It is expected by most employers in our current hectic job market that applicants will have completed some work experience related to the field of application. However, simply completing the work...
A recent PepsiCo (home to market-leading brands Quaker, Walkers, Pepsi and Tropicana) survey of 537 employers has found that two thirds of employers prefer to recruit graduates who have completed an...
When you are looking for new initiatives to help with graduate jobs to share with your friends, it can be quite helpful when a major event is taking place on your very own university campus.
In the wake of the recession and in this current employment climate it has become increasingly clear to many students that their first graduate job, or at least the initial steps of their careers,...
Have you ever thought to yourself, I wish I had known about that graduate job sooner, or If only I had done that as well, what about He/she seems to be having a lot more success with this than I am?...
Work experience is a valuable way of gaining an insight into companies and seeing whether you would like to do a particular graduate job in the long-term.
In this difficult economic climate, where jobs seem ever harder to come by, it may seem appealing to accept the first offer you receive with no hesitation.
In the current economic climate many people are struggling to find jobs. The more time that people are unemployed, the harder it is for them to find work, so any kind of experience is beneficial....
So what are you doing over Christmas? Going away? A bit of sightseeing? A family holiday? Or maybe you haven't got that much planned except for curling up on your couch with your newly purchased...
A grandfather from a Midlands pit village and a former refugee from Liberia are among those chosen for a new Westminster internship scheme. The Speaker's Parliamentary Placements initiative is...
Although an internship remains a good way through which to obtain quality work experience, it is by no means the only way. Especially with rising competition over internship placements, it's important...
Is work experience really that important? Yes it is. A recent business survey featuring over 700 university graduates revealed that 75% of these graduates found that work experience was invaluable to...
The Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, is said to be taking advantage of record high youth unemployment after he began advertising last week for graduates to work full-time at his parliamentary office as...
With the graduate recruitment market as competitive as ever, this year more than any has seen unpaid internships as a route into graduate employment come to the fore. A recent survey on the matter saw...
We're sitting there having a conversation about intellectual property and how it relates to social media and potential piracy of the Internet, his new boss says. He's facing me, and as we're talking,...
