Shape Tomorrow’s Leaders Today.
Graduate trainee programmes are a proven way to attract ambitious, high-potential individuals and prepare them for long-term leadership within your organisation. But to stand out in a competitive graduate market, your programme must do more than offer a first job—it needs to deliver a compelling experience that develops skills, stretches potential, and builds loyalty.
At Bailey Brooks Consulting, we help you design and deliver graduate schemes that blend structure with flexibility, challenge with support, and business needs with personal growth. Our approach ensures your graduates are not just recruited—but retained, developed, and ready to make an impact.
Why Graduate Schemes Matter
Graduates bring fresh perspectives, curiosity, and adaptability. When given the right environment and guidance, they can quickly become some of your most valuable team members—and future leaders. A well-designed graduate programme:
- Enhances your employer brand and talent pipeline
- Supports diversity, equity, and inclusion at entry level
- Builds technical and leadership capabilities early
- Supports succession planning and future workforce needs
- Reduces long-term recruitment costs by growing talent from within
We partner with you to ensure your graduate programme is designed with purpose, delivered with consistency, and evolves with your business and your people.
Our Services
Graduate Scheme Design and Rotation Planning
We help you define the structure and goals of your graduate programme, ensuring it reflects your culture and strategic objectives. From single-discipline schemes to multi-pathway rotations, we design clear, coherent journeys that offer graduates real insight into your business.
Rotation planning is tailored to your operating model—balancing business needs with graduate learning opportunities. We ensure every rotation offers depth, challenge, and exposure to key functions, so participants develop a broad understanding and make informed career choices.
Recruitment Strategy and Employer Branding
Your programme is only as strong as the talent it attracts. We support you in designing recruitment strategies that reach a diverse pool of top-tier candidates—through university partnerships, outreach campaigns, digital platforms, and inclusive selection processes.
We also help you craft a compelling employer brand that showcases your graduate offer, values, and impact. From virtual open days to campus engagement and social content, we ensure your brand cuts through in a crowded market.
Assessment Centres and Onboarding
Selecting the right candidates requires more than CV screening. We design and facilitate fair, engaging, and evidence-based assessment centres that test for the capabilities, behaviours, and values that matter most to you.
Once your graduates are hired, we support their onboarding to ensure a smooth transition into the business. From welcome days and induction planning to buddy schemes and early development, we create experiences that build confidence and connection from day one.
Learning and Development Planning
Graduate development must be intentional, stretching, and relevant. We help you build or align a development curriculum that includes core skills (e.g., communication, problem-solving, collaboration), business understanding, and role-specific learning.
We also embed coaching, mentoring, and peer learning into the experience, helping graduates build networks and confidence as they progress.
Ongoing Performance and Engagement Measurement
We support you in tracking graduate progress, experience, and outcomes over time. This includes developing performance review processes, pulse surveys, feedback loops, and engagement tools that help you understand what’s working—and what needs refining.
Our insight helps you demonstrate the value of your scheme internally, plan for future intakes, and make data-led improvements.
The Outcome: A Competitive, Future-Ready Graduate Offer
With our help, you’ll create a graduate programme that stands out—for the right reasons. Our clients report stronger applications, higher graduate satisfaction, and better long-term retention and progression.
You’ll attract diverse, high-potential individuals and give them the foundation they need to thrive—while building the leadership and specialist talent pipelines your business needs to grow and adapt.
Let’s Build the Future Together
If you’re ready to design or enhance your graduate programme, we’re here to help. With our strategic guidance and practical tools, you can shape a graduate experience that drives real value—for your organisation and the talent you bring in.