Careers in the public sector

Hello, for those of you wanting to break into careers in the public sector,  there was a special supplement in The Guardian last Wednesday, covering a wide range of topics and publicising new opportunities in this sector. If you missed it see the link below.
It includes coverage of current recruitment trends in the public sector, [...]

Late notice: graduate job in marketing open for applications now!

Just one last post before, we leave you for a few weeks….
Organisations across Greater Manchester are offering paid, graduate level internships to graduates of the University of Manchester. 14 opportunities are currently available. Roles include project co-ordinator, marketing assistant, web developer, business support trainee, and advertising sales executive. [...]

Be honest on your application forms.

Being honest in your applications may sound obvious to most people but actually dishonesty is a growing problem in these testing times. Research by the Association of Graduate Recruiters has indicated that they are seeing more applications from students and graduates which contain cheating (eg in online psychometric tests) and lying (eg.making up achievements).
This is a worrying [...]

ITV programme wants graduates doing unpaid work

We’ve been approached by the Tonight with Trevor McDonald programme on ITV, who are looking to speak to any graduates who’ve been doing unpaid work to gain experience for their CV since they finished their studies.  If you have or know anyone else who has been, please contact anna.lomas@manchester.ac.uk  – they might even get to [...]

RBS- recruiting graduates with a 2(ii)

Further to Holly’s post below about your options if you didn’t get the result you hoped for, I thought it’d be useful to pass on some info about the entry requirements for the Royal Bank of Scotland.
A colleague of ours recently went on a visit there and and was informed that not only was their [...]

Thinking of signing up with an agency?

We recently ran a session delivered by local Manchester recruitment agencies, so I thought it may be helpful to share some of their views with you.
They pointed out, as you would expect, that it’s a tougher market out there so there is a need to be as prepared as possible as far as CVs and [...]

Creative job searching-try it.

If you are finding that advertised vacancies are not as plentiful as you’d hoped, then it might be time to try a different approach. Have you heard of networking/creative job search? This is when you make direct contact with an employer(s) in the field(s) you are interested in, with the goal of making a good [...]

Graduate jobs on “Inside Careers”

I know Holly has blogged about this site in the past but I thought it worth a reminder and an alert for those of you who haven’t come across it. It covers 18 key graduate career areas and offers regular updates and views on what’s happening inthe graduate market. For instance in this month’s bulletin [...]

See if you agree with your peers…

Last month the Guardian launched the results of its Grad Facts survey for 2008.  The survey explores the attitudes and aspirations of graduates, from their experiences of university to their expectations of careers.  See if you agree with what the survey revealed:
68% said their time at university had been worth the financial investment and only [...]

Dress for success – what to wear for interview

We often get enquiries from graduates about dress codes for interview.  Obviously each organisation will have it’s own dress code, depending on the nature of their business, whether or not they are client facing, the impression they want to give to people etc.  However, as a general rule of thumb, interviews do tend to be [...]