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Here’s how recruiters are actually using AI in hiring

Recruitment professionals share real-world applications of AI tools in hiring processes, highlighting the implementation, benefits, challenges, and advice.

Mar 13, 2025
Report

From Early Career To Emerging Talent

An ISE report into the case for a skills-based approach to student recruitment and development

Know-how

The Complete Guide to Student Recruitment and Development Access Now

The first ever comprehensive overview of student recruitment and development by the Institute of Student Employers.

Line Manager Guide to Apprenticeships Access Now

ISE's Line Manager Guide to Apprenticeships. From the fundamentals to the details: everything you need to know to effectively manage your apprentices.

Black Careers Matter Members Only

This report explores the issues that people from Black heritage backgrounds face during their early careers and makes recommendations on what employers can do to ensure that they are more inclusive and diverse. Non-members can request the executive summary by emailing

Data Dashboards: Student Development 2024 Members Only

We've gathered the data from our Student Development survey into these digestible, interactive dashboards.

Student Recruitment Survey 2024 Access Now

The student labour market is directly affected by global and national economic forces, the political environment, and the changing needs of employers and students. The ISE Recruitment Survey identifies a number of significant trends driven by these pressures.

ISE Insights

We work to provide expert information and insight to our member organisations and deliver comprehensive research on range of issues affecting graduate, intern and apprenticeship recruitment and development.

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ISE Research

ISE research helps employers, universities, suppliers, and wider stakeholders in the student recruitment and development industry make well-informed decisions about student talent. 

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Dashboard

Data Dashboards: Student Development 2024 Members Only

We've gathered the data from our Student Development survey into these digestible, interactive dashboards.

Report

Student Recruitment Survey 2024 Access Now

The student labour market is directly affected by global and national economic forces, the political environment, and the changing needs of employers and students. The ISE Recruitment Survey identifies a number of significant trends driven by these pressures.

Dashboard

Data dashboards: Student Recruitment 2024 Members Only

We've gathered the data from our Student Recruitment survey into these digestible, interactive dashboards.

Ten years ago, not many ISE members were hiring school leavers, now they are.

Ten years from now, we expect many ISE member recruitment teams will not only still target school leavers and graduates, but also career changers, older workers and internal candidates.

Explore Early Talent

Here you will find the content the ISE Apprenticeships Working Group has been working hard on delivering. 

In order to inform employers of the value of apprenticeships for their organisation.

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Find research, case studies, advice and information curated by ISE’s EDI Working Group to support members in their EDI journey.

From starting out and building a business case to developing a strategy and measuring performance.

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