Give A Grad A Go’s Jubilee giveaway!
We’re pretty excited here at Give A Grad A Go about the upcoming Jubilee celebrations…As a result, we thought we’d share the good mood with all our Facebook fans by launching a brilliant competition! Can Jubilee-ve it? We’ve got £150’s worth of a food shop we’re planning on giving away to whomever comes up with [...]
The Evening Standard’s Business Connections Event
On Wednesday, Raj, Gary Ingram from Brand-ing and myself, all headed on down to the Evening Standard’s Business Connections Event, to meet some movers and shakers in the digital world. And what an event it was! With a strong turnout and some fruitful networking at the event prior to the talks, we then made our way [...]
How to break into your first PR role: an employer’s viewpoint
Every month I receive around 100 applications from graduates looking for their first PR job. I’m diligent about reading every email as I think everyone deserves a fair chance, but sadly, around 99% are relegated to the recycle bin before I’ve even finished the first paragraph. That’s not because they don’t have potential, are lacking [...]
How to make yourself stand out from the graduate crowd
As the title suggests, in this post I will highlight some ways to help you gain that extra edge and stand out from the graduate crowd. The graduate job market is constantly evolving and is very fragile at the moment. Due to its dynamic, skill sets and academic qualifications are no longer solely job-specific. Today’s [...]
Online biographies: getting noticed on your graduate job hunt
Simply holding stronger qualifications than other candidates won’t necessarily mean you are going to be hired, nor does it guarantee that you’re even going to be remembered by recruiters. An online biography is a great way of complementing your CV and communicating what you do and who you are, beyond the usual CV and covering [...]
Networking your way to graduate employment
We’ve heard the statistics. With an average of 83 applicants per graduate job you may be wondering what exactly it is you have to do to be one of the ‘lucky ones’. Are they better? Brighter? More experienced? Higher qualified? Chances are that whilst they may indeed be some of these things, one vital ingredient [...]
Joe Groves is the proud winner of our iPad2 competition!
Give A Grad A Go launched a competition amongst our graduates to see who had the best (or worst!) interview story. There were some real gems and funny stories, many thanks to all that took part! After much deliberation, we decided Joe Groves, now working at Spark PR, had the best anecdote. Here’s his account… [...]
Top 5 tips to shine at a graduate job interview
Although some interview tips seem pretty obvious (such as don’t pick your nose), some novice interviewees can face unbeknown pitfalls during their first few meetings. Find out what the top 5 tips are to ensure you stand out in the interviewer’s eyes and make the cut: 1) Dress up Yes, it’s an obvious one, but [...]