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 [...]
What to do if you get a 2:2?
As your exams are wrapping up and you’re starting to ponder about results day, some of you may feel as far from a 2:1 as you feel from Freshers’ Week, all that time ago. You’re not alone – many finalists feel the same way, at the prospect of getting results dished out. Did you revise [...]
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 [...]
What to do at university to boost your career prospects
This is a guestpost from SaveTheStudent There is no way to sugarcoat it, the graduate market is getting tougher. An increasing number of students are now leaving university with top degrees and fighting for a limited number of jobs. However, it’s not all doom and gloom. By simply reading this blog post, you have already taken [...]
Give your job hunting the Spring Clean
Spring is finally here and with that, the Spring Clean. As you’re trying to sort out what you want to sell off and what you want to keep in your personal space, why not apply this out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new approach to your job hunting technique? Whether you’ve been looking for work for a few weeks or months, [...]
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 [...]
How to grab an employer’s attention in 30 seconds
Written by Mildred Talabi a CV consultant, trainer and the author of 7 Keys to a Winning CV: How to create a CV that works, published by Harriman House. Things have changed dramatically in the job market over the past five years. Seven years ago, I got my first ‘real’ job within two months of [...]
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 [...]