Find the right graduates, faster.

Saltire Grads helps organisations recruit graduates from Scotland’s largest assessed graduate talent pool, reducing the time, effort and uncertainty from graduate recruitment.

Instead of managing months of advertising, screening and shortlisting, you receive a carefully selected shortlist of graduates identified for their skills, potential, mindset and workplace readiness.

Fully Managed Graduate Recruitment
Pre-Assessed Candidates
Shortlists in as Little as 3 Weeks
10% Success Fee

Graduate recruitment shouldn’t feel like a gamble.

Saltire Grads reduces the time, effort and uncertainty from graduate recruitment, giving you access to high-quality graduates without the workload.

THE CHALLENGE

Don’t have time to recruit properly?

Advertising, screening, assessing and interviewing takes time most teams don’t have.

Drowning in applications?

AI-generated CVs make it harder than ever to identify genuine, quality talent.

Worried about making the wrong hire?

Graduate hires are expensive and difficult to judge without previous experience.

THE SALTIRE GRADS WAY

Fully managed recruitment

From attraction to shortlist, we manage the entire process. You simply interview and choose who to hire.

Curated, faster shortlists

Meet your strongest candidates in as little as 3 weeks, shortlisted from our rigorously assessed graduate talent pool.

Hire with greater confidence

Every shortlisted graduate is backed by seven months of assessment, observation and development, not just their CV.

Recruit from Scotland’s largest assessed graduate talent pool.

Saltire Grads gives employers direct access to graduates identified, assessed and developed through Entrepreneurial Scotland’s proven early careers programme.

20+ Years

Developing Scotland’s future talent

Helping Scotland’s employers recruit outstanding graduate talent since 2006.

£500k

Annual investment

Invested every year to attract, assess and develop graduates beyond their CV.

1,500

New graduates every year

A continually refreshed pool of assessed graduate talent.

16

University partners

Connecting with students from Scotland’s major universities.

500+

Employers supported

Trusted by organisations across Scotland and beyond.

HOW SALTIRE GRADS WORKS

Behind every shortlist are months of assessment and development.

SaltireGrads is not a database of graduates with CVs. Every graduate has progressed through months of assessment, development and employability preparation, giving you access to candidates who are ready to make an impact.

01

We Attract

More than 3,000 ambitious students join our early careers programmes every year.

02

We Assess

30+ assessment centres help us identify graduates with the greatest potential, not just the strongest CVs.

03

We Develop

Workshops, leadership experiences and employability training prepare graduates for the workplace.

04

We Promote

Your role is advertised directly to our network of more than 4,500 recent graduates.

05

We Shortlist

We review applications, speak with candidates and create a tailored shortlist for your role.

06

You Hire

Interview your shortlisted candidates and choose the graduate who’s right for your organisation.

Graduate roles and sectors

Graduate talent for every part of your business.

From business and engineering to technology, life sciences and specialist roles, Saltire Grads helps organisations recruit graduates with the skills, mindset and readiness to contribute.

Looking for a different graduate role?

Tell us what you're looking for, and we'll help you find the right graduate talent.

Tell Us About Your Role

Trusted by more than
500 organisations.

From ambitious start-ups to global organisations, employers have partnered with Entrepreneurial Scotland to identify, assess and recruit Scotland's top university talent.

Aspen
Astrak
Atkins
Condatis
ETPM
GSK
IGS
Network Rail
Phlo
Shark Ninja
Target Healthcare
The Craneware Group
Verlume
Waterwhelm
Aspen
Astrak
Atkins
Condatis
ETPM
GSK
IGS
Network Rail
Phlo
Shark Ninja
Target Healthcare
The Craneware Group
Verlume
Waterwhelm

Simple, success-based graduate recruitment.

What’s included
  • Role scoping and salary advice
  • Role promotion to our talent pool
  • Application management and candidate screening
  • Candidate suitability calls and tailored shortlisting
  • Offer support and onboarding check-ins
Success fee
10%
success fee

10% of the graduate's starting salary. Payable only when a successful hire is made.

Save up to 50% on recruitment fees compared with traditional agencies.*
*Based on a 10% success fee compared with agencies charging up to 20% of starting salary.

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