The Graduate Development Project involved a close examination of graduate development in eight UK‐based companies over a three‐year period. Questionnaire data were obtained from a total of 1,189 graduates in the first few years of their careers, and 677 of their managers. The latter stages...

This article continues the story of graduates’ early career development which the authors began in the Vol. 18 No. 3 issue of Personnel Review . In recounting graduates’ early career experience in four departments of a multinational company, the authors reflect on such issues as:...

Existing research on the early careers of graduates has provided some useful information but has also suffered from several limitations. It has not examined the full range of graduate experiences, nor has it investigated differences between organizations or stages in early career. Reports a...

Despite the availability of retail management graduates, retailers continue to recruit graduates from any discipline. A key issue, therefore, is to what extent are retail degrees developing the competences of prime importance to retailers? Conversely, considering retailer graduate recruitment...