How to get your grads to complete their Employer League reviews

Melissa Chan


​Team Prosple


Sent the link but nobody's biting? You're not alone. 

Reviews do more than just feed your Employer League workplace rankings. For employers, they’re a reflection of the experience you actually deliver – helping you stand out when candidates are comparing employers side by side. 

For graduates and interns, it’s a simple way to shape the program they’ve just lived through, and give future applicants a clearer, more trusted picture than any job ad can. 

The problem is timing. Grads are busy, inboxes can be chaotic, and ‘I’ll do it later’ usually means never. 

Over the years, our team has guided employers through this process and two approaches consistently get the best results. 

Option 1. Run a group session

The employers who collect the most reviews get the whole cohort in a room together and complete the survey on the spot. 

'The best results come when the whole cohort is together and time is built into the agenda to complete the surveys.'
  – Brigitte, Senior Account Manager @ Prosple

This works because:

  • There's no "I'll do it later."

  • Peer momentum kicks in. Grads are more likely to engage when they see colleagues doing the same thing around them.

  • You don't have to chase anyone. Once the session's done, you're finished – no tracking down stragglers one by one over the following weeks.

To run one:

  1. Block 30 minutes in every graduate's calendar

  2. Get the cohort together in one room

  3. Complete the survey together

Tip: Feed them. A breakfast or coffee is a small thank-you for their time – and a reason to turn up. 

'The best results I've seen are the ones who get all the grads together and buy them breakfast and all complete at the same time.'
– Clancy, Account Manager @ Prosple

Option 2. Keep deadlines short

A survey due in three weeks gets mentally filed under ‘later’ and … forgotten.


'For companies that can’t do group sessions, keep deadlines short. Send the survey on Monday with a Friday deadline with a reminder on Thursday and a final nudge on the following Monday.'
– Brigitte, Senior Account Manager @ Prosple

The timeline:

  1. Monday – Send the survey with a Friday deadline

  2. Thursday – Send a one-line reminder: 'Just a reminder – the survey closes tomorrow.'

  3. Following Monday – Keep a window open for stragglers: 'If you haven't completed this yet, you have until COB today.'

Grads treat Friday as the cut-off, but you quietly leave the survey open to catch anyone who slipped.

Tip: Keep each message short. Grads don't need a reason to complete the survey – they need a reason to do it now.

The takeaway

Whichever route you choose, the employers who get the best results are the ones who make completing the survey the easy option rather than one more thing to remember. 

Build in the time, keep the window short, and your graduates will follow through.

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