways
  • Jaguar Land Rover
  • McLaren
  • Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains
  • Ministry of Defence
  • Rolls-Royce
  • Siemens
  • The Royal Air Force

The most popular graduate recruiter in investment banking and investment award 2024, sponsored by Spotted Zebra

  • Bank of America
  • Barclays
  • BlackRock
  • Citi
  • Deutsche Bank
  • Goldman Sachs
  • HSBC
  • J.P. Morgan
  • Morgan Stanley
  • Rothschild & Co

The most popular graduate recruiter in law award 2024, sponsored by Cibyl

  • Allen & Overy LLP
  • Clifford Chance
  • Clyde & Co LLP
  • DLA Piper
  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • Irwin Mitchell
  • Latham & Watkins LLP
  • Linklaters
  • Slaughter and May
  • White & Case LLP

The most popular graduate recruiter in logistics, transport & supply chain award 2024, sponsored by University of Exeter and UNITAR partnership

  • Boeing
  • British Airways
  • DHL
  • FirstGroup
  • Gist
  • Transport for London
  • XPO Logistics

The most popular graduate recruiter in the public sector award 2024, sponsored by TopScore

  • BBC
  • British Council
  • Civil Service Fast Stream
  • GCHQ
  • Get Into Teaching
  • Local Government – National Graduate Development Programme (NGDP)
  • MI5 – The Security Service
  • MI6 – Secret Intelligence Service
  • NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme (GMTS)
  • Teach First

The most popular graduate recruiter in retail award 2024, sponsored by GTI Recruiting Solutions

  • Aldi
  • Amazon
  • Apple
  • Asda
  • Boots
  • Lidl
  • Marks & Spencer
  • McDonald’s
  • Next
  • Tesco

The most popular 'scale-up' graduate recruiter award 2024, sponsored by Harvard University - Mignone Center for Career Success 

  • Aybl    
  • Bloom and Wild    
  • Clearscore    
  • GoStudent    
  • Gymshark    
  • HelloFresh    
  • Lounge Underwear    
  • Marshmallow    
  • Nothing    
  • Octopus

The most popular graduate recruiter in scientific research and development award 2024, sponsored by targetjobs

  • AstraZeneca
  • Boots
  • Cancer Research UK
  • GSK
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Ministry of Defence
  • Pfizer
  • Roche
  • STFC
  • Thermo Fisher Scientific

The most popular graduate recruiter in technology award 2024, sponsored by Lloyd's

  • Accenture
  • Amazon
  • Apple
  • Bloomberg
  • Google
  • IBM
  • Microsoft
  • Samsung
  • Siemens
  • Sky

Professional panel Awards

The best university employability strategy award 2024, sponsored by Clifford Chance with Tender

  • Bath Spa University
  • City, University of London - Career Activation Programme
  • Lancaster University
  • Nottingham Trent University
  • Teesside University
  • University of Chester
  • University of East Anglia
  • University of East London
  • University of Leicester
  • University of West of England

The HE careers and employability team of the year award 2024, sponsored by HSBC

  • De Montfort University
  • King’s Careers & Employability
  • Loughborough University, Careers Network
  • Manchester Metropolitan University
  • Nottingham Trent University
  • The London School of Economics and Political Science
  • University of East Anglia
  • University of Exeter
  • University of Portsmouth, Careers & Employability Service
  • University of Strathclyde, Careers & Employability Service

The best social mobility strategy award 2024, sponsored by Transform Society

  • Allen & Overy LLP (submitted by ThirtyThree)
  • Bird & Bird
  • bp (submitted by Symphony Talent)
  • Clyde & Co
  • DLA Piper UK LLP
  • Enterprise Mobility
  • Lloyds Banking Group
  • Morgan Stanley
  • Mott Macdonald
  • PwC

The early careers professional of the year award 2024, sponsored by ACCA

  • Alex Bennett, L’Oréal UK & Ireland
  • Charlotte Makin, Arqiva Ltd
  • Hannah Rolph, Knight Frank
  • Hannah Twelvetrees, CBRE
  • Harry Kelly, GSK
  • Ian Browne, Lloyds Banking Group
  • Katie Garman, DLA Piper UK LLP
  • Lesley Bamber, WTW
  • Raksha Patel, American Express
  • Uzma Ahmed, Version 1

The student panel Awards

The rising star award 2024, sponsored by Rolls-Royce

  • Arthur Drozdov, Cisco
  • Isabelle Coates, AstraZeneca
  • James Stott, BDO
  • James Thompson, GSK
  • Lewis Brand, National Grid
  • Mable Yip, BDO
  • Mahi Joshi, Unlocked Graduates
  • Marie De Groot, IBM UK Ltd
  • Omar Ali, Arm
  • Razi Khan, National Grid ESO

The apprentice of the year award 2024, sponsored by AstraZeneca

  • Amelia Stone, Morgan Stanley
  • Euan Wilcox, IBM UK Ltd
  • Freya Young, Visa
  • Jack Bailey, Lloyds Banking Group (submitted by Blackbridge Communications)
  • Jacob Smith, Aon
  • Jade Kimpton, National Grid
  • Jamie Waterhouse, UBS
  • Joshua Asiedu, Aon
  • Luca Smith, Experian
  • Tim Barton, American Express

The best apprenticeship programme award 2024, sponsored by ACCA

  • BT Group
  • CGI
  • Experian
  • Goldman Sachs
  • IBM UK Ltd
  • L’Oréal UK & Ireland
  • Morgan Stanley
  • Visa
  • Weightmans LLP
  • WTW

The best diversity and inclusion strategy award 2024, sponsored by National Grid

  • Allen & Overy LLP (submitted by ThirtyThree)
  • American Express
  • Bird & Bird
  • CBRE
  • CGI
  • Experian
  • Hogan Lovells Graduate Recruitment DEI (submitted by sb.inc)
  • IBM UK Ltd
  • Lloyd’s
  • Standard Chartered

The best internship or placement programme award 2024, sponsored by Clyde & Co

  • Accenture
  • Aon
  • BNP Paribas
  • Dare
  • Enterprise Mobility
  • EY
  • IBM UK Ltd
  • Lazard
  • NFU Mutual
  • Sony Europe

The best on-boarding experience award 2024, sponsored by Frazer-Nash Consultancy

  • Costa Coffee
  • Experian
  • HSBC
  • KPMG
  • Liberty Global (submitted by AMS)
  • Lloyds Banking Group (submitted by Blackbridge Communications)
  • NATS
  • NFU Mutual
  • Philip Morris International
  • Taylor Wessing

The best student marketing campaign award 2024, sponsored by L'Oréal

  • Accenture
  • BDO
  • Cisco
  • Clifford Chance
  • Deutsche Bank
  • Frazer-Nash Consultancy
  • Hogan Lovells Graduate Campaign (submitted by sb.inc)
  • Lloyds Banking Group (submitted by Blackbridge Communications)
  • PKF Francis Clark
  • PwC

The best innovation in recruitment award 2024, sponsored by AMS

  • AmplifyME and Morgan Stanley
  • AWE (submitted by Spotted Zebra)
  • Civil Service Fast Stream (submitted by TMP Worldwide a PeopleScout company)
  • Clifford Chance - ACCEPT
  • Clifford Chance - Virtual Internships
  • EY - AA
  • EY - EYX
  • Think Ahead
  • Unlocked Graduates ‘It’s Not for You’ (submitted by Pink Squid)
  • Zero Gravity / HSBC Partnership (submitted by Zero Gravity)

The sustainability in early talent recruitment award 2024, sponsored by The Sustainable Recruitment Alliance

  • Amazon
  • Bird & Bird
  • Burges Salmon LLP
  • Cummins Inc.
  • DLA Piper UK LLP
  • Liberty Global (submitted by AMS)
  • Shoosmiths
  • Taylor Wessing
  • Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP
  • Worley

The AGCAS Award

The AGCAS award for excellence in careers and employability service engagement 2024, sponsored by AGCAS

  • Addleshaw Goddard, nominated by BPP University
  • Essex County Council, nominated by University of Essex
  • IBM, nominated by University of Portsmouth

The graduate employer of the year

The graduate employer of the year award 2024

  • Accenture
  • Bloomberg
  • CBRE
  • Costa Coffee
  • Cummins Inc
  • Enterprise Mobility
  • Experian
  • IBM UK Limited
  • Lloyd’s
  • PwC