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SNAPSHOT STEM SURVEY RESULTS


On 25th April, Carl Gilleard presented his last ever TARGETjobs Breakfast News event. As always, he couldn’t have done it without the help of our members, who took the time to complete a short survey online. The subject of his presentation was ‘Recruiting from STEM subjects’ – here are a few of his key findings: • 45% of respondents believe there is a serious problem with the supply of STEM graduates. 50% believe there is a manageable problem.


• 59% think there is issue in the sector with regards to gender diversity. The majority of respondent believe that the solution to overcome the problems in the sector is to offer internships, and to provide better promotion of STEM subjects in schools.


AGR WALES


This May, we ran our first AGR Wales meeting, which gave employers, universities and third parties from Wales and the South-West the opportunity to meet up and start building relationships. If you were unable to attend this meeting, but would like to get involved in the future, please let us know. Email Helen@ agr.org.uk for more information.


CONFERENCE KEYNOTES


Speaking at this year’s Conference will be a true motivational-speaking celebrity, Steve McDermott.


HEAR AND SOCIAL MOBILITY TOOLKITS


ADVISORY COUNCIL


The second AGR Advisory Council meeting took place in April, during which your sector representatives shared your concerns and suggestions with the AGR board. Some key takeaways from this meeting were: • Advisory Council members will endeavour to be even more visible to the wider membership in the coming months, in order to gather even more feedback for the consideration of the board.


• The priority over the next 12 months is to encourage further AGR participation from members. Advisory Council reps will be on-hand to shed light on the wide range of opportunities available.


• Advisory Council reps will have greater involvement in the planning of Sector Focus Group meetings.


To find out who your sector representative is, please visit: www.agr.org.uk/Members- of-the-Advisory-Council


26 GRADUATE RECRUITER


Following the completion of our recent BIS-funded research project into the Higher Education Achievement Report and Social Mobility in recruitment, we recently circulated the outcomes of this work, which included the production of two practical toolkits for employers. If you haven’t yet received your copies of our HEAR and Social Mobility toolkits, please visit www.agr.org.uk/HEAR-Project to download electronic copies.


Steve has been voted UK Motivational Speaker of the Year in 2006, 2007 and 2009. What’s more, his book, How to be a Complete and Utter Failure in Life, Work and Everything, is a best seller. In over twenty years as a professional speaker he has talked to thousands of people about how they can be more successful in life and business. It’s his unique style – half business guru, half stand-up comedian – which has made him one of Europe’s busiest and most sought after speakers.


He will be joined by Dean van Leeuwen of Tomorrow Today. Dean has over 20 years’ experience working in marketing, operations, innovation and strategic planning. Dean has an illustrious history of keynote speaking, having delivered speeches across five continents. He has consulted to leading organisations across the globe such as Coca-Cola, Waitrose, John Lewis Partnership, Tesco, Unilever and Procter & Gamble.


AGR SUMMER SURVEY 2013


THANKS TO OUR PREMIER SPONSORS!


This year, our regular premier sponsor, GuardianJobs (eight years and counting!), have joined forces with a consortium of universities to support this year’s conference. The universities in question are: Leicester, Nottingham, Birmingham, Bristol and Leeds. Everyone at AGR would likely to publicly thank everyone involved in this collaboration for backing the event, and we look forward to meeting everyone on the 7th July!


Thanks to all those AGR employers who recently completed the latest edition of the AGR Summer Survey. We will, as usual, be launching the findings at our Annual Conference, which will take place from 7th - 9th July, 2013.


HAVE YOU JOINED OUR DIVERSITY FORUM?


Diversity is an ever-important issue for our members, and to help give this topic as much high-level exposure as possible, we’ve recently launched a new free-to-attend diversity forum, the first of which was held in May. If you would like to be included in this group and attend future meetings, email Helen@agr.org.uk


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