Graduate Recruitment & RPO Services

Sanctuary Graduates provides specialist graduate, intern, school leaver, and apprentice recruitment services.

From one-off campaigns to fully outsourced RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing), we help employers attract, engage, and hire the early careers talent they need to succeed.
Experts in early careers recruitment services
Recruitment services

Recruitment services for Employers

Our graduate recruitment services give employers the flexibility to scale their programmes or fill one-off roles with top graduate talent.

Outsourced Recruitment (RPO)

- Build a scheme from scratch
- Level-up your existing scheme

Fill any role (contingency recruitment)

- Any location
- Any career pathway
- Any skill
- Anytime of year
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We deliver on all your recruitment, diversity and candidate experience aims

As your early careers talent partner, we build and deliver a best-in-class, data driven, recruitment process for your business, meaning that you get the volume, quality and diversity of hires you need.

Diversity events

Last year our recruitment team helped


100
+
Business to hire
500
+
Candidates got hired
Hire diversity metrics
48
%
Female
55
%
Ethnic minority
62
%
Less privileged
95
%
Client retention

What we can do

Candidate Preparation
Full End-to-End Recruitment
Attraction planning
Content review
Microsite build
Screening (CV, interview)
Data & Analytics Reporting
Assessment Centre (design and facilitation)
Candidate Preparation
Full End-to-End Recruitment
Attraction planning
Content review
Microsite build
Screening (CV, interview)
Data & Analytics Reporting
Assessment Centre (design and facilitation)
Psychometric Testing
Contextualised Recruitment
Disability Adjustments
Shortlisting
Candidate Management
Keep Warm Activities
Rejection Handling
Psychometric Testing
Contextualised Recruitment
Disability Adjustments
Shortlisting
Candidate Management
Keep Warm Activities
Rejection Handling

Our Reach Across Universities & Students

Through our partnerships and campus networks, we connect employers with:

200
k+
On our database
250
+
Student societies
120
+
UK universities connected to
50
+
Formal university careers service partnerships
4
k+
Access to school and colleges
This reach ensures your graduate recruitment campaigns target the right candidates at the right time, across the UK and beyond.

Why Choose Sanctuary Graduates for Early Careers Recruitment?

We connect employers with students from 120+ UK universities and 4,000+ schools and colleges, giving unrivalled access to graduates, undergraduates, and apprentices across every subject area.

Widest network reach

Direct links to universities, schools, and student societies.

Diversity experts

As proud partners of The Sutton Trust, we’re recognised thought leaders in diversity hiring.

Candidate care

Personalised support keeps applicants engaged and motivated, reducing dropouts.

Industry expertise

We’ve successfully delivered early careers and graduate recruitment campaigns across almost every industry - from finance and law to engineering, tech, and FMCG — tailoring our support to sector-specific challenges.

Find out more about how we can help you meet your recruitment and diversity aims.

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Data Driven Recruitment

Weekly reporting through every step of the process measure against your KPIs.
Planning
  • Proprietary data tool
  • Historical hire data
  • Market insight data
Attraction Tracking
  • Reach, clicks & apps from all networks
  • Application origin
  • Diversity metrics
Screening & Assessment Tracking
  • Candidate success rates at each stage
  • Live candidate experience feedback
  • Diversity & inclusion monitoring
Our team

Our team of specialists

Meet our wonderful team who work hard to make you feel like you're our only client.

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Tom Freeman
Managing Director
James Cressey
Sales Director
Andrew Neil
Chief Operating Officer
Digby Gordon-George
Head of Marketing Services
Cameron Akerman-Roberts
University Network Manager
Ayesha Shah
Senior Associate - Recruitment
Emily Smyth
Marketing Executive
Maisie Southon
Marketing Executive
Mollie White
Marketing Executive
Jess Brown
Assistant Manager
Pella Argiriov
Account Manager
Liam Copeman
Account Manager
Alfie Linstead
Marketing Manager
Poppy Hubbard
Account Manager
Simran Toor
Account Manager (Team Leader)

Why use an outsource expert?

Cost

It’s cheaper than doing it yourselves (plus you get a team of experts)

Reach

Get the widest pool of talent

Diversity

We’re diversity in early careers experts

Expertise

We’re early careers specialists that know what good looks like

In-house

Your process is completely managed in-house

Control

Full oversight without any heavy lifting

Time

We save you time to focus on other elements of your job

Reduce stress

We are fully responsible for your outcomes

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A human approach to candidate care

We’re committed to giving every candidate the best experience. That's why we standardise our recruitment practices to help level the playing field for all.

We keep the recruitment process human by personally carrying out candidate preparation, feedback and support calls, to make sure every applicant has a positive recruitment journey with you.

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Google Reviews

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Success stories

Check out some recent targeted email case studies

Rolls Royce

Situation

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars asked Sanctuary to design a 13-day campaign to drive the 417 female applications they need to hit their targets and ultimately diversify their graduate intake to help with their female diversity mission.

Action

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars asked Sanctuary to design a 13-day campaign to drive the 417 female applications they need to hit their targets and ultimately diversify their graduate intake to help with their female diversity mission.

Result

Sanctuary generated 574 female applications and this campaign won the 2023 Best Single Purpose Attraction Award at the ISE.

Highlights

3
Day campaign
3,098
Clicks
774
Applications
841
Female studentscalled

Rolls Royce

Situation

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars asked Sanctuary to design a 13-day campaign to drive the 417 female applications they need to hit their targets and ultimately diversify their graduate intake to help with their female diversity mission.

Situation

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars asked Sanctuary to design a 13-day campaign to drive the 417 female applications they need to hit their targets and ultimately diversify their graduate intake to help with their female diversity mission.

Result

Sanctuary generated 574 female applications and this campaign won the 2023 Best Single Purpose Attraction Award at the ISE.

Highlights

  • 13-day campaign
  • 3,098 clicks
  • 574 applications
  • 841 female students called

Rolls Royce

Situation

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars asked Sanctuary to design a 13-day campaign to drive the 417 female applications they need to hit their targets and ultimately diversify their graduate intake to help with their female diversity mission.

Situation

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars asked Sanctuary to design a 13-day campaign to drive the 417 female applications they need to hit their targets and ultimately diversify their graduate intake to help with their female diversity mission.

Result

Sanctuary generated 574 female applications and this campaign won the 2023 Best Single Purpose Attraction Award at the ISE.

Highlights

  • 13-day campaign
  • 3,098 clicks
  • 574 applications
  • 841 female students called

Outsourced Recruitment Delivery For FTSE 100 Telecoms Business' Technology pathway - Gamma

Situation

Gamma Telecom wanted to change to a more reliable supplier to deliver at least 6 high quality technical graduates (from local unis) for their Technology Graduate Programme – with a focus on diversity

Action

Sanctuary worked with our diverse university partners, close to Gamma's Manchester office to source top candidates from relevant STEM/Technical backgrounds to drive quality candidates for Gamma

Result

15 hires made (over hired by 9) and working with them again for the year 2024/25

Highlights

1067
Applications
40%
Female hires
58%
Ethnic minority hires
53%
Less privileged hires

Hiring Future Leaders Ad-Hoc In Tough-To-Fill Locations - Drax

Situation

Drax needed a recruitment safety net, seeking a partner who can guarantee delivery of talented grads to fill their early careers roles in their desired timeframes.

Action

Starting with 1 C&I and 1 Mechanical Turbine Engineer, Sanctuary engaged with our unique, diverse campus networks and variety of advertising partners to drive top engineers through for Drax in a matter of days.

Result

2 hires made out of 2 hires needed.

Highlights

867
Applications
100%
Roles filled
3
Week delivery
2
Year partnership

Future Leaders Programme Delivery for Leading Business Consultancy - Global Relay

Situation

Global Relay wanted to find 4 talented individuals looking to build their careers as future leaders within a global business.

Action

Sanctuary tapped into a carefully selected blend of universities and courses to generate high quality applicants that made up diverse shortlists. Our university partnerships through academic departments and societies were imperative to our success.

Result

6 hires made (2 over-hires) from targeted 4 for the Future Leadership Programme.

Highlights

1015
Applications
75%
Ethnic minority hires
50%
Female hires
75%
Less privileged

Delivering Hires For Tough-To-Fill Locations For One Of The Big Four - KPMG

Situation

KPMG sought 12 diverse hires (gender, ethnicity, socio-economic) across 4 different business areas for their hard to fill locations and pathways (mainly Audit in Aberdeen)

Action

Sanctuary engaged with our unique, diverse campus networks and university partnerships across the UK, specifically Scottish based universities - widening participation partners, diverse student societies and our database of talent.

Result

12 hires were made out of 12 across the different pathways.

Highlights

2369
Applications
70%
Ethnic Minority hires
70%
Female hires
100%
Roles filled

Industrial Placement Delivery Across Several Pathways - Müller UK & Ireland

Situation

Müller sought a minimum of 10 diverse hires (focusing on gender, ethnicity and low socio-economic) across multiple business areas to help drive growth.

Action

Sanctuary Graduates leveraged our proprietary university placement connections to deliver the blend of quality of diverse applications from target universities and courses, whilst managing Müller's end-to-end candidate flow.

Result

23 hires were made across their pathway - 13 additional hires were made due to quality and increased need for the second year in a row.

Highlights

1743
Applications
38%
Ethnic minority hires
68%
Female hires
117
Universities reached

What our clients say

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"Kate and I have been delighted with the expertise and support we’ve received from all of the team at Sanctuary from day one, and particularly at the great working relationship we’ve enjoyed with all of you who we have come to consider our new friends. So a heartfelt thanks from Stagecoach for helping us to arrive where we are today.”

Sean Algar

Head of Talent Management, Stagecoach Bus

“Sanctuary Graduates have been a pleasure to work with. They firstly put in the time and effort to understand our business and recruiting requirements, before effectively screening high quality candidates and facilitating our virtual assessment centres. We have received excellent feedback from our new graduate cohort regarding the support they provided throughout the interview process and we would highly recommend their service.”

Caillie Holliday

Talent & Development Lead and HR Advisor, Graphnet

“Working with Sanctuary Graduates has been a seamless and positive experience. Their professionalism, attention to detail, and ability to understand our needs have been invaluable in helping us secure the right talent time and time again. I appreciate their collaborative approach and consistent/prompt support throughout the hiring process. Highly recommend them to any business looking for quality early-career recruitment services”

Anthony Chen

Associate Director, Phi Partners

“We have used Sanctuary graduates for the first time and have been really impressed. Our account manager was amazing and supported through the whole process – would certainly recommend”

Helga Hale

Senior Operations Manager, Watermill Wines

“I have enjoyed working with everyone from SG. From the moment I made contact until today, the care shown and the understanding of our business has been outstanding. The time that has been spent on understanding our company and roles has been brilliant and that has resulted in a smooth and efficient hiring process. Communications have been easy and effective, nothing is ever too much trouble for Sanctuary Grads and all the advice has been professional and knowledgeable. The candidates sent to us all met the brief, were of superb quality but amazingly, SG really understood our culture so the cultural fit was spot on. The fees for the service were incredibly competitive making it affordable for us to engage with SG. And I am glad we did, because we now have four fantastic capable grads that we are all enjoying working with and who have slotted right into the EV family!”

Heather Magee

HR Director, Evalue

“We asked Sanctuary Graduates to help us fill our hard to fill Transport Manager role at speed. They rapidly delivered us a fantastic, diverse shortlist and we interviewed all of the candidates due to the high quality. They did a great job at delivering precisely what we needed and we ended up over hiring.”

Izabel Mendes

HR Coordinator, Location One