I Want to be a Journalist, But I Can’t Afford to Work for Free
“I want to be a journalist, but I can’t afford to work for free.” A simple sentence, but it has taken me four years to find the words and confidence to write it. I am a final year journalism student at the London College of Fashion, and in my fourth year of unpaid internships. I [...]
Congratulations to our newly placed grads!
We’ve had a brilliant month in August, meeting some talented graduates and kickstarting their careers in exciting new permanent roles. We’d like to say a big congratulations to: Rhian graduated from the University of Sussex, with a BA in French and English literature. We’ve placed her in a brilliant IT Services Consultancy, working as [...]
Following the yellow brick road: the graduate job hunt
As you’re dusting off the confetti from graduation, clicking through photos of your summer parties and winding down from the summer fare, your attention will undoubtedly turn to life as a graduate employee. Here is our shortlist of the first steps to make sure you’re on track to land a role you not only need, [...]
Our graduate success story
Here at Give A Grad A Go, we’ve placed thousands of grads into brilliant entry level roles up and down the country. We touch base with our placed grads and our clients on a regular basis, to hear about how they are getting on. We’re proud to say this is unique to our recruitment service, [...]
How the Olympics can improve your company team spirit
With the Olympics taking off and the world and his neighbour watching, there is an acute sense of patriotism and solidarity sweeping the nation. With any major sporting event, be it football, rugby or tennis, countries come together in a way that the fields of politics, art and culture cannot seem to muster. Team spirit [...]
Refer a company to us and get an iPad 3
We like to thank our supporters here at GAGAGO HQ. So much so, we’re offering any person or business that refers a new client to us an iPad 3* Here at Give A Grad A Go, we have over 30,000 top graduates to choose from, covering a wide range of careers but we’re looking to [...]
The Graduate Training Institute Assessment day
Last week, we put together an event, in association with the Graduate Training Institute (GTI) to help young graduates get to grips with the job market, by focusing our attention on the world of business development & sales. The sales sector has earned itself a bit of a bad reputation over the past few years, [...]
How to best advertise yourself on social media for your graduate job hunt
Many careers advisers and recruitment specialists will tell you that it is crucial to hold an online presence in order to boost your applications and covering letters. However, what they fail to specify is exactly how you should go about this; it’s all fine and well telling you to make your profile private and be [...]
6 things to do in your first month at work
The first weeks on the job for any new employee are overwhelming, considering all the introductions, orientation meetings, training sessions, new hire paperwork and administrative tasks. While these are all important, here are 6 things new hires should do on their own within their first 30 days to set themselves up for success. 1. Come [...]
What’s new pussycat: discover your new graduate profile
Here are some of the highlights of your brand new profile page: Thanks to an arduous but worthwhile website makeover, we are proud to let you guys, our users, know of the many changes and improvements that have been made to make your job hunt, thanks to Give A Grad A Go, as easy and [...]