Methodology: Recruiter Review 

The Employer Review is key in evaluating institutions from the perspective of Graduate Employability, one of the originally intended four focuses, themes or pillars of the research. In domestic ranking projects around the world a variety of indicators have been used such as percentage of graduates employed or graduate salaries, but these are subject to significant local influence. At a trans‐national level they can become more a measure of economic strength, cultural trends or political effectiveness.

The Employer Review operates in a very similar fashion to the Academic Peer Review in that it is based on an online survey.

Respondents are again sourced through three key channels. Firstly, QS has an extensive corporate database; secondly, the powerful network of partners with which QS cooperates on its events around the world include a range of job sites and media focused on the private sector; and finally, participating institutions are invited to submit a list of contacts from companies with whom they work. Most effectively this would be principally comprised of employers that are known to have received graduates from the given institution. Both domestic and international employers can be included, multiple contacts from the same organisation can be included, public and private sector employers can be included.

Results of the Employer Review contribute 10% to the weighting of the overall ranking.