You may be bored, planning on moving city, looking for more of a challenge or trying to climb up on to the next notch of the career ladder; there are plenty of reasons for people to quit their job.
Preparing for interviews is one of the hardest parts of the application process for graduate jobs. It is important to do lots of preparation and discuss questions with people who have gone through it...
The busy lives of your potential employers means they often will only have time to scan through your CV, as opposed to dwelling over your carefully constructed sentences. It is therefore important...
Few of us are lucky enough to get on with everyone we work with, all the time. Like all other personal relationships, there will be highs, lows and ego clashes within the office. At times these may...
With the continued difficulty of getting graduate jobs, embarking on further study has been seen as a viable alternative by more graduates. Not only does another degree give you the chance to enjoy...
All graduates have studied hard for many years to gain qualifications that should in the end help to gain a full-time job. Still, in today's challenging climate, it seems like qualifications are not...
When you are applying for a job, apart from your school experience, relevant work experience and general life experience, it is likely that your potential employers are going to cast an unwavering eye...
Unless you are absurdly lucky or incredibly well qualified, chances are that you will not get every single job you apply for. Even if you get through to the interview stage, do not take this to be a...
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...
Amidst the flurry of school examinations, considerations of higher education, university exams and various other mentally strenuous activities, it seems to me that young people can all too easily get...
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...
In this challenging climate, where jobs continue to be difficult to come by, can graduates afford to freely choose a career or should they snap up the first offer they receive? Sticking to your...
During the recession, a scent of positivity can often be gleaned from the slightly ambiguous monthly employment statistics, which repeatedly suggest positive progress and waning unemployment...
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...
Some people seem to come out of the womb knowing what they want to do when they are all grown up. Others, particularly students who opt for arts degrees, are not so lucky. When I tell people I study...
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...
