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
Tag Archives: Interviews
How to answer the most common interview questions
To be in with the best chance of acing a graduate job interview, preparation is key. Though you can never predict exactly how an interview will go, there are certain common interview questions that come up time and time again. By preparing and practicing your answers to these questions, you’ll feel more in control and … Continue reading
Mind the gap! The skills employers require and what graduates assume they want.
What are the skills that graduates think are important to recruiters? And are there any differences in what recruiters consider to be relevant? Recent research reveals some interesting findings… Continue reading
How to answer ‘Tell me about at time you failed at something’
Mistakes are inevitable, we all make them. But what is the employer really assessing in your answer to this interview question? Continue reading
What should you ask an employer at the end of a job interview?
‘When do I go to the top of the pay scale…can I leave early on a Friday afternoon…when can I expect to take over from you?’ On reflection, probably not the most appropriate questions to pose when the employer asks you if you have any questions at the end of an interview – but what … Continue reading
UK Graduate recruitment trends 2017-18
Each year, the Institute of Student Employers (formerly the Association of Graduate Recruiters) undertakes a survey of its members. 200 recruiters responded to the 2017 survey. Between them they recruited 31,630 students during 2017. They employ between them 2.8 million staff across more than 16 sectors. Whilst this is a small sample of UK recruiters … Continue reading
How to Create Compelling Visual Slides That Will Make Your Audience Sit Up in Their Seats
We’ve all heard of “death by PowerPoint.” Either we’ve been one of its unfortunate victims or, worse still, one of its perpetrators. But how do you go about creating captivating slides that don’t put your audience to sleep? Continue reading
