the milk round

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• the milk round — UK US noun [S] UK HR ► a series of visits that large companies make to universities in order to tell students about job opportunities in their companies when they leave university: »In 1992 the milk round was cancelled and few companies were… …   Financial and business terms

• Milk round — The Milk round is the term commonly used in the UK to describe the phenomenon of companies touring universities each year, in order to advertise their opportunities and recruit students. The name milk round also refers to the online university… …   Wikipedia

• milk round — milk rounds 1) N COUNT If someone has a milk round, they work as a milkman, going from house to house delivering milk. [BRIT] Milk rounds are threatened as customers switch to buying from supermarkets. 2) N SING: the N The milk round is an event… …   English dictionary

• milk round — ˈmilk round noun the milk round a series of visits to universities made each year by large companies in order to find people they may want to employ: • Over 50% of the company s new employees were recruited on the milk round …   Financial and business terms

• milk round — n BrE 1.) the regular journey a milkman makes every day to deliver milk 2.) the milk round a series of visits to universities in Britain that large companies make each year in order to find students they may want to employ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• milk round — milk ,round noun count BRITISH a regular trip that someone makes in order to deliver milk to people s homes the milk round a series of visits that major companies make each year to colleges and universities in the U.K. to interview students they… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• milk round — UK / US noun Word forms milk round : singular milk round plural milk rounds British 1) [countable] a regular journey that someone makes in order to deliver milk to people s homes 2) the milk round a series of visits that major companies make each …   English dictionary

• milk round — noun BrE 1 (C) the regular journey a milkman makes every day to deliver milk 2 the milk round BrE a series of visits to universities made each year by large companies to find people they may want to employ …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• milk round — noun 1. A milkman s normal morning route 2. A periodic series of visits as in the yearly recruitment of undergraduates by large companies • • • Main Entry: ↑milk …   Useful english dictionary

• milk round — An annual visit to universities by the personnel managers of large companies seeking graduates to join their organizations …   Big dictionary of business and management

• round — ▪ I. round round 1 [raʊnd] adjective 1. a round number or sum is a whole number, often ending in 0: • Let s make it a round £50 I owe you. 2. in round figures when an amount is not expressed as an exact number, but as the nearest 10, 100, 1,000… …   Financial and business terms