targetjobs Awards 2025: Shortlists

The most popular graduate recruiter in accounting and financial management award, sponsored by Pathway CTM

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

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

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

The most popular graduate recruiter in construction, civil engineering and surveying award

• AECOM
• Arup
• AtkinsRéalis
• Balfour Beatty
• BAM Construct UK
• Buro Happold
• Kier Group
• Mott MacDonald
• Turner & Townsend
• WSP

The most popular graduate recruiter in consulting award, 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, sponsored by University of Exeter

• 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, sponsored by Frazer-Nash Consultancy

• bp
• EDF
• ExxonMobil
• OVO Energy
• ScottishPower
• Severn Trent
• Shell
• SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy)
• Welsh Water (Dwr Cymru)
• Yorkshire Water

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

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

The most popular graduate recruiter in investment banking and investment award, 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, sponsored by Cibyl

• A&O Shearman
• Bird & Bird
• Clifford Chance
• Clyde & Co
• DLA Piper
• Irwin Mitchell
• Linklaters
• Simmons & Simmons
• Slaughter and May
• White & Case

The most popular graduate recruiter in the public sector award

• BBC
• British Council
• The Civil Service Fast Stream
• Get Into Teaching
• HM Revenue & Customs
• 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, sponsored by Meet & Engage

• Aldi
• Amazon
• Apple
• ASOS
• Boots
• Lidl
• Marks & Spencer
• Next
• Tesco
• TJX Europe (TK Maxx)

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

• Bloom and Wild
• Clearscore
• Freetrade
• Gymshark
• HelloFresh
• Lounge Underwear
• Marshmallow
• Nothing
• Octopus
• Volt

The most popular graduate recruiter in scientific research and development award

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

The most popular graduate recruiter in technology award, sponsored by Blackbridge

• Amazon
• Apple
• Bloomberg
• Google
• IBM
• Meta
• Microsoft
• Rockstar Games
• Sky
• Sony

The rising star award, sponsored by Rolls-Royce

• Aisha Chowdhury, IBM
• Peter Coull, National Energy System Operator (NESO)
• Rachel Donaghey, NATS
• Sara Fatma, National Energy System Operator (NESO)
• Ferdausi Mazumder, GSK
• Conor O’Kane, IBM
• Rebecca Porteous, IBM
• Sam Rowe, GSK
• Omer Samuel, IBM
• Manon Weening, IBM

The apprentice of the year award, sponsored by AstraZeneca

• Yashnee Bheekha, CBRE
• Molly Gilmore, IBM
• Alfie Grey, L’Oréal
• Nathan John, IBM
• Ella Ovenden, IBM
• Isabella Rocha, IBM
• Eddie Roe, IBM
• Victoria Sinel, IBM
• Tom Werrett, IBM
• Euan Wilcox, IBM

The best apprenticeship programme award, sponsored by ACCA

• American Express
• Aon
• DLA Piper
• EY
• HSBC
• IBM
• Kennedys
• Kraft Heinz
• MDS
• Nokia

The best diversity and inclusion strategy award, sponsored by Cappfinity

• A&O Shearman (submitted by ThirtyThree)
• American Express
• Capgemini
• Experian
• Heathrow (submitted by TMP Worldwide, a PeopleScout company)
• HSBC
• Ipsos
• Kraft Heinz
• Tesco (in partnership with Stafford Long)
• Virgin Media o2 (in partnership with Neurosight)

The best placement or internship programme award

• American Express
• Capital One
• CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
• DLA Piper
• Enterprise Mobility
• HSBC (Internship Programme)
• IBM (Summer placements)
• Primark
• Scotiabank (UpLIFTED Programme)
• ScottishPower

The best candidate, onboarding or post hire experience, sponsored by TopScore

• Arup
• CBRE
• Cooper Parry
• Deutsche Bank
• DHL Supply Chain
• L’Oréal
• LACE Partners
• pladis
• ScottishPower
• Veolia

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

• adidas
• Babcock (submitted by ManpowerGroup Talent Solutions)
• BT Group (EE Contact Centre)
• Capgemini UK
• Clifford Chance
• Deloitte
• EY
• Hilton (submitted by OME)
• Novuna (submitted by Gaia)
• Rolls-Royce (submitted by Blackbridge)

The best innovation in assessment and selection award, sponsored by AMS

• American Express
• AmplifyME
• AWE (in partnership with Spotted Zebra)
• Deloitte
• Energus and NDA Group (in partnership with Neurosight)
• EY (EYX)
• Forvis Mazars (in partnership with Neurosight)
• HSBC (Social Mobility Partnership with Zero Gravity)
• Ipsos
• pladis

The best use of AI in recruitment award, sponsored by Arm

• Grant Thornton (in partnership with Neurosight)
• Ipsos
• Lloyds Banking Group (submitted by FourthWall)
• Spotted Zebra

The award for sustainability in talent and education, sponsored by The Sustainable Recruitment Alliance

• Arup    
• University of Stirling

The graduate employer of the year award, sponsored by SHL

• Arm
• Capgemini  
• CBRE
• Enterprise Mobility    
• GSK    
• IBM
• Kennedys    
• National Energy System Operator (NESO)   
• NATS    
• Rolls-Royce