Identifying the very best talent, first
FreshMinds Ones To Watch ™ is a unique survey run by FreshMinds to identify future business leaders. Each year we survey penultimate year students at universities including Oxford, Cambridge, Warwick, Bath, LSE, Imperial and Durham to find the best of the best – the most highly rated undergraduates at the most prestigious universities in the country.
The survey asks students which of their peers are most likely to succeed in their future careers. We typically collect over 7,000 names and after a rigorous screening process, create a list of around 200 FreshMinds Ones to Watch. As you’d expect, the list is a graduate recruiter’s dream – the crème de la crème of next year’s graduates before the milkround’s even started.
We don’t stop there. We assess their background, career aspirations, ideal employers and decision criteria. By the end of it, we know not only who the Ones to Watch are but also what they’re looking for from a graduate employer.
Today, Ones to Watch is also a thriving alumni community of over 2,000 people. They meet once a year at our flagship summer party to network, look into new opportunities and to recommend their colleagues to us. That community, which represents virtually every top investment bank, central government organisation, strategy consultancy and FTSE-100 company, is at the heart of our candidate sourcing at FreshMinds Talent.