2027 Sponsors

Sponsoring the best apprenticeship programme award

ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) develops the finance and business leaders the world needs.

Today’s accountants do far more than manage numbers. They shape strategy, drive growth, lead transformation and help organisations navigate an increasingly complex world. ACCA develops commercially minded professionals with the technical expertise, strategic thinking and business skills to make an impact.

For employers, we’re a trusted talent partner, helping organisations attract, develop and retain future-ready professionals through globally recognised qualifications and apprenticeships that build diverse, high-performing talent pipelines.

Our apprenticeship programmes create flexible routes into professional careers, helping employers widen access to talent while enabling people from every background to earn, learn and succeed. By opening more doors into the profession, we’re helping drive greater inclusion and social mobility across finance and business.

For students and early career professionals, ACCA combines a globally respected qualification with practical experience, career support and an international community, giving you the skills, confidence and opportunities to build a career without limits.

Together with employers and educators, we’re helping develop the next generation of finance and business talent.
To find out more visit accaglobal.com.

Sponsoring the best innovation in assessment and selection award

We are people experts. Our 8,500 colleagues power talent strategies that deliver results for leading organizations across 120 countries.

We partner with our clients to help re-define a new era of talent, driven by people, process, data and technology, enabling them to engage the talent they need to achieve their vision.

Our core areas of service: talent acquisition and orchestration and talent consulting are amplified by digital capability and strategic technology partnerships that span permanent and contingent workforces.

We call this…

People powered partnership.

Sponsoring the best candidate, onboarding or post hire experience award

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Research partner

Cibyl is a leading student market research team in UK andIreland. We provide employers, universities, professional bodies and researchers with unparalleled insights into students’ career thinking. Supporting attraction, equality, diversity, brand, virtual engagement, talent management and career service planning.

This year, 100,000 school students, undergraduates and recent graduates have taken part.

We’ve captured a broad range of opinion from them on the early careers market, including awareness and attractiveness of employers, relocation and mobility information, how and why students are making choices about careers, key demographic intel including: social profile, gender, year and subject of study, ethnicity, nationality and data on sexuality and disability.

Our team of MRS accredited researchers and analysts cut this data to get bespoke findings unique to individual employers. We consult with you on your competitive position, attractiveness amongst target group students, methods of engagement, help you to develop a school and campus strategy, help you to recruit a more diverse profile and get you to understand where and why you are missing out on relevant and ‘right fit’ talented young people.

Our methods can include quantitative, qualitative and focus group research, we offer year round data support, we have our own survey platform and can execute bespoke surveys or snap polls getting you the answer to a single issue of strategic importance or help you solve a problem. We area dept at reviewing a range of data sources as well as our own, offering you practical and actionable advice to help you build an informative picture and develop an early careers strategy that really works.

Cibyl's data is the source of the sector awards at the targetjobs National Emerging Talent Awards.

To get a demo of our data and to find out more go to cibyl.com

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Sponsoring the best university employability strategy award

Clifford Chance are one of the world's pre-eminent law firms, with significant depth and range of resources across five continents. As a single, fully integrated, global partnership, we pride ourselves on our approachable, collegial and team-based way of working.

We always strive to exceed the expectations of our clients, which include corporates from all the commercial and industrial sectors, the financial investor community, governments, regulators, trade bodies and not-for-profit organisations. We provide them with the highest-quality advice and legal insight, which combines the Firm's global standards with in-depth local expertise.

To find out more visit: www.cliffordchance.com

Sponsoring the Graduate Futures Institute award for excellence in careers and employability service engagement award

Graduate Futures Institute is the expert membership organisation for higher education student career development and graduate employment professionals. Through our members, we support the best possible career outcomes from higher education for individuals, institutions, society and the economy.

The Graduate Futures Institute (formerly AGCAS) Award has been part of the targetjobs Awards since 2008. Managed by Graduate Futures Institute, it considers both local and national employer – university partnerships.

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