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The 2009 South African Graduate Recruitment Awards were held in African splendour at Misty Hills Country estate on 27 January. RMB and Foschini Group took away the Gold Awards, with RMB also scooping the Overall Winner Award for excellence in graduate recruitment communication and activities.

The SAGRA awards are held annually to recogni... Read more

More than 26,000 students took part in the annual Magnet Student Survey in 2009. Excitement stirred at the Sandton Convention Centre, as 150 of SA’s top employers gathered at the Magnet Awards Ceremony to find out which companies were voted for by the students as the ideal company to work for.  

The results from this survey are divi... Read more

The SAGRA Graduate Recruitment Survey 2009 is produced by The South African Graduate Recruiters Association (SAGRA) and is based on feedback from 77 employers in May 2009.

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The SAGRA Candidate Survey 2009 is based on responses from 1,602 candidates who are joining 67 of the largest and most well known graduate employers in South Africa.

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Employer Branding Specialist, Magnet Communications conducts an annual nationwide student survey to identify who students rank as their ideal employer. This year, the results represent the views of 19 000 students at 23 tertiary institutions across South Africa.

The survey is independent and the company listing of 130 companies is generate... Read more

Standard Bank CIB was the biggest winner at the 2nd annual South African Graduate Recruiters Awards ceremony, held at Kievits Kroon, Pretoria, on 27 November 2008. The company took Gold in the Best Graduate Recruitment Website category, another Gold in the Best Integrated Campaign category, and Silver in the Best Printed Material category. The I... Read more

Results from an independent survey in South Africa shows that employers are set to increase their vacancies by 11.9% for start dates in 2009. The SAGRAGraduate Recruitment Survey 2008 is based on responses from 63 of the largest graduate employers in South A... Read more

Given the steady increase in vacancies it is perhaps a reflection of the power shift away from the employer to the graduate that 60% of candidates had multiple job offers to consider this year. The SAGRA Candidate Survey 2008 is... Read more

Safmarine Maersk Line became the biggest winner at the inaugural South African Graduate Recruiters Awards ceremony, held at Kievits Kroon, Pretoria, on 29 November 2007. The company took Gold in the Best Graduate Recruitment Website (under 30 recruits) category, as well as the Grand Prix award for the Web Category, and also took hom... Read more

Results from an independent survey of graduate employers in South Africa – to be published on Monday 23rd July – show that employers are set to increase their vacancies by only 4.3% for start dates in 2008. In a similar fashion, over half of survey participants are only planning a ‘cost of living’ rise in salaries for new graduates starting in t... Read more

Very few businesses, large or small, local or global, do not employ graduates these days.

Why is this? And what is it differentiates graduates from the rest of the labour market?

The answer to the first question is straightforward – they form the largest fresh talent pool. In round figures there are 300,000 first degree graduate... Read more

The South African Graduate Recruitment Association (SAGRA) recently commissioned an exploratory study into talent management practices, focusing specifically on talent in the graduate sector. 

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Independent research company Magnet Communications surveyed 9 611 final year students at 19 universities and former technikons across the country between August and October this year. Students were drawn from three different degree strands: commerce, science & engineering and law.

31 July 2005: Yesterday afternoon, CIDA City Campus, South Africa’s first virtually free tertiary institution produced its second crop of 167 graduates who were awarded their Bachelor in Business Administration degree. The institution also announced that first lady, Mrs Zanele Mbeki has agreed to be its chancellor. According to Taddy Blecher, ch... Read more

For its first participation a UCT team from south africa won the third prize.

Sandton, 24 June 2005—Four teams of students from around the world competed 21 June in the race to win the title for the most innovative and brilliant marketer. Students were rated on creativity, market analysis, and coherence with the brand’s values, communic... Read more

In the first week of July, users of the highly successful www.mycareer.co.za noticed that it underwent a complete facelift.

Student Village, the leaders in youth marketing, have launched a new and improved career website: www.gradx.net. The site contains the same career planning tips and information that made its predecessor so popular,... Read more

SAGRA hosted the First Annual Magnet Awards at the KPMG head offices in Johannesburg on 27 January 2005.

Graduate Recruiters from across the country attended this much anticipated event.

Magnet Communications presented the results of the first ever Graduate Survey conducted in South Africa. This presentation was followed by an ... Read more

The results of the The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers 2004 have been released. The survey was done in the UK, recieving input from 16 000 students who graduated in 2004. For more on the survey, and to see the Top 100 list, click here

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The 2009 South African Graduate Recruitment Awards were held in African splendour at Misty Hills Country estate on 27 January. RMB and Foschini Gro... Read more