we solved the challenge of grads reneging

From your
offer...

...To their
first day

treat them like they're already part of the team

Welcome to the ultimate guide and toolkit for reducing graduate reneging.

From the day your grads accept their offer until the day they start, we turn your waiting period into a retention plan with simple, creative and easy-to-implement solutions. Designed by employer branding and graduate recruitment leaders, GradEngage can help you keep your new cohort engaged and excited to join your program. Secure the future of your business with our purposefully designed retention toolkit and you’ll have access to:

Want to unlock the tools to help retain your next cohort?

sound familiar?

the challenges you're facing

20%

One in every 5 of your Grads will renege on your offer this year

>$15K

The cost of just one Grad reneging on your offer can be as much as $15,000USD

47%

More than 47% of Grads receive multiple job offers

how it works

your retention plan & toolkit

engagement emails library

retention activities library

EDM Templates,
Tools & Tips

simple and effective

Developed by employer branding experts, GradEngage provides an industry tested strategy, tactics and a toolkit that uses your existing assets and content to keep your cohort connected to you and each other. 

Designed for Graduate Recruitment or Program Managers and anyone responsible for cohort retention. GradEngage is packed full of templates, tools and easy to follow guides that help you better engage your cohort by showcasing the people, purpose and culture your Grads are waiting to join, during the critical waiting period.

We enable you with access to:

Ready to show them what they’re waiting for?

Packed with features - here's what's included

Your engagement toolkit

Retention plan & template library

Strategic email templates crafted to ensure your cohort is continuously engaged from the day they’re offered until the day they start.

Each month choose from a library of pre-written templates, all designed to increase your cohort’s connection to your people, culture, industry and most importantly each other.

Showcase your employer brand

When it comes to engaging and retaining your cohort, it’s your employer branding assets that will have the most impact. So they need to shine through in the communications you share. 

Each template is carefully crafted to showcase your EVP, leverage your own content assets and link to your sites and socials. 

New user guides, tutorials & tips

At GradEngage we’re focused on enabling you to achieve the results you’re looking for as soon as possible, no matter your experience level.

Explore new user tutorials, best practice email guidelines, helpful pop-up tips and content recommendations from our employer branding specialists.

Monthly updates & reminders

Each month, we add new email templates and resources, as well as more events and activities to our ever-growing library so you never run out of inspiration.

You’ll also receive monthly reminders and product updates, as we add new features and functions to improve GradEngage.

Our events & activities library

Online & email activities

For your typical grad, this isn’t just their first role with you, it’s the start of their career.

Prep them for success with job readiness and workplace familiarization activities that show them you’re already invested in their success.

Keep them engaged with fun group activities that build excitement and team bonds while they wait for their first day.

In-person & online events

From fun nights out to informative sessions onsite, you’ll find a near-endless compilation of events designed to bring your cohort together for some quality team building. 

Invite your cohort to experience your culture, learn, meet key people, and connect. No matter their interests, every event is focused on cohort engagement and retention.

Gifts & celebrations to show your care

Discover easy ways to instantly make your cohort feel like they’re part of the team and let them know you’re thinking of them. Small gestures really do go a long way.

Access loads of awesome ideas for gifts, giveaways, competitions and celebrations to continually surprise and delight your cohort whilst they count down the days. 

Invite templates & planning toolkit

When it comes to planning and ensuring your events (online or in person) are a success, we’ve done the heavy lifting for you.

Each event or activity in our library comes with its own pre-written, customizable invite or email template.

To help you keep things organized use our interactive Event Planner to ensure you don’t forget a single detail.

It’s the ideal mix of a simple, high-return solution to an expensive problem the whole industry deals with

Tim Mundy - global employer branding leader

About us

built by industry experts

We understand the struggle that graduate reneging poses to your business because we’ve been in your position. The team behind GradEngage are global leaders in employer branding, recruitment and communications.  

We’ve had to solve this exact challenge for both ourselves and the organisations we’ve worked with for over two decades.   

Now, GradEngage brings you a world-first, proven solution that helps increase engagement and reduce reneging in your grad cohort. 

You’re in safe hands too, as GradEngage comes from the team behind employer branding solutions trusted around the world. 

one simple subscription

so easy you can start today

For all the awesome features we’ve packed into GradEngage, it’s what we don’t have that makes it so easy to use:

Designed for any level of grad recruitment, communications or employer branding experience. We’ve made it as easy as possible to get started and meet your goals.

Sign-up and start reducing the cost of reneging, with the graduate recruitment industry’s only cohort retention solution. 

Pricing

Start reducing the cost of reneging today with one simple annual plan

$399

/month

Billed annually (USD)

FEATURES

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frequently asked questions

General

Can I use GradEngage for Interns?
Absolutely. In fact you can use GradEngage for any talent pool you want to keep engaged with your employer brand whilst they wait for their first day.

You sure can! Whilst GradEngage is designed to cover a full 12 month communications plan it doesnt mean you have to use our templates in any particular order. No matter when you first start using GradEngage you can select any template that suits how far into your waiting period you are. If you’ve only got to make it through a few months you could even start sending retention emails weekly. You can even use GradEngage pre-offer! 

You sure can! Whilst GradEngage is designed to cover a full 12 month communications plan it doesnt mean you have to use our templates in any particular order. No matter when you first start using GradEngage you can select any template that suits how far into your waiting period you are. If you’ve only got to make it through a few months you could even start sending retention emails weekly

Nope. GradEngage is 100% industry expertise and experience delivered directly to you. Turns out AI can’t compete with 20 years of doing this stuff for the biggest and best employers around the world.

Your email address is quite literally the only information you’ll need to provide to get going with GradEngage. We don’t require any employee or candidate data whatsoever.
GradEngage is designed to work with everything from your own email outbox to your preferred EDM service or CRM. Just copy and paste, it’s as simple as that.
We’ve designed GradEngage for any size of cohort. Whether you intake 5 or 500 grads, we’ve got you covered. Some of our events lend themselves to smaller or larger cohorts, but fortunately we’ve catagorised each one for you to search in our library.
No and there’s no software to download or integrate with either. GradEngage is hosted online and all you need is your login to get going.

Security

How secure is my data?
What data! GradEngage collects absolutely nothing other than login and billing details which will be secured in our chosen financial software partner Xero.

Ordering

How long does it take to set up an account?

It’s almost instant! Once you complete your subscription purchase we will send you your login details and then you’re ready to go. Once logged in we recommend you watch our new user content and then you’re all set.