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What impact is Corona Virus having on graduate recruitment? Two interesting studies from High Fliers Research.

What impact is Corona Virus having on graduate recruitment? Two interesting studies from High Fliers Research.

Thursday 18th June 2020

High Fliers study 'The Graduate Market 2020' based on data from Dec 2019 and a later 'Corona Virus Update,' provide an interesting overview of the impact of the UK lockdown on the graduate recruitment plans and work experiences offers of 87 of the The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers.

Encouragingly, one graduate recruiter at a prominent investment bank explained: "The current crisis that we are all facing is a humanitarian disaster, not one caused by economic failure, so we want to do everything we can as an employer to help today's graduates get through it." (High Fliers Corona Virus Update May 2020)