In the final part of our graduate recruitment series, consultant Mike Morrison reveals how to make graduate management development programmes work for your organisation.
Running a development programme for graduate recruits requires a number of decisions - so what works best?
In-house, external or accredited?
This is the perennial question asked by learning and development managers all over the world. The simple answer is all of them! For graduates in particular we are looking for additional effort above and beyond attending a training course – we need application and learning. That means effort beyond sitting in a chair.
Having a programme facilitated by external providers shows that the organisation is taking this seriously. Having the programme accredited by an external body (CMI, ILM etc) provides a carrot to work towards. Again, think marketing – it's something that your competitors (in the graduate recruitment field) are not doing – it gives you an edge.