The hours spent perfecting your CV and application have paid off and you’ve been invited for an interview – congratulations! But it’s not time to relax just yet, you still have one of the most important stages to come. Continue reading
Category Archives: Job market
Location, location, location: how to improve your chances of finding a graduate job
A little known-fact about UK graduates: once they leave University they are geographically immobile. In 2015/16 once students left Uni, 58% remained in the area they studied in with 69% returning to the region they were living previously. Only 18% of graduates went to work somewhere they weren’t already connected to. (*) Continue reading
Improve your chances in the Civil Service Fast Stream application process
The UK Civil Service Fast Stream is one of the most competitive graduate schemes that there is. Typically there are nearly forty times as many people registering an interest as there are places available, and fewer than one in twenty five of those who get as far as applying will be offered a place. Should this put … Continue reading
A career in the legal profession
Sian Winter graduated from the University of Warwick and is now a successful solicitor at Wooley & Co, a Divorce & Family Law Solicitors. Here, she describes how university shaped her career and also shares her experience of developing a career in this competitive sector, offering her tips for students who would like to work … Continue reading
Looking for a placement – what I could have done differently
Industrial or ‘sandwich’ placements are extended periods of work experience that typically take place during a penultimate year of undergraduate study. The benefits are well-documented and include the opportunity to develop and convincingly demonstrate your employability skills to employers. University of Warwick Chemistry undergraduate Manpreet Kaur reflects on her experience of the application process and … Continue reading
Making applications for investment banking Insight days and Spring weeks
With hundreds of applicants per place for Spring weeks, internships and entry level jobs, investment banking is perhaps the most competitive sector in the graduate labour market. In this first of two blogs, a University of Warwick undergraduate shares his experience of the application process. Continue reading
About to graduate with no idea what to do next…?
If you feeling apprehensive about life beyond graduation, you are not alone. Making a decision about your future may feel like a daunting prospect and you may not even be sure where to begin. How can you put things in perspective so that you can feel more positive? Continue reading
