Tops In Graduate Training
14 July 2010
The Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) has named Costain
the winner of the Best Graduate Development title in its 2010
awards.
The latest award followed on from the AGR naming the Group top
of two sub-categories - strategic alignment and graduate inductions
- in the field earlier in the year. That was enough for Costain to
outpace seven major organisations including Barclays, Boots and
PriceWaterhouseCooper to the overall prize.
At the award ceremony, held at the Celtic Manor Resort in
Newport, Wales, the AGR's judges cited "impressive evidence of
professional development schemes for [Costain's] graduates, plus a
variety of tools to monitor and evaluate engagement and to aid
continuous development" as the reasons for their decision. The AGR
Awards, now in their 32nd year, recognise and reward graduate
recruiters for creative and innovative campaigns that attract the
best graduate talent to their organisations.
The award "is a huge opportunity to enhance the reputation and
brand of Costain in the graduate market", says Talent and Skills
Manager Jeremy Galpin.
Terry Sexton, Managing Director of Costain's training partners
Creative Edge Consultants, adds: "In the light of our new corporate
vision, 'Choosing Costain', if you're a graduate out there in the
construction industry and you're looking for development, you're
going to choose Costain. It's really good news."
Fittingly, the submission for the annual awards was put together
by a team from the 2020 Board, which identifies and develops future
business leaders from the graduate community.
Kris Ramsey, one of the team and a Graduate SHE Advisor, said a
six-strong team took two weeks to complete the submissions, which
focused on Costain's strategic alignment - demonstrating that
everyone in the company was pulling in the same direction - and the
quality and impact of Costain graduate induction courses.
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