Winners 2020

The sector awards

The most popular graduate recruiter in accounting and financial management award 2020, sponsored by University of Leicester School of Business

Winner: PwC

Second: Deloitte

Third: EY

• BDO
• FTI Consulting
• Grant Thornton
• KPMG
• National Audit Office
• RSM
• Smith & Williamson

The most popular graduate recruiter in banking, insurance and financial services award 2020, sponsored by NFU Mutual

Winner: Barclays

Second: HSBC

Third: Bloomberg

• American Express
• Bank of England
• Financial Conduct Authority
• HM Revenue & Customs
• Lloyds Banking Group
• RBS
• Santander

The most popular graduate recruiter in construction, civil engineering and surveying award 2020, sponsored by the University of Exeter

Winner: Arup

Second: Atkins

Third: AECOM

• Balfour Beatty
• BuroHappold Engineering
• CBRE
• Kier Group
• MACE
• Mott MacDonald
• WSP

The most popular graduate recruiter in consulting award 2020, sponsored by SHL

Winner: PwC

Second: Deloitte

Third: EY

• Accenture
• Bain & Company
• Boston Consulting Group
• BT
• IBM
• KPMG
• McKinsey & Company

The most popular graduate recruiter in consumer goods – manufacturing and marketing award 2020, sponsored by TJX Europe

Winner: GSK

Second: Unilever

Third: L'Oréal

• Diageo
• Johnson & Johnson
• Kraft Heinz
• Mars
• Mondelez International
• Nestlé
• Procter & Gamble (P&G)

The most popular graduate recruiter in energy and utilities award 2020, sponsored by Global

Winner: Shell

Second: BP

Third: EDF Energy

• Anglian Water
• ExxonMobil
• ScottishPower
• SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy)
• Total
• Wood
• Yorkshire Water

The most popular graduate recruiter in engineering, design and manufacture award 2020, sponsored by Inmarsat

Winner: Rolls-Royce

Second: British Airways

Third: Jaguar Land Rover

• Airbus
• The Army
• BAE Systems
• Boeing
• Dyson
• Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains
• Siemens

The most popular graduate recruiter in hospitality, leisure and tourism award 2020

Winner: Hilton

Second: Marriott International

Third: TUI Travel

• Camp America
• Center Parcs
• InterContinental Hotels Group
• Merlin Entertainments
• P&O
• Radisson Hotel Group
• Travelodge

The most popular graduate recruiter in investment banking and investment award 2020, sponsored by TARGETconnect

Winner: J.P. Morgan

Second: Goldman Sachs

Third: Barclays

• Bank of America
• BlackRock
• Citi
• Credit Suisse
• Deutsche Bank
• HSBC
• Morgan Stanley

The most popular graduate recruiter in IT and technology award 2020, sponsored by Skyscanner

Winner: Google

Second: Amazon

Third: Microsoft

• Accenture
• Apple
• ASOS
• Bloomberg
• IBM
• Siemens
• Sky

The most popular graduate recruiter in law award 2020

Winner: Clifford Chance

Second: Allen & Overy LLP

Third: Linklaters

• Baker McKenzie
• DLA Piper
• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
• Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
• Irwin Mitchell
• Slaughter and May
• White & Case LLP

The most popular graduate recruiter in logistics, transport and supply chain award 2020, sponsored by Blackbridge Communications

Winner: British Airways

Second: McLaren

Third: Boeing

• DHL
• FirstGroup
• Transport for London

The most popular graduate recruiter in the public sector award 2020, sponsored by Transform Society

Winner: BBC

Second: MI6 – Secret Intelligence Service

Third: MI5 – The Security Service

• British Council
• Civil Service Fast Stream
• European Commission
• GCHQ
• Local Government – National Graduate Development Programme (NGDP)
• NHS Leadership Academy
• Teach First

The most popular graduate recruiter in retail award 2020

Winner: Amazon

Second: ASOS

Third: Apple

• Aldi
• Arcadia Group (Topshop, Burton, Dorothy Perkins)
• Boots
• Lidl GB
• Marks & Spencer
• Tesco
• TK Maxx

The most popular graduate recruiter in scientific research and development award 2020, sponsored by TARGETrecruit

Winner: Cancer Research UK

Second: GSK

Third: AstraZeneca

• Bayer
• Boots
• Johnson & Johnson
• nucleargraduates
• Pfizer
• Roche
• STFC (The Science and Technology Facilities Council)

The student panel awards

The apprentice of the year award 2020, sponsored by Clyde & Co

Winner: Tom Woolford, IBM

Second: Jordan Long, PwC

Third: Sulaiman Bah, Mott MacDonald

• Hassan Kamara, EY
• Jessie Mason, Aon
• Joe Saunders, Mott MacDonald
• Maddy Morrison, Sky
• Marcus Pollitt, Aon
• Sana Kauser, EY
• Shehr Bano Rasool, EY

The best school leaver programme award 2020, sponsored by Trendence UK

Winner: Unilever

Second: Rolls-Royce (submitted by Blackbridge)

Third: PwC

• Accenture
• Bloomberg
• EY
• IBM

The best diversity and inclusion strategy award 2020, sponsored by AstraZeneca

Winner: EY

Second: Clyde & Co

Third: HSBC

• Accenture
• Allen & Overy LLP (submitted by ThirtyThree)
• Bank of America
• Civil Service Fast Stream
• Enterprise Rent-A-Car
• EY (submitted by MSL)
• L'Oréal

The best innovation in student recruitment award 2020, sponsored by PeopleScout

Winner: Lloyds Banking Group (submitted by Experience)

Second: Clifford Chance – Tender

Third: Linklaters

• Accenture
• Barclays (submitted by Stafford Long)
• Civil Service Fast Stream
• Clifford Chance – Ignite
• Credit Suisse
• Grad DNA in partnership with Sainsbury's
• White & Case LLP

The best work experience programme award 2020, sponsored by Rolls-Royce

Winner: HSBC

Second: Clifford Chance – Summer Vacation scheme

Third: Clifford Chance – Spark

• Civil Service Fast Stream
• Clifford Chance – Lift
• Clyde & Co
• CMS
• Deutsche Bank
• IBM – Ignite
• IBM – University Placement and Futures Schemes

The best student marketing campaign (for organisations recruiting fewer than 50 hires a year) award 2020, sponsored by HSBC

Winner: Lidl GB (submitted by OME)

Second: Lloyd's of London

Third: Pinsent Masons (submitted by That Little Agency)

• Dentons (submitted by Tonic)
• RPC

The best student marketing campaign (for organisations recruiting more than 50 hires a year) award 2020, sponsored by L'Oréal

Winner: Lloyds Banking Group (submitted by MSL)

Second: Unlocked (submitted by SMRS)

Third: Vodafone (submitted by TMP)

• Allen & Overy LLP (submitted by ThirtyThree)
• Civil Service Fast Stream (submitted by TMP)
• Clifford Chance
• EY (submitted by MSL)
• Marks & Spencer (submitted by AIA)
• Rolls-Royce (submitted by Blackbridge)
• Siemens (submitted by AIA)

The best social media campaign award 2020, sponsored by Lloyds

Winner: Marks & Spencer (submitted by AIA)

Second: Clifford Chance

Third: HSBC

• Credit Suisse
• Deutsche Bank (submitted by ThirtyThree)
• DSTL (submitted by Penna)
• Herbert Smith Freehills LLP (submitted by ThirtyThree)
• Hogan Lovells (submitted by Stafford Long)
• L'Oréal
• Vodafone (submitted by TMP)

The rising star award 2020, sponsored by Lidl GB

Winner: Paul Muchatuta, Mott MacDonald

Second: Alexandros Benakis, MDS

Third: Rebecca Galloway, Marks & Spencer

• Bella Dunnett, IBM
• Edmund Fenton Fowler, Mott MacDonald
• Eleanor Chew, ISG
• Elliott Cox, Aon
• Emma Wang, Aon
• Kate Marshall, IBM
• Sarah Pickett, Inmarsat

The best graduate website award 2020, sponsored by Havas People

Winner: Lloyds Banking Group (submitted by MSL)

Second: KPMG

Third: Sky (submitted by Symphony Talent)

• Clifford Chance
• Enterprise Rent-A-Car (submitted by AIA)
• Lloyd's of London
• Pinsent Masons (submitted by That Little Agency)

The best on-boarding experience award 2020, sponsored by Meet & Engage

Winner: Clifford Chance

Second: DLA Piper

Third: Newton Europe

• Berkeley Group
• ExxonMobil
• HSBC
• Mott MacDonald
• NFU Mutual
• Philip Morris International

The best social mobility strategy award 2020, sponsored by the University of Leicester

Winner: Clifford Chance

Second: Enterprise Rent-A-Car

Third: Clyde & Co

• Bank of America
• Civil Service Fast Stream
• Credit Suisse
• EY
• Inmarsat
• Linklaters
• Transport for London (submitted by TMP)

The graduate employer of the year

The graduate employer of the year award 2020, sponsored by Symphony Talent

Winner: IBM

• Credit Suisse
• Enterprise Rent-A-Car
• EY
• Lloyds Banking Group
• Unlocked