Working abroad can not only help you develop new skills, but will also help you stand out from the crowd when applying for jobs in the increasingly difficult graduate job market. Employers will be...
For those of you in final year, you are probably feeling anxious about your upcoming January exams. Do not panic however - worrying is the biggest waste of time and you'll be far more productive...
In the future, when I think back to university, I know that instead of remembering the nights I stayed up writing essays in time for a next-day deadline, cramming for exams and receiving a third in a...
'Love and marriage. Love and marriage. They go together like a horse and carriage'. We all know the song (My Fair Lady - what a classic), but where does love and employment come in? It seems to be a...
When completing an application form it is important to have a CV that stands out. Application forms are designed to assess the skills of potential employees, through what they say and how they say it....
We all know how easy it is to act spontaneously, to do something without thinking about the consequences of it. Believe it or not, accepting a job offer can often be one of these unpredictable, rash...
Freshers' fairs are great. They're a good chance to see your friends, sign up to loads of societies and blag lots of freebies. Compared to your Freshers' fair, Careers fairs are boring, with far less...
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...
One of the most common queries thought by job-seeking graduates is 'how can I be persistent during my job searching, without being pushy or coming across as aggressive?' It is very difficult to find...
Everyone knows the truth: that there are far too many graduates per job position in the current economic climate. It's a sad fact that with every job you apply to, there are guaranteed to be many...
Phone interviews seem far less scary than regular interviews. Perhaps this is because whilst discussing your suitability for the role of a sub-editor at your local newspaper, in a phone interview you...
We all have read those magazine articles, the ones that say things like 'the five best ways to revise' or 'the top ten tips for a healthy body' and I am sure that you, like me, have questioned how...
Scottish students have been known to fare better than the English when it comes to unemployment rates, with the highest rate of graduate employment in the UK (according to the Scottish Youth...
Recent statistics have shown (from a study of 1,730 students) that a mere 19% of graduates thought about their future career before starting their university course.
Do you remember the Cambridge Call Girl who hit the news in 2007? She started in her first year of university, and claimed that she would sleep with between one and seven clients a night.
According to a recent Ofsted study of 105 young people, teachers are being startlingly discouraging to clever students who are planning to leave school at 16.
Figures released from the Office for National Statistics have shown that more than a third (35.9%) of recent graduates who have found a job are doing 'low skilled' work, including being a postman,...
16-18 year olds across the UK have confused views on studying for a degree, and where it can lead. The AAT have deduced that this is a result of school leavers lacking career guidance, which has...
A recent survey conducted by one of the country's foremost graduate recruiters, Ernst and Young, indicates the importance for UK graduates to build on innate character strengths and personality...
Who do you turn to for graduate job advice? Everyone or no-one? Don't get me wrong, the advice of family and friends is invaluable, yet as Natalie Rabson of Boston City Campus and Business College...
A recent study in The Times produced the statistic that unemployment in Britain has risen by 118,000 to 2.86 million, the highest figure since 1994. This shocking revelation cements the importance of...
A recent study has forecast graduate job vacancies for graduates to be down by 1.2% on last year. When I first came across this statistic it struck me as slightly odd.
Almost 353,500 students enrolled in postgraduate studies between 2009-10 (according to the Higher Education Careers Service Unit - Hecsu), demand for master's degrees is up by 7.4% and the number of...
LinkedIn, the business-related social networking site (basically a serious Facebook), was launched in May 2003. Since then, it has welcomed more than 120 million registered users (including graduate...
When trying to get a job, one would assume the more difficult parts of the job-hunting process would be the online application, CV-writing, cover letter adapting and interview processes.
As the days steadily become longer and darker, and the conclusion of 2011 grows nearer and nearer, it is time to start thinking about the New Year. Not just plans for the eve of the 31st (some may...
The Ministry of Education released a notice on November 21st of this year indicating that if the graduate employment rate of a particular discipline is lower than 60% for two consecutive years, fewer...
Figures from the Office of National Statistics show that there are now almost one million people under the age of 25 out of work and there are 2.57 million people overall out of work. Fewer than a...
A recent survey has showed that of the 679 graduates surveyed who had attended university, two thirds of those in a graduate job believed their degree played a very important part in them landing...
The pressure is on for the thousands of students going back to or starting university this year, as recent statistics found by The Centre for Economics and Business Research have showed that six...
Many large graduate recruiters now take, and often insist on, applications online. In a lot of cases, prospective employees are able to upload other documents, like a CV or covering letter.
As universities in England have been hit by higher education funding cuts, students may be more and more dissuaded to go to university at all. Understandably, increasing numbers of students have been...
Recruiters hate spam CVs so when job-seeking, remember to adapt your CV to your job application according to your skills, the employer, the market in which it sits and the role being offered. There...
Last week, the Times, Telegraph and the Times of India all reported on a recent study carried out by Aldi Graduate Recruitment, which has confirmed that the issue of nepotism in the British workplace...
