History of GRB

We are proud of our achievements to date and have established a successful graduate recruitment business model. Focus, shared values and organic growth has sustained our development and we are keen continue further along our business plan.

In 1996 the co-founders began researching the graduate recruitment market and formalised the business plan. Attracting students and graduates first was key and early relationships were established with Brighton University and Sussex University. Word quickly spread among graduate recruiters and we made our first placement in December 1996.

Below is a brief timeline representing a few major milestones in the Graduate Recruitment Bureau's history:

1996

  • First graduate registered on 20 August
  • First placement made on 24 December with an oil company in Kent

1997

  • Accepted for REC membership
  • Hired first graduate to enter CVs onto the database
  • First financial year exceed profit estimations

1998

  • Moved to larger office premises
  • Hired two administrators and three recruitment consultants.
  • Developed database to phase II
  • Website launched
  • First national university tour staged by a recruitment consultancy

1999

  • Successfully win tender and place over 30 graduates with large IT hardware, software and services company
  • 10,000 candidates registered on database

2000

  • Moved to larger premises
  • Joined AGR
  • Further improvements to in house database
  • Website development and launch of phase II
  • Become corporate members of SIS

2001

  • Hired first students on campus as brand managers

2002

  • 50,000 candidates registered on database

2003

  • Established IT development team
  • Website redesigned by local new media agency
  • Design and development of online testing system

2004

  • Strategic partnership with business psychologists developed
  • Several articles on graduate recruitment published in The Guardian, Daily Telegraph and local press
  • Sponsor Brighton University Sports Team
  • 100,000 candidates on database
  • Shortlisted for University Enterprise Award

2005

  • Attended Aiesec career fairs for the first time
  • Growing consultancy firm - employing graduates with specialised experience

2006

  • Brought a new office in the centre of Brighton
  • Set up Graduates 4 Recruitment division
  • Hot Graduates were set up and emailed out to recruiters
  • Launched new website - bloggs introduced where graduates can leave comments

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