2. Who are we?
All Stars Partnership (ASP) is a club of high-growth businesses that share a graduate
recruitment and development programme that attracts and trains future stars with
minimal risk and cost.
ASP only works with the best graduates and companies that believe people are the
key to future growth.
3. Graduates can grow your business
They bring enthusiasm, a blank canvas, fresh ideas, understanding of new markets
/ business models…and they are relatively cheap.
However, finding and employing a And, they don’t immediately add value
graduate can be: and fulfil their potential because they:
• Act as customers
• Difficult to attract • Have unrealistic
the best expectations
• Time consuming High growth The best • Don’t understand their
• Risky businesses graduates own strengths and
• Expensive weaknesses
• Lack business skills and
knowledge
All Stars
All Stars Partnership creates a Partnership
win : win opportunity for
businesses and graduates
4. What we do
What we do Benefits
• Attract the best
• Branded development programme and strong
Attract • No need to pay for
links with student societies
advertising
• Innovative selection methods that go beyond • Save time and money
Select reviewing CVs and running
interviews and assessment centres
assessment events
• ASP employs the graduates that make it through • Reduced risk of employment
Employ
the rigorous selection process • Can quickly replace or ‘stop’
• An intensive induction works on key skills, • Graduates add value from
Train
knowledge and attitudes Day 1
• Place graduates with ASP members for 6-month • ‘Try before you buy’, or use
Place placement as a flexible resourcing
• Option to hire full-time after placement model
• Graduates continue to
• Training provided in specific business skills
Support develop over 12 months and
• Mentoring and support network
stay motivated
5. The pilot
• Selection of 20 outstanding graduates to attend a 1 week ASP training and
assessment event
• Invitation to participate for 10 high-growth companies that are looking for great
graduates
• By participating in the event, companies get to promote their business and choose
their favoured graduates for a 4-month placement
• ASP provides support and mentoring to the graduates during the 4-month
placement
Costs:
• Graduates: £399 for week-long course
• Companies: Free to be involved in the course and pay £1,000 per month for the 4
month internship (£500 per month to the graduate, £500 to ASP)
Hiring great people is especially critical for high-growth businesses Hiring grads can be a great cost-effective way to bring fresh talent in to a business However: They lack basic business skills e.g. writing business emails, organising events, running meetings, presenting etc They have unrealistic expectations: about the work they will be doing and the support they will receive – feel they are owed something by their employers Poor self-awareness slows down their development because they do not know what they are doing wrong and find it difficult to improve on their weakness and make the most of their strengths. This makes hiring the right person more difficult Therefore: The fact they don’t immediately add value means that companies often go for more experienced hires rather than graduates, when in the long-run paying to train a graduate is more cost-effective – higher salary for an experienced hire over several years, they will have picked-up bad habits elsewhere (not a blank canvas) and often won’t be as committed to the company or motivated as a graduate
“ The average hidden cost associated with recruiting a new employee is more than £5,000, according to a study by recruitment consultant Angela Mortimer” Personnel Today
Training to focus on: Attitude Time management / personal effectiveness Team Sales and marketing Business Model (understanding drivers)
Only one graduate hire included in this price Graduate would be paid a regular starting salary once they are employed by the member company Ideal candidate – defined by activities outside course / entrepreneurial spirit & interest in business / makes things happen / problem solvers not problem identifiers / knows ther way round an office
Only one graduate hire included in this price Graduate would be paid a regular starting salary once they are employed by the member company Ideal candidate – defined by activities outside course / entrepreneurial spirit & interest in business / makes things happen / problem solvers not problem identifiers / knows ther way round an office
