Over 500 candidates fought for roles with the insurance group

BGL graduate recruits

BGL group, owner of comparethemarket.com, has recruited six new graduates to join its marketing teams in the second year of its successful graduate scheme.

Applications to join the Peterborough based company tripled compared to 2012, with 520 candidates competing for the six positions, in an increasingly competitive graduate market.

BGL senior human resources manager Kate Saunders said: “The successful graduates will benefit from mentoring and on-the-job training in proven, well established marketing teams. We once again used social media to raise awareness of our programme, as well as visiting some of Britain’s top universities to search out the best graduates.

“Many university leavers told us they were unaware that the insurance industry offered such exciting, dynamic and varied career opportunities”

Emily Grocock, a 2012 graduate recruit, said: “I spent the majority of my first 12 months at comparethemarket.com, working as part of an established an innovative marketing team. I have developed professional skills in media management and forecasting processes, while learning how marketing works in practice within a nationally recognised brand.