Early careers interventions and programmes across sectors and global geographies

In the last year we delivered early careers strategy, consultancy, team training, hiring manager briefings and development programmes to over 30 teams across the UK, Europe and beyond.

Our team has extensive early careers experience and industry insight to help you solve your challenges. Our clients consistently praise our insight, creativity, honesty, pragmatism and reliability.

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    Strategy, research and consultancy

    Work with us to drive change in your early careers team. Whether you’re looking to transform your approach, programme, delivery model or want to focus on a specific area of research such as university partnership strategies, we can help.

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    Workshops for early careers teams

    Our team provides expert, interactive, and tailored training on a wide range of topics for early careers professionals and hiring managers. Our learning is designed to help you and your team stay informed with the latest industry trends and best practices.

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    Early careers development programmes

    We design and deliver tailored development modules and programmes for early careers hires, that align to your business goals, engage hiring managers and deliver real impact.

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More from Gradconsult

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    Learn more about our broader learning and development work beyond early careers

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    Learn more about our deep expertise working with universities

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Insights for employers

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Career navigation: What happens when the apprentice/graduate programme ends and you don't know what happens next?
Early Careers Development
Career navigation: What happens when the apprentice/graduate programme ends and you don't know what happens next?
Early Careers Development

What happens when the apprentice/graduate programme ends and you don't know what happens next? The career maze gives participants real career choices to make, exploring their strengths, values and what matters most to them.

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Early Careers Development
6 graduate recruitment trends to watch in 2026
Early Careers Development
6 graduate recruitment trends to watch in 2026
Early Careers Development

2026 is here - but what does it have in store for the early careers and graduate recruitment market? Rebecca Fielding shares her predictions for the year ahead.

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What impact do STP workshops have on students, new hires and managers?
Early Careers Development
What impact do STP workshops have on students, new hires and managers?
Early Careers Development

Take a look at our early impact data from the workshops we delivered in late 2025, to hundreds of students, new early career hires, and their managers across dozens of different organisations.

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What our employer clients say about us

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    'It's been a real pleasure working with Gradconsult. From the initial planning and understanding of our needs through to delivery, they’ve been collaborative, responsive, and thoughtful. Together, we developed a tailored learning pathway designed to support our graduates at key stages of their development, taking into account their experience, confidence levels, and relevancy to role. The programme began with helping our graduates make the important shift from university life to the world of work, before moving on to more advanced topics such as developing a growth mindset and building commercial awareness.'

    Learning and Early Careers Manager

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    'Throughout our collaboration, the Gradconsult team have demonstrated a commitment to understanding our needs and ensuring the success of our initiatives, reflecting their genuine passion for delivering exceptional results. I wholeheartedly appreciate their dedication and highly recommend Gradconsult for anyone seeking a reliable and forward-focused partner in the early careers space.'

    Director - TA, Vinted

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    'Rebecca’s passion and expertise in Early Careers are clear from the moment you start working with her. She has a real talent for engaging even the most hesitant of stakeholders and consistently brings valuable insight and advice. Having worked with Rebecca and her team for several years, I can confidently say her support has made a real difference.'

    Early Careers Programme Team Lead, The FCA

  • Logo with an anchor inside a blue circle, with the text 'KUEHNE+NAGEL' beneath, where the plus sign is in light blue.

    'Would absolutely recommend Rebecca and her amazing team. We've engaged with Gradconsult several times over the years and always been impressed with the knowledge and guidance the team bring. What they get absolutely right is the ability to really listen and understand our business situation and adapt their recommendations or output based on what is achievable and right for us as a business and our early careers candidates.'

    Head of Future Talent, Kuehne and Nagel UK

  • Logo with the words 'IMI' in blue capital letters.

    ‘Gradconsult has been an invaluable partner in our graduate development programme for a number of years now. They have always made the effort to understand our broader development and business context and align their content and delivery with our organisations values and culture.’

    Development Adviser, IMI plc

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    'The delivery of the programme has been amazing and the feedback we received from our interns has been through the roof.'

    Future Talent Programme Manager, SumUp Europe

  • Green stylized letter 'E' logo above the text 'Enterprise Mobility' in blue.

    'We had an incredibly good kick-off that realized the foundation of our work. Thank you for all the information, the input and the thoughts and ideas that came out of it. LOVE IT!'

    Enterprise Mobility (South- and East-Germany)

Our employer clients include

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Get in touch

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Please get in touch with Rebecca Fielding to have a conversation about our work with employers.

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