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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” [...]
Jobseeker Adam Pacitti Spends £500 on London Billboard in Desperate Attempt to Find Work
A 24-year-old documentary maker has become so desperate for work he’s spent his last £500 on a billboard begging for a job. Adam Pacitti, from the Isle of Wight, put up the giant billboard outside Kilburn station in North London in a last ditch attempt to secure a job in the “ultra competitive, cutthroat and [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Finding Graduate Work
The fight for graduate jobs is intensifying with every academic year that passes. In 2012 an extra 50,000 graduates will be struggling to find employment compared to five years ago, and many posts are already receiving applications from last year’s output. So if you’re facing your last terms in the comfortable embrace of university how [...]
I have a degree, now what?
If you don’t know what to do with yourself now that you have graduated, then you can read our helpful guide to get some ideas. If you are lucky enough to still be studying then this should give you some ideas you can work towards now. Even if you don’t know what the practical applications [...]
Engaging graduates: the role of alumni in employability
Alumni departments and careers services both have a role to play in boosting graduate opportunity and employability, but they must work more closely together, says Alex Smith. Recently I was at the Mandarin Hotel for the University of Leicester’s summer evening reception for alumni in London. As a member of the alumni committee I feel [...]