Citation
(2005), "Graduate recruiters get a flexible friend", Education + Training, Vol. 47 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/et.2005.00447bab.010
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2005, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Graduate recruiters get a flexible friend
The Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) has launched a professional-development toolkit for graduate recruiters, which aims to ensure that individuals have the skills and knowledge required when working in graduate recruitment at a practitioner level. The agr Standard, developed in conjunction with members, is a toolkit based on a series of competencies that define the processes and core activities for graduate-recruitment specialists. It is designed to meet the ever-changing needs of the graduate-recruitment marketplace so that it can be used by those working directly in graduate recruitment and those who work for businesses providing services to the sector.
The toolkit can:
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form the basis of a formal development programme for individuals;
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act as guideline for recruitment professionals;
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provide a framework for the development of whole teams to enhance their skills and performance in the field of graduate recruitment; and
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be used as a competency checklist for businesses recruiting practitioners.
Building on the success of its long-running “Making the Difference” induction course and agr Live series, the agr Standard incorporates a practitioner-development programme. This consists of a foundation event, four half-day master-class sessions and four one-and-a-half day training programmes. These activities provide individuals with the opportunity to learn the key skills required by practitioners as well as the theory and principles that underpin best practice in graduate recruitment. Programme participants are allocated a tutor to help them with any queries.
On completion of the practitioner-development programme, individuals submit a workbook of evidence to the AGR that includes a record of their development during the programme and demonstrates their ability to perform at practitioner level.
Achieving the standard takes a minimum of 12 months. However, the practitioner-development programme has been put together in a flexible format so that individuals can complete the programme in a timescale that suits them (normally between 12 and 24 months). The agr Standard is available to organizations that are not members of the association.