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April 2008

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ICAP
Bank of America
Japanesse Investment Bank
Wachovia
WestLB
European Investment Bank

The client

ICAP is the world’s premier voice and electronic interdealer broker and the source of global market information and commentary for professionals in the international financial markets.

The project

When ICAP wanted to launch it’s first ever graduate recruitment campaign in the US and UK it looked to capitalise on the experience of the Graduate Solutions team and create a world-class, leading-edge campaign and process that would attract the best and the brightest.

The partnership

It was a unique challenge. Not only was ICAP a new player in the market but interdealer broking as an industry was a relatively unknown career path for graduates. Before designing any processes we built the relationship with our client and spent a lot of time understanding what ICAP was looking for. We undertook a detailed competency analysis in the UK and US including interviews with 60+brokers, management team and recent trainees. By the time we came to execute the campaign, we knew we could deliver and that we had built a high level of trust.

Graduate Solutions assisted at every level of the campaign including:

>> The design and execution of on-campus marketing and event strategy
>> The selection of a creative agency for the design and delivery of the employer value proposition, careers website, brochure and marketing material
>> The implementation of a global application system and a competency framework and selection process including the use of broking ‘simulation’ exercises and structured competency based interviews and group exercises
>> The development of a classroom training programme for incoming trainees
>> A seamless process – as far as candidates are concerned they are dealing with ICAP at every point of contact

The partnership continues: You can always tell when a relationship is successful because it is taken for granted and becomes part of the working landscape. In 2007 we continued to work with ICAP to refine and develop the campaign further including rolling it out across continental Europe and Asia-Pacific.