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| The '''milkround''' |
The '''milkround''' in the ] is the semester of companies touring colleges each year advertise their companies and recruit students as employees.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Senior|first=Lily|date=20 May 2019|title=What Is Graduate Milkround?|url=https://www.lafosse.com/blog/2019/05/what-is-graduate-milkround|access-date=2020-11-29|website=La Fosse Associates|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Usher|first=Sabina|date=14 January 2013|title=Dodge the Milkround: graduate schemes are not the only route|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/dodge-milkround-graduate-schemes-are-not-only-route-8450927.html|access-date=2020-11-29|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-10-26|title=Are graduate jobs fairs effective and what do students think of them?|url=https://sanctuarygraduates.co.uk/what-students-think-of-graduate-jobs-fairs/|access-date=2020-11-29|website=Sanctuary Graduates: The Graduate Recruitment Experts|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Faragher|first=Jo|date=2015-01-07|title=Graduate recruitment: the end of the milk round?|url=https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/graduate-recruitment-the-end-of-the-milk-round/|access-date=2020-11-29|website=Personnel Today|language=en-GB}}</ref> | ||
| The website Milkround is an online version of this practice.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=|first=|last2=|first2=|last3=|last4=|first4=|date=16 April 1999|title=Site Review: The Milkround (Graduate Recruitment)|url=https://www.science.org/content/article/site-review-milkround-graduate-recruitment|access-date=2020-11-29|website=Science|publisher=American Association for the Advancement of Science|language=en}}</ref> | |||
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==Etymology== | ||
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Home ]<nowiki/>is a long-standing practice in ]. So, in the mid-1960s, when companies began touring universities to promote and advertise their job opportunities directly to candidates, the visits became known informally as "the milk round".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-01-27|title=Graduate training schemes 'The Milk Round'|url=https://www.goodschoolsguide.co.uk/digital-media/blog/graduate-training-schemes-the-milk-round|access-date=2020-11-29|website=The Good Schools Guide|language=en-gb}}</ref> | ||
| ==History== | ==History== | ||
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| Milk rounds were purported to have been promoted initially by Unigate Dairies as their formal recruitment programme for graduates; it grew organically by the association of other recruiters as they happened to do the same thing at the same time. As each University (there were few then) held its Careers Fair, the same recruitment teams toured each one, there was no coordinated effort, but that the fairs were held over a period of time permitted all recruiters to visit all universities. It wasn't a central resource, but it was a seasonal habit of the firms with significant graduate recruitment policies. | |||
| Often the recruiters are large organisations with specific graduate training schemes, designed to train graduates and expose them to as many aspects of the business as possible, often over a number of years. In many cases the initial training scheme involves mentoring by a more senior member of the organisation. | Often the recruiters are large organisations with specific graduate training schemes, designed to train graduates and expose them to as many aspects of the business as possible, often over a number of years. In many cases the initial training scheme involves mentoring by a more senior member of the organisation. | ||
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This article is about the UK university recruitment system. For the milk delivery practice, see milk run.The milkround in the UK is the semester of companies touring colleges each year advertise their companies and recruit students as employees.
The website Milkround is an online version of this practice.
Etymology
Home milk deliveryis a long-standing practice in Great Britain. So, in the mid-1960s, when companies began touring universities to promote and advertise their job opportunities directly to candidates, the visits became known informally as "the milk round".
History
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Milk rounds were purported to have been promoted initially by Unigate Dairies as their formal recruitment programme for graduates; it grew organically by the association of other recruiters as they happened to do the same thing at the same time. As each University (there were few then) held its Careers Fair, the same recruitment teams toured each one, there was no coordinated effort, but that the fairs were held over a period of time permitted all recruiters to visit all universities. It wasn't a central resource, but it was a seasonal habit of the firms with significant graduate recruitment policies.
Often the recruiters are large organisations with specific graduate training schemes, designed to train graduates and expose them to as many aspects of the business as possible, often over a number of years. In many cases the initial training scheme involves mentoring by a more senior member of the organisation.
The milk round is not managed by a central organisation, but each university careers service usually provides services to assist their students with company research, job applications and careers advice. Careers services also liaise with companies, to prevent clashes and help advertise the events.
Move online
Since the late 1990s, activity generally associated with the milk round has moved online with the creation of web-based graduate job boards, CV databases and agencies. These websites perform many of the functions of the traditional milk round. Graduates can apply for specific jobs and compare different graduate training schemes. Web-based job boards overcome one of the major disadvantages of the traditional milkround; namely that students attending universities not visited by a recruiter's milkround can still gain access to that recruiter's jobs.
See also
References
- ^ Senior, Lily (20 May 2019). "What Is Graduate Milkround?". La Fosse Associates. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- Usher, Sabina (14 January 2013). "Dodge the Milkround: graduate schemes are not the only route". The Independent. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- "Are graduate jobs fairs effective and what do students think of them?". Sanctuary Graduates: The Graduate Recruitment Experts. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ Faragher, Jo (7 January 2015). "Graduate recruitment: the end of the milk round?". Personnel Today. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ "Site Review: The Milkround (Graduate Recruitment)". Science. American Association for the Advancement of Science. 16 April 1999. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- "Graduate training schemes 'The Milk Round'". The Good Schools Guide. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
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