GRB have always been recruiting high calibre graduates for a broad range of graduate recruiters across the nation. Looking at our client base, past and present, many are the obvious blue chip London-based recruiters but we also deal with many fast growing SMEs that need graduates to accelerate their growth. A recent study of SMEs with turnover of less than ??5m has revealed more than half of them in London hire graduates, followed by 40% in the South East and 36% in the North West. Even in the South West, the region with the lowest number of graduates employed at small businesses, the survey found 29% of firms take on university leavers.
One in five of all the small businesses surveyed said they would hire at least one more graduate next year, the study of 1,000 firms by Kingston University and Barclays Business showed.
Tom Wainwright, co-author of the report and researcher at Kingston University's Small Business Research Centre, said the findings showed that contrary to the perception among students, small businesses were able to employ a significant chunk of the graduate workforce with opportunities set to increase as order books improve.
He said: "There are lots of small businesses that are interested in hiring graduates. Students historically haven't necessarily been interested in small businesses because they think of them as being the local corner shop. But in London particularly, there are lots of opportunities for graduates, in up and coming businesses like a niche web design company."
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