targetjobs Awards 2026: Shortlists

The most popular graduate recruiter in accounting and financial management award, sponsored by Blackbridge

• Azets
• BDO
• Deloitte
• EY
• Forvis Mazars
• Grant Thornton
• KPMG
• National Audit Office (NAO)
• PwC
• RSM

The most popular graduate recruiter in banking, insurance and financial services award, sponsored by NFU Mutual

• American Express
• Bank of England
• Barclays
• Bloomberg
• HM Revenue & Customs
• HSBC
• Lloyd’s
• Lloyds Banking Group
• Mastercard
• Visa

The most popular graduate recruiter in construction, civil engineering and surveying award

• AECOM
• Arup
• AtkinsRéalis
• Balfour Beatty
• BAM Construct UK
• Kier Group
• Morgan Sindall Infrastructure
• Mott MacDonald
• Savills
• WSP

The most popular graduate recruiter in consulting award, sponsored by CBRE

• Accenture
• Bain & Company
• Boston Consulting Group
• Deloitte
• EY
• IBM
• KPMG
• McKinsey & Company
• PA Consulting Group
• PwC

The most popular graduate recruiter in consumer goods – manufacturing and marketing award, sponsored by University of Exeter

• Coca-Cola
• Diageo
• Johnson & Johnson
• L'Oréal
• Mars
• Mondelēz International
• Nestlé
• PepsiCo
• Procter & Gamble (P&G)
• Unilever

The most popular graduate recruiter in energy and utilities award

• BP
• EDF
• ExxonMobil
• National Gas
• National Grid
• Ovo Energy
• ScottishPower
• SLB
• Shell
• SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy)

The most popular graduate recruiter in engineering, design and manufacture award, sponsored by Skyscanner

• Airbus
• The Army
• BAE Systems
• British Airways
• JLR (Jaguar Land Rover)
• McLaren
• Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains
• Ministry of Defence
• Rolls-Royce
• The Royal Air Force

The most popular graduate recruiter in investment banking and investment award, sponsored by Spotted Zebra

• Bank of America
• Barclays
• BlackRock
• Deutsche Bank
• Goldman Sachs
• HSBC
• J.P. Morgan
• Morgan Stanley
• Rothschild & Co
• UBS

The most popular graduate recruiter in law award, sponsored by Cibyl

• A&O Shearman
• Clifford Chance
• Clyde & Co LLP
• DLA Piper
• Irwin Mitchell
• Latham & Watkins LLP
• Linklaters
• Simmons & Simmons
• Slaughter and May
• White & Case LLP

The most popular graduate recruiter in the public sector award, sponsored by ACCA

• BBC
• British Council
• The Civil Service Fast Stream
• Get Into Teaching
• HM Revenue & Customs
• Local Government - National Graduate Development Programme (NGDP)
• MI5 - The Security Service
• MI6 - Secret Intelligence Service
• NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme (GMTS)
• Teach First

The most popular graduate recruiter in retail award

• adidas
• Amazon
• Apple
• Asda
• ASOS
• Boots
• Lidl
• Marks & Spencer
• Next
• Tesco

The most popular 'scale-up' graduate recruiter award

• Bloom & Wild    
• ClearScore    
• Fuse Energy    
• Gymshark    
• HelloFresh    
• Kubrick Group    
• Monzo    
• Octopus Energy    
• Revolut    
• Starling

The most popular graduate recruiter in scientific research and development award

• AstraZeneca
• Boots
• Cancer Research UK
• GSK
• Johnson & Johnson
• Met Office
• Ministry of Defence
• Pfizer
• STFC
• Thermo Fisher Scientific

The most popular graduate recruiter in technology award, sponsored by Arm

• Amazon
• Apple
• ASOS
• Bloomberg
• Google
• IBM
• Meta
• Microsoft
• Samsung
• Sky

The rising star award, sponsored by Rolls-Royce

• Virginia Cangelosi, Arm
• Miles Lechner, GSK
• Kaylem McShane, Visa
• Chelsea Metu-Onyeka, Aon
• Amy Pearson, Veolia
• Ghifari Pradana, GSK
• Alvaro Sierra Castro, NATS
• Joseph Starbuck, L’Oréal UK and Ireland
• Eliot Watson, Frazer-Nash Consultancy
• Tian Xia, Capital One (submitted by Blackbridge Communications)

The apprentice of the year award, sponsored by BPP

• Ruby Anning, JPMorganChase
• Jon Awuah, Lloyds Banking Group
• Tahlia Bahadly, IBM
• Jasleen Kaur, Capgemini
• James Kerr, AstraZeneca
• Holly Rimmer, AstraZeneca
• Sa'diyyah Shaikh, Transport For London
• Abbie Tuite, HSBC
• Ellie Wilson, IBM
• Finn Wilson, HSBC

The best apprenticeship programme award, sponsored by ACCA

• Aon
• DHL Supply Chain
• Goldman Sachs
• HSBC
• IBM
• Kraft Heinz
• Morrisons (submitted by Amberjack Global)
• National Grid
• Nokia
• Tesco

The best diversity and inclusion strategy award, sponsored by Cappfinity

• Civil Service Fast Stream (submitted by TMP Worldwide)
• CyberFirst (submitted by Penna, an LHH brand)
• Heathrow (submitted by TMP Worldwide)
• Howden
• HSBC
• Police Now
• ScottishPower
• Tesco
• Transport For London
• Visa

The best placement or internship programme award

• Arm
• BNP Paribas (submitted by AMS)
• Enterprise Mobility
• EY
• FCA - Financial Conduct Authority
• HSBC
• IBM
• Lloyds Banking Group
• NATS
• Visa

The best candidate, onboarding or post hire experience, sponsored by AstraZeneca

• Accenture
• Aon
• Capgemini Invent
• CBRE
• Kraft Heinz
• NatWest Group (submitted by CA3 & Eli Onboarding)
• Rolls-Royce and AMS
• Skyscanner
• Unilever, submitted by Wilson
• Visa

The best student marketing campaign award, sponsored by L'Oréal Groupe

• Accenture
• Babcock (submitted by ManpowerGroup Talent Solutions)
• Barclays – ‘What If’ (submitted by Wiser)
• BT (submitted by Blackbridge Communications)
• Capital One (submitted by Blackbridge Communications)
• CyberFirst (submitted by Penna, an LHH brand)
• Enterprise Mobility
• Linklaters - Discovering Linklaters event
• Linklaters - Redefining employer brand
• Police Now

The best innovation in assessment and selection award, sponsored by AMS

• Aegon (submitted by TMP Worldwide)
• AWE & Spotted Zebra
• BlackRock
• Freshfields
• Howden
• HSBC
• Lloyds Banking Group (in collaboration with Cappfinity)
• Macfarlanes
• National Grid
• TMP Worldwide

The best use of AI in recruitment award, sponsored by Howden

• Lloyds Banking Group (in collaboration with FourthWall)
• Macfarlanes
• Morrisons (submitted by Amberjack Global)
• Spotted Zebra

The graduate employer of the year award, sponsored by SHL

• Accenture    
• Aon    
• CBRE    
• Enterprise Mobility    
• GSK    
• IBM    
• Lloyds Banking Group    
• Rolls-Royce    
• Samsung    
• ScottishPower