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Finding Graduate Jobs During a Recession
Treat recessions as a chance to get your head in the game and get ahead once you graduate.
Grilling Your Interviewer
Interviewees aren’t burned at the stake for asking interesting, smart questions. Quite the reverse, in fact! Making your interviewers think "Wow, you’re intelligent!" will make them warm to you in the best possible way.
10 Common Interview Questions and How to Answer Them
Don't be caught off-guard in an interview! Try thinking about what you might be asked in advance and come prepared.

Planning Your Job Search

You and Your Career

Making a good career match means thinking about the people, the place, the position and, most importantly, YOU.

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Finding Graduate Jobs During a Recession

News of an oncoming recession got you down about your job prospects? Take it as a chance to get your head in the game and get ahead once you graduate.

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Five Ways to Find A Job

Make sure you don’t miss the employers who are actively recruiting – but be aware too that plenty of available jobs are also not advertised.

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Applications and CVs

Timing and Planning Your Jobs Campaign

Need to organise yourself so you can create a dozen well thought-out applications for individual employers while still getting your class assignments turned in? Take a tip from an unlikely source – the chefs at your favourite restaurant!

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5 Cover Letter Blunders

Successful cover letters don’t just flatter recruiters and hardsell yourself. Find out what you should avoid in a cover letter for an internship or graduate job and why.

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The Four Main Types of Résumés

Whether you want to promote your skills, your experiences, a combination of the two, or you simply want to make an effect – there's a résumé for every occasion.

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Interview Tips and Techniques

Inside Your Interviewer's Head

These typical questions in recruiters’ heads will affect their behaviour – and your response.

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10 Common Interview Questions and How to Answer Them

Don't be caught off-guard in an interview! Try thinking about what you might be asked in advance and come prepared.

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A Guide to Handling Panel Interviews

What if you arrive to find not one – but two or more people waiting to interview you? Here’s how to navigate panel interviews.

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Assessment Centres

How to Ace Your Assessment Centre Presentation

If the thought of speaking in front of a mixed group of candidates and assessors fills you with dread, follow our ground rules for a perfect presentation.

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What to Expect in Group Exercises

Group exercises are highly adaptable instruments that let recruiters assess applicants’ teamwork abilities in a single setting.

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How to Deal with Case Studies

The case study exercise can be quite a tough nut to crack if you’re unsure what to keep an eye out for. Impress your recruiters with some of our tips!

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Accepting and Rejecting Offers

Handling Job Offers: Accepting and Declining

Congratulations, you’ve been offered a job! Now, how do you say yes (or no)?

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Coping with Rejection

Rejections can be difficult to move on from because they often imply failure, but here are some practical tips to help you get through the difficult time.

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Getting Feedback from Graduate Recruiters

Getting rejected can be pretty painful, and it’ll leave you asking what you’ve done wrong. Ask the recruiters for feedback to find out and, at the same time, how to do better in your next interview.

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Internships and Work Experience

How to Get an Internship

Looking for work experience but don’t know where to start? Here are some tips on finding an internship position.

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Why You Should Do an Internship

”Looking for a fresh graduate with 1 to 2 years’ work experience” – Does this line from a job ad look familiar? Take up an internship to meet this impossible hiring requirement.

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Internship Résumés: What to Include When You Have No Work Experience

No relevant work experience? No worries. Here are some suggestions on how to beef up your résumé.

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