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...
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...
The results of a recent student survey suggested that the two top employers of choice for graduates were Apple and Google. Now I have nothing against these highly successful brands; in fact I'm a big...
In order to do well in your early career it pays to be thinking ahead. As well as polishing up your CV and practicing those interview skills, it is worth considering what you willl do once you...
During your search for a graduate job, you need to consider what matters most to you, whether it is the salary, office location or opportunities for international travel. Still, probably one of the...
In such close quarters as an office, it is easy and natural for the boundaries between one's personal and professional lives to cross. It is important to remember that the office is not a second home,...
The old saying, 'those who can't, teach', appears to be losing impact as a recent survey by the Teaching Agency suggests teaching is being viewed as an increasingly prestigious occupation.
Ah, the unpaid internship: scourge of the fairness and equality in the graduate recruitment market, a manipulative abuse of desperate jobseekers in what is very much an employers' market
While at university there are numerous opportunities for students to explore what area of work might pique their interests and to get their foot in the door with prospective employers.
The NUS have expressed fears surrounding Education Secretary Michael Gove's plans to alter the A Level system, arguing that the changes will have a negative impact on pupils who are not planning on...
Throughout your life you have been working towards some kind of qualification or end goal and so you may not have had the time to stop and think about what you really want to achieve. Gap years are a...
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.
A recent government commissioned review has warned that recruiting companies which only accept graduates who have achieved a minimum degree classification of 2:1 are running the risk of contravening...
