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April 2008

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WestLB
European Investment Bank

The client

WestLB is a medium sized international bank with a strong presence in Germany.

The project
This bank enlisted Graduate Solutions to help manage its programme of graduate recruitment for London.

The partnership

Graduate Solutions were retained to advise on marketing strategy and design a programme of campus events to support their hiring needs for 2008 (intern and full time).  A series of focused research interviews were conducted with the 2007 candidate pool, to ascertain the perception of WestLB amongst the student population.  Following this marketing materials and events were re-engineered to focus on core USPs of the bank. 

Over the course of 2007/8 Graduate Solutions provided the following services:

>> Plan and organise all campus events
>> Screen all graduate applicants via WestLB’s web based applicant tracking system
>> Conduct first round interviews alongside bankers and HR at WestLB premises
>> Co-facilitate at second round assessment centres
>> Redesigned and created bespoke selection materials for use at assessment centres including business relevant case studies