The Graduate Survey: Exclusive results
Rachel Sharp, June 20, 2018

Hello, and thank you for the survey. Are you able to say anything about the students who responded to the survey, please? Were they all students at British Universities, for example? And what ...
Read More Richard Selby
July 12, 2018 15:32
The Graduate Survey outlines the top 50 most popular graduate employers for 2018 voted for by university students
The survey was conducted online by the Graduate Survey (a Modern Management Consulting brand) between 1 November 2017 and 30 March 2018, and HR magazine has been given exclusive access to the data. More than 43,000 students were surveyed on how they perceive companies, how they search for career information, what makes a company attractive to them and what the most important attributes are when considering an employer.
Top 50 most popular graduate employers
1. Google
2. PwC
3. Microsoft
4. Goldman Sachs
5. Rolls-Royce
6. Unilever
7. Amazon
8. BAE Systems
9. EY
10. Facebook
11. Nike
12. BP
13. KPMG
14. IBM
15. Jaguar Land Rover
16. JP Morgan
17. P&G
18. Apple
19. GE
20. Bank of England
21. The Virgin Group
22. British Airways
23. Barclays
24. Lloyds Banking Group
25. BT
26. M&S
27. Accenture
28. Aldi
29. Dyson
30. Morgan Stanley
31. UBS
32. Airbus
33. Deloitte
34. BBC
35. Bain & Co
36. HSBC
37. L’Oréal
38. Boots
39. Tesco
40. Nestlé
41. GlaxoSmithKline
42. Shell
43. AstraZeneca
44. Expedia
45. Samsung
46. Grant Thornton
47. Lidl
48. Diageo
49. Sky
50. Adidas
Most important attributes students consider when choosing a company
Most used social media channels for career research
Most important characteristics of a company
How students like to search for career information
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Further reading
Hello, and thank you for the survey. Are you able to say anything about the students who responded to the survey, please? Were they all students at British Universities, for example? And what about the actual questions? I'm sure they didn't just ask "Which company do you think it would be the best one to work for?" Thanks Richard Selby +?