Aviva searches for top graduates - graduate jobs

Future business graduates have been targeted by financial services giant Aviva as the company looks to recruit financial advisers.

Aviva has selected 35 candidates who will graduate with business degrees from seven universities, to attend a two-day assessment process.

The search for new talent is part of Aviva's future adviser programme, and will see the top ten candidates undertake a six-week internship with the firm and leading financial advice companies this summer.

Aviva's quest for new graduate advisers comes as the industry expects a reduction in advisers later this year as part of a review by the Financial Services Agency.

Angela Seymour-Jackson, intermediary and partnerships director for Aviva, said "the sector is anticipating a drop in the number of financial advisers at a time when adviser firms are telling us they are struggling to recruit high-quality people."

She said: "The programme makes it easier for quality firms to attract high-calibre graduates through raising the profile of the sector and encouraging graduates to pursue a career in financial advice. The future adviser programme aims to prepare graduates to get off to a dynamic and successful start with a quality advisory firm."