10 Things Every Graduate Should Know Before They Start Job Hunting
If the 370,000 students set to graduate from UK universities this summer know just one thing, it’s that the party is over. Figures from employment website Totaljobs show one in three graduates is claiming jobseeker’s allowance and a quarter of graduates haven’t had a single interview. Huge numbers of roles posted on graduate “job boards” [...]
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 [...]
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 Tailor Your CV For Graduate Jobs
By tailoring your CV to the specific industry to which you are applying, you can greatly increase your chances of securing an interview and hopefully, a graduate job. The qualities employers are looking for in an employee will vary greatly between industry sectors, therefore modifying your CV so that your application specifically meets the qualities [...]
CV Tips Increasingly Important for Graduate Jobs
Your CV is nearly always the first opportunity you have to impress an employer. That is not just true for graduates, but for everybody in the jobs market. However, it could be argued that CV’s have particular relevance for graduate job opportunities as the simple fact is that many of those reviewed by applicants will [...]
The do’s and don’ts of cv white lies
Those little white lies on your first graduate CV really aren’t worth it, according to employment experts. Recent research by Times Online has confirmed what we all suspected – although you might get away with the odd bit of ‘truth-dodging’ when selling yourself to your new employer, such tactics usually catch up with us in [...]
15 Deadly But Often-Made Resume Blunders to Avoid
Most articles on this topic list blunders that very few people are dumb enough to actually make. Maybe we’re making a bold assumption, but it’s not likely that very many people are “stating that they work well in the nude”, as one resume blunder article cautions against. Nor are very many job seekers likely to [...]