Access to world class graduates from your local university: Manchester Graduate Talent
Through Manchester Graduate Talent (MGT), we provide local organisations with access to a pool of high calibre graduates who are keen to stay and work in Manchester after graduating.
MGT advertises full-time graduate level roles, ideally 12 months+ duration but there is flexibility in this.
We place over 120 graduates through the programme each year in a range of roles.
Our offer
Our experienced team can provide you with free advice and free recruitment support whatever your needs, budget and schedule.
• Help with writing job descriptions
• Advice on appropriate salaries
• Advertising roles through our dedicated vacancy portal
• Tailored marketing to the right audience
• Arranging interviews
• All candidate administration
We are keen to increase the variety of roles we offer across Greater Manchester in support of sharing talent and retaining a strong graduate skills and knowledge base within our fantastic city-region. See some examples of past MGT roles.
Contact us
We welcome the opportunity to discuss our Manchester Graduate Talent offer with you.
Supporting and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion
We encourage the recruiters we work with to improve social mobility and diversity in the workplace through their recruitment strategies.
However, improving diversity and social mobility in an organisation is not an easy task. There is no quick fix; employers should make a long-term commitment to creating a diverse workforce.
MGT recruiter FAQs
Who will I receive applications from?
All applications for MGT roles will be from new University of Manchester graduates - they will be graduating or have graduated during 2023-2024.
Our graduates will have studied on a range of degree programmes including business, management, marketing, politics, history, finance, maths, engineering, physics plus many others.
Our graduates will also have acquired a number of transferrable skills from both their studies, extra curricular activities and their work experience undertaken as a student: research, data and analytical skills, project and task management, creative problem solving, digital skills and social media communications.
Our graduates will also bring with them enthusiasm and a fresh approach, as well as a keen desire to start their career with organisations like yours.
What type of roles do you route through MGT?
The aim is to offer entry level graduate roles, enabling our graduates to start their professional careers in and around Manchester. We can promote any roles which are longer than 4 months, ideally around 12 months+.
They must comply with national minimum wage requirements. We would advise that graduate level roles are salaried at a competitive rate. The MGT team can provide guidance on appropriate salary levels.
How are the MGT vacancies advertised?
If you choose to route a vacancy through MGT, this role will be advertised via our vacancy platform CareerConnect which is accessed exclusively by University of Manchester students and graduates. They will apply directly through CareerConnect using a CV and Covering letter, an application form if required.
We promote MGT roles via our Facebook page, which has around 1.7k members, through a targeted Vacancy bulletin circulated fortnightly and through our social channels.
What if I don’t want to advertise my role exclusively to your students/graduates?
We offer a Track and Promote option. You wouldn’t receive a full recruitment support service but we promote your role through MGT social channels and vacancy bulletin for increased visibility. We follow up to see if you have appointed one of our graduates.
What is the process for recruiting through MGT?
- Confirm with the team that your role can be routed through MGT, you will be assigned a named contact.
- Produce a role description, agree salary, application requirements and recruitment timeline (ie application open window, closing date)
- Send the final details over to your named contact in the MGT team.
- Your named contact will upload the details to CareerConnect. After the agreed closing date, they will send you any applications in an Application Pack for consideration.
- Depending on your needs, the team can continue to provide support with recruitment (candidate communication, scheduling interviews, sharing feedback).
