High-achieving graduates want jobs where they'll be challenged

If you want to hire high-achieving graduates, then you better be ready to challenge them, a new study shows.

The global employer branding company Universum recently asked graduating students from the Ivy League and Russell Group universities what they thought about what they wanted from their future jobs.

Of the students surveyed, 53% saw being intellectually challenged as important, compared to 37% from other universities.

Joao Araujo, Country Manager UK and Ireland at Universum, says: “Students at the Russell Group schools don’t just go to the top schools and expect to that stamp to do all the work. They are also eager to develop themselves. 44% has done an internship in their home country versus 31% of the other students.”