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Jordan studied Geography at the University of Northampton.

Articles of Jordan Bishop


Presumptuous titles aside, we've decided to compile a brief list of what we think you really would like from a prospective employer - even if you don't yet know it!

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I've waxed lyrical in this space a number of times about the importance of keeping your online reputation intact, or at the very least hidden. It's a pet peeve of mine - firstly that one has to, and...

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Stress is a stressful state of mind. It makes you stressed, which is bad, because then you remember the reasons you became stressed in the first place and down you spiral in a never ending cycle of...

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Graduate JobsCVs

This is an odd one because I'm not a mind reader or a stalker. I don't have a clue what you've done with your CV, and I'm definitely in no position to comment about what you may or may not have...

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You've got a lot of potential. I don't know you, so that's a fairly ambitious opening gambit. But one which can be backed up with some hard and fast, generally applicable, evidence.

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When the subject of this week's article was suggested I must confess breathing a sigh of relief. Finally, my brain chuckled. Something we know all about. Setting aside this bizarre interior monologue...

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Sometimes companies are a bit lazy. After hours of work in compiling and submitting an application, frequently silence is the only response. This can be disheartening. Fear not, however, because we...

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There is a growing trend among recruiters, who are faced with an ever increasing number of applications, to look beyond technical qualifications.

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University

An Australian man is set to become the world's oldest graduate for the second time at the age of 97.

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Word on the street - which is old talk for the internet - is that getting ahead in securing the best graduate jobs requires a dash of originality. And this, to you or me, equates to progressing beyond...

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A new report from Incomes Data Services (IDS) shows the average starting salaries for graduate positions this year could reach their lowest in real terms since 2003.

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The Powers That Be may not approve of any suggestions which advise in the ways of covert CV improvement, but I feel honour-bound to impart the minimal knowledge at my disposal so you can find a...

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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.

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In the third quarter of 2011 UK youth unemployment reached 21.8 per cent, according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This figure is slightly above the continental...

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Graduate JobsWork

Last week one of my colleagues covered the correct way to deal with rejection in the graduate job market.

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When looking at the scary world of graduate jobs, it can be quite tempting sometimes to focus on the robotic tasks involved: go to university, get skills, complete work experience, graduate, secure...

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If you trawl the major news publications and their respective websites you may notice a common theme in the sections devoted to graduate employment: High Fliers Research.

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Graduate JobsCVs

If you follow the following link - Graduate Cover Letter - you'll be magically transported to the GRB webpage which provides helpful tips regarding how to write a successful cover letter.

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Graduate Jobs

Happy 2012 everyone. Merry jolly New Year and all that jazz. Ok, so 2011, not great, agreed? Good. In fact, maybe we should just put years 2008 to 2011 down as write offs.

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Graduate JobsWork

This week is going to be a little rant-y, though in true Aesop's fable fashion there will be a moral at the end. The other day a friend and I were drinking coffee, suddenly he turned to me and...

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RecruitmentSkills

Do you like to procrastinate? Seeing as you're reading this, and not yet either in a graduate job earning exuberant wads of cash or else scouring the website for opportunities, I'm disposed to bet on...

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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...

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Some CV advice this week: if you are an ugly man, or a rather pretty woman, don't bother attaching a picture to your graduate CV. According to researchers who have been investigating the effect of...

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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...

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So you've recently graduated, or will do at some point next year, and the world of paid employment awaits you. This sounds like a warm and fuzzy proposition: you can probably picture yourself now, sat...

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It is estimated that more than a million young people are now unemployed in Britain. The figures have been swollen by the number of graduates and school-leavers who have failed to find work after...

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A recent report, based upon research undertaken at Birmingham University, suggests that nearly a quarter of UK engineering graduates are working in non-graduate jobs or unskilled work such as waiting...

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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,...

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In 1997 Apple launched a new ad slogan to help shift their products. The promotion proved to be something of a success, going on to win the 1998 Emmy Award for Best Commercial, and marking the...

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