Home ISE Knowledge Hub Featured Knowledge Featured Know-how 8 reasons to engage with schools and colleges The first guide in ISE’s School and College Engagement Toolkit explains the importance of engaging with schools and colleges and why your business should invest. May 13, 2025 Apprentice Attraction & Marketing, Apprentice Recruitment Read the Article Report School and college engagement toolkit Members Only Apprentice Development, Apprentice Recruitment, Apprentice Selection & Assessment, Work Experience – Schools This toolkit has been created by the ISE Schools and Colleges Engagement Working Group and is designed to help employers create an effective engagement strategy with schools and colleges, focusing on talent acquisition from graduates. Read the Article Case Study May 09, 2025 ‘Employability for life’ at The University of Law Apprentice Attraction & Marketing The University of Law outlines how the government encouragement for civic engagement is invigorating its commitment to ‘employability for life’ Read the Article ISEResearch May 08, 2025 Apprentice Development, Graduate Development, Technology Employers concerned student use of AI misrepresents skills Students are falling short in work readiness and risk overselling themselves in job applications as employers raise concerns about AI use, reports ISE Student Development Survey. Read the Article Report ISE Student Development Survey 2025 Members Only Despite an uncertain economic and political environment, ISE members continue to hire more student onto their development programmes. Find an in-depth analysis of data from employer members across a range of sectors and discover trends in development programmes for graduates and school and college leavers. Read the Article Know-how May 01, 2025 Apprentice Recruitment, Apprentice Selection & Assessment, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, Graduate Recruitment, Graduate Selection & Assessment How application processes fail at EDI (and fixes) Barriers created by inaccessible or complex application processes damage talent pools, and that needs to change, says Alice Hargreaves, a disabled and neurodivergent entrepreneur and founder of SIC. Read the Article Know-how May 01, 2025 Apprentice Development, Graduate Development How to create a successful onboarding strategy A great onboarding experience can be the difference between a confident, committed new student or graduate hire and a disengaged one. Sarah Wardle, Relationships Director at Eli Onboarding explains how. Read the Article All Knowledge 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. Explore Insights Know-how May 13, 2025 Apprentice Attraction & Marketing, Apprentice Recruitment 8 reasons to engage with schools and colleges Read the Article Case Study May 09, 2025 Apprentice Attraction & Marketing ‘Employability for life’ at The University of Law Read the Article ISEResearch May 08, 2025 Apprentice Development, Graduate Development, Technology Employers concerned student use of AI misrepresents skills Read the Article 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. Explore Research Report ISE Student Development Survey 2025 Members Only Despite an uncertain economic and political environment, ISE members continue to hire more student onto their development programmes. Find an in-depth analysis of data from employer members across a range of sectors and discover trends in development programmes for graduates and school and college leavers. Read the Article Know-how From ‘Early Talent’ to Emerging Talent: ISE Podcast Episode 1: In discussion with Tom Baker View the Recording Dashboard Data Dashboards: Student Development 2025 Members Only We've gathered the data from our Student Development survey into these digestible, interactive dashboards. Apprentice Development, Graduate Development Read the Article ISE Resources Our resources cover a wide range of toolkits and guides, to give you comprehensive support in all aspects of your role. Explore Resources Report Apprentice Development, Apprentice Recruitment, Apprentice Selection & Assessment, Work Experience – Schools School and college engagement toolkit Members Only Read the Article Report Future, Strategy From Early Career To Emerging Talent Download Now Know-how Apprentice Recruitment, Graduate Recruitment The Complete Guide to Student Recruitment and Development Access Now Explore Now Future of Early Talent 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 ISE Apprenticeships 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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