YouTube Competition: Become a Vlogger and Win £300

• February 02, 2021
• Author: Give A Grad A Go

Have a spare 15 minutes and a smart phone?

Want to share your career journey on our growing YouTube channel and be in with the chance of winning £300?

After the success of our Student Guest Blog Programme, we're excited to announce the launch of our Graduate YouTube Programme!

We're inviting you to take part in our new YouTube Graduate Takeover series and create a video sharing your graduate career path and an insight into what your role involves.

 

How to enter our vlogging competition:

1. Fill in the sign-up form at the bottom of this blog with a few of your details.

2. Subscribe to our YouTube channel.

3. Read through our prompt questions and filming guidelines. Feel free to send us a test video to check if your video meets our requirments.

4. We'll be in touch with the next steps!

 

Why should I take part in the YouTube competition?

 

With so many graduates unsure on what career to persue, your insights will be an invaluble resource and help give other students and graduates more of an idea as to the career path that they'd like to follow.

Your video will be published on our YouTube channel (with some of our popular uploads having as many as 20K views) and across our social channels, reaching our network of 50k + connections! This is a fantastic opportunity for thousands to learn from your tips, and with your video including a link to your LinkedIn profile, there's the potential for excellent networking opportunities.

Once your video has been published on our channel, you'll recieve a digital certificate and a LinkedIn badge to add to your profile, stating that you've taken part in our programme!

You'll receive a breakdown of how your video performed and its YouTube analytics rankings – giving you an insight into how YouTube metrics work.

We'll also share with you our top tips for producing engaging YouTube videos and how we promote our videos, giving you helpful marketing knowledge to use in your career and tips if you're looking to start your own YouTube channel!

 

How do I win the video competiton?

 

The winner of our £300 prize is the individual who gets the most views on their video! 

When your video is published, we'll share your video across our socials channels, but to gain more traction, we encourage all entries to share their video with friends, family and wider network to further increase views and chances of winning!

Winners will be picked at the end of every quarter, our first winners will be picked in April, and the winner chosen at the end of June. So the sooner we feature your video, the sonner you can start racking up views!

 

What kind of video should I create?

 

We'd love you to talk about your graduate career journey, from what you studied at University, anything that helped you land your new role and what a 'day in your life' looks like in your job.

We've put together a list of prompt questions to help structure your video - you don't have to answer all the questions if you don't want to, and feel free to come up with your own additional questions!

 

Our video competition prompt questions

• What is your name? Current job title and company you are working at?
• What did you study at University? And did your degree help you in your role today?
• What attracted you/made you want to apply to this particular role and company?
• What does a typical day look like in your role as a (X)?
• Are there any expectations you had about this career path that you have found differed to reality, in both a good or bad way?
• Is your current role a graduate scheme? If it is, in your opinion how do you think a grad scheme differs and what are the benefits or drawbacks of choosing a graduate scheme over a graduate job?
• Describe your job in 3 words
• What is the best part about your job as an (X role)?
• What has been the most challenging part of your (X role) so far in (X industry)?
• What skills are the most crucial to succeeding in this career? What type of person do you need to be?
• How have you progressed in your role since you started?
• What has been your greatest achievement in your role so far?
• What advice would you give someone looking to start a career as a (X role)?
• Where do you see your career heading?

 

If Give A Grad A Go placed you in your role, you might like to answer some of the questions below too:

Additional prompt questions

• Why did you choose to find a job through GAGAGO?
• How would you describe the service you received from your recruiter at GAGAGO?
• What did you think about the recruitment process with GAGAGO?
• Would you recommend GAGAGO to a friend?
• If you could sum up your experience with GAGAGO in one word, what would it be?
• If you used any other recruitment agencies, what makes GAGAGO better than other recruitment agencies?

 

Filming Guidelines

Make sure you follow these guidelines to ensure your video is eligble to be entered into the competition.

Use a neutral or white background

Wear some smart office clothing

Use a window or lamp for bright lighting

Make sure to film in a quiet location

Film in landscape and high definition

Keep it between 5 and 15 minutes long

Remember!

Be as personable and engaging as possible! This will help viewers stay on your video and watch untill the end, boosting your chances of winning our £300 prize!

 

If you'd like to see if your filming set up meets our video requirements, please feel free to send us a quick test video and will then be in touch with any tips and adjustments.

Check out our example video on our YouTube Channel!

 

Interested in entering our competition?

For more information and to submit your entry get in touch below:

 

Competition Terms and Conditions

• Competition entries must follow the video guidelines outlined above, Give A Grad A Go can refuse to submit entries which do not follow these. Please check with us prior if you are unsure.
• By entering the competition you are giving Give A Grad A Go the rights to own the video and we are free to share across all of our social platforms.
• Competiton winners are those who's video has performed the best (gained the most views compared to other entries in the set time frame).
• The time frame for entries is between January to April (winner announced in June), and the second competition of the year will be from July to October (with winner announced in December).
• There will be two winners every year, announced after each 6 month entry period (in June and December).
• Winners will be contacted via email address.
• You can only submit one video entry each 12 months.
• All entries must be subscribed to our YouTube channel.
• Give A Grad A Go accepts no responsibility for incomplete, late or corrupted entries.
• Entrants must reside in the UK or Australia.
• By entering this competition, entrants consent to their name and video being mentioned in a post on Give A Grad A Go’s page if they win.
• The winners are required to send a message to Give A Grad A Go using the social media account they entered with, within 2 weeks of the competition closing.
• Prizes are non-transferrable and cannot be exchanged for a cash alternative.
• Give A Grad A Go reserves the right to offer an alternative prize should the requested item not be available.
• Give A Grad A Go reserves the right to cancel this competition or amend these terms and conditions. The promoter’s decision is final, and no correspondence will be entered.
• This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with YouTube.

• February 02, 2021
• Author: Give A Grad A Go