Winners 2016

Our 2016 TARGETjobs National Graduate Recruitment winners!

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To view the 2015 winners, click here.

The Sector Awards – voted for by students

The most popular graduate recruiter in accounting and financial management award 2016, sponsored by ICAEW

Winner: PwC

• Baker Tilly (RSM)
• BDO
• Deloitte
• EY
• Grant Thornton
• KPMG
• National Audit Office

The most popular graduate recruiter in banking, insurance and financial services award 2016, sponsored by trendence UK

Winner: Barclays

• American Express
• Bank of England
• Bloomberg
• HM Revenue & Customs
• HSBC Bank plc
• Lloyd's
• Lloyds Banking Group
• Santander
• Zurich Insurance

The most popular graduate recruiter in construction, civil engineering and surveying award 2016, sponsored by 106

Winner: Arup

• AECOM
• Atkins
• Balfour Beatty
• BAM Construct UK
• Barratt Developments
• CH2M
• Kier Group
• Laing O'Rourke
• Mott MacDonald

The most popular graduate recruiter in consulting award 2016, sponsored by CEB

Winner: PwC

• Accenture
• Bain & Company
• Baker Tilly (RSM)
• Boston Consulting Group
• Deloitte
• EY
• IBM
• KPMG
• McKinsey & Company

The most popular graduate recruiter in consumer goods – manufacturing and marketing award 2016, sponsored by Eli by CA3

Winner: L'Oréal

• adidas Group
• Diageo
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Mars
• McDonald's Restaurants
• Mondelez International (Kraft, Cadbury)
• Nestlé
• Procter & Gamble
• Unilever

The most popular graduate recruiter in energy and utilities award 2016, sponsored by Blackbridge Communications

Winner: BP

• Amec Foster Wheeler
• ConocoPhillips
• E.ON
• ExxonMobil
• npower
• Sellafield
• Shell
• SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy)
• Yorkshire Water

The most popular graduate recruiter in engineering, design and manufacture award 2016, sponsored by UK Power Networks

Winner: Rolls-Royce (Civil & Defence Aerospace, Marine, Energy)

• Airbus
• Atkins
• BAE Systems
• BMW Group (BMW, Mini, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars)
• Jaguar Land Rover
• Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains
• Network Rail
• Siemens
• Transport for London

The most popular graduate recruiter in hospitality, leisure and tourism award 2016, sponsored by Graduate Promotions

Winner: Marriott International

• Camp America
• Center Parcs
• Hilton Worldwide
• InterContinental Hotels Group
• Merlin Entertainments
• P&O
• Radisson Edwardian
• Thomas Cook
• TUI Travel

The most popular graduate recruiter in investment banking and investment award 2016, sponsored by the University of Exeter

Winner: J.P. Morgan

• Bank of America Merrill Lynch
• Barclays
• BlackRock
• Citi
• Credit Suisse
• Deutsche Bank
• Goldman Sachs
• Morgan Stanley
• UBS

The most popular graduate recruiter in IT and technology award 2016, sponsored by Arcadia

Winner: Google

• Apple
• Facebook
• IBM
• Intel
• Microsoft
• Rockstar Games
• Sky
• Sony
• Ubisoft

The most popular graduate recruiter in law award 2016, sponsored by GTI Recruiting Solutions

Winner: Allen & Overy LLP

• Baker & McKenzie LLP
• Clifford Chance
• DLA Piper LLP
• Eversheds LLP
• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
• Hogan Lovells
• Irwin Mitchell
• Linklaters LLP
• Slaughter and May

The most popular graduate recruiter in logistics, transport and supply chain award 2016, sponsored by Rolls-Royce

Winner: British Airways

• Airbus
• Asda
• DHL
• First Group
• Network Rail
• Transport for London

The most popular graduate recruiter in the public sector award 2016, sponsored by Dawson Walker Communications

Winner: MI6 – Secret Intelligence Service

• British Council
• Civil Service Fast Stream
• EU Careers
• GCHQ
• Local Government – National Graduate Development Programme (NGDP)
• Metropolitan Police
• MI5 – The Security Service
• NHS Graduate Schemes
• Teach First

The most popular graduate recruiter in retail award 2016, sponsored by TK Maxx

Winner: Amazon

• Abercrombie & Fitch
• Aldi
• Arcadia Group
• Asda
• Boots
• John Lewis Partnership
• Lidl
• Marks & Spencer
• Tesco

The most popular graduate recruiter in scientific research and development award 2016, sponsored by Cut-e

Winner: Cancer Research UK

• AstraZeneca
• Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE)
• Bayer
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Johnson & Johnson
• Merck
• Pfizer
• Roche
• STFC (The Science and Technology Facilities Council)

The Student Panel Awards

The advancement of social mobility in graduate recruitment award 2016, sponsored by the University of Leicester

Winner: Enterprise Rent-A-Car (submitted by Hodes)

• Barclays
• Bird & Bird
• Civil Service Fast Stream
• Credit Suisse
• Deloitte
• EY (submitted by Capp)
• Grant Thornton
• Hogan Lovells
• Teach First

The best apprenticeship programme award 2016, sponsored by HSBC Bank plc

Winner: IBM

• Barratt Developments
• Deloitte
• Lloyds Banking Group
• Mayer Brown
• Microsoft
• Network Rail
• Severn Trent
• Tesco

The best school-leaver programme award 2016, sponsored by RSM

Winner: National Grid

• Barratt Developments
• CGI
• EY (submitted by MSLGROUP)
• IBM
• Laing O'Rourke (submitted by 106)

The apprentice of the year award 2016, sponsored by Capp

Winner: Amber Westmoreland – EY (submitted by MSLGROUP)

• Lewis Churchill – IBM
• Ben Cowan – HSBC
• Sammy-Jo Evans – UK Power Networks
• George Gillham – Laing O'Rourke (submitted by 106)
• Thomas Harrison – Rolls-Royce
• Harry Joseph – Transport for London
• Drew Lovesey – Nationwide
• Brodie Plunkett – EY (submitted by MSLGROUP)
• Matthew Smyth – Rolls-Royce

The best student marketing campaign (for organisations recruiting fewer than 50 graduates a year) award 2016, sponsored by Laing O'Rourke

Winner: Lidl (submitted by OME)

• Berwin Leighton Paisner (submitted by Tonic)
• L'Oréal (submitted by Hodes)
• Mars (submitted by Tonic)
• Microsoft
• Norton Rose Fulbright (submitted by Stafford Long)
• Severn Trent (submitted by ThirtyThree)
• Shearman & Sterling (submitted by Campaign Works)
• Simmons & Simmons (submitted by AIA)
• Taylor Wessing (submitted by Hodes)

The best student marketing campaign (for organisations recruiting more than 50 graduates a year) award 2016, sponsored by UCAS Media

Winner: Accenture (submitted by AIA)

• Aldi (submitted by Penna in collaboration with McCann Manchester)
• The Army (submitted by Tonic)
• Bank of England (submitted by Stafford Long)
• Bloomberg (submitted by Wave)
• Centrica (submitted by MSLGROUP)
• Deloitte (submitted by Havas People)
• EY (submitted by MSL Group)
• KPMG (submitted by TMP Worldwide)
• Thales (submitted by AIA)

The best graduate recruitment website award 2016, sponsored by TMP Worldwide

Winner: The Army (submitted by Tonic)

• Aldi (submitted by Penna)
• Barclays (submitted by Stafford Long)
• Jaguar Land Rover (submitted by Pink Squid)
• King.com (submitted by Pink Squid)
• Lloyds Banking Group (submitted by TMP Worldwide)
• Microsoft
• Shearman & Sterling (submitted by Campaign Works)
• Teach First
• Thales (submitted by AIA)

The best undergraduate internship/vacation programme award 2016, sponsored by ThirtyThree

Winner: Barclays

• AstraZeneca
• Bank of America Merrill Lynch
• Civil Service Fast Stream
• Clifford Chance (submitted by Blackbridge Communications)
• Enterprise Rent-A-Car (submitted by Hodes)
• IBM
• L'Oréal (submitted by Hodes)
• National Grid
• Teach First

The innovation on campus award 2016, sponsored by Siemens

Winner: Thales (submitted by AIA)

• The Army (submitted by Tonic)
• Bank of England (submitted by Stafford Long)
• Barclays
• Bloomberg (submitted by Wave)
• BP (submitted by ThirtyThree)
• CMS (submitted by Hodes)
• Lloyds Banking Group (submitted by Experience)
• PwC (submitted by ThirtyThree)
• Royal Bank of Scotland (submitted by Experience)

The rising star award 2016, sponsored by Lidl

Winner: Katie Sands – Barclays

• Sally Bradbery – Barratt Developments
• Jack Coward – GlaxoSmithKline
• Edoardo Frau – Rolls-Royce
• Ross Harper – Transport for London (submitted by Havas People)
• Angela Lai – Mott MacDonald
• Tim Magee – HSBC
• Richard McMurray – IBM
• Harriet Ruff – IBM
• Rose Tucker – ThoughtWorks

The diversity recruitment award 2016, sponsored by TalentLens

Winner: FDM

• Accenture
• Barclays
• Clifford Chance (submitted by Blackbridge Communications)
• Enterprise Rent-A-Car (submitted by Hodes)
• IBM
• L'Oréal (submitted by Hodes)
• Police
• Reed Smith
• ThoughtWorks

To view the 2015 winners, click here.