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- National Graduate Recruitment
Exhibition London
30 & 31 May 2008
- National Graduate Recruitment
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- National Graduate Recruitment
Exhibition Birmingham
06 & 07 June 2008
- National Graduate Recruitment
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- National Graduate Recruitment
- National Work Placement
Exhibition London
09 October 2008
- National Work Placement
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- National Graduate Recruitment
Exhibition London
10 & 11 October 2008
- National Graduate Recruitment
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- National Work Placement
Exhibition Birmingham
30 October 2008
- National Work Placement
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- CV clinic
- Mock assessment centre
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- National Work Placement
- National Graduate Recruitment
Exhibition Birmingham
31 Oct & 01 Nov 2008
- National Graduate Recruitment
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- Recruiters at the exhibition
- Top tips
- Directions to the venue
- Opening Times
- CV clinic
- Advice Clinic
- Mock assessment centre
- Presentation theatre timetable
- Subsidised transport
- Invite a friend
- National Graduate Recruitment
- National Graduate Recruitment
Exhibition Manchester
06 & 07 February 2009
- National Graduate Recruitment
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- About the exhibition
- Recruiters at the exhibition
- Top tips
- Directions to the venue
- Opening Times
- CV clinic
- Advice Clinic
- Mock assessment centre
- Presentation theatre timetable
- Subsidised transport
- Invite a friend
- National Graduate Recruitment
- National Graduate Recruitment
Exhibition London
06 & 07 March 2009
- National Graduate Recruitment
Exhibition London - Register Now!
- About the exhibition
- Recruiters at the exhibition
- Top tips
- Directions to the venue
- Opening Times
- CV clinic
- Advice Clinic
- Mock assessment centre
- Presentation theatre timetable
- Subsidised transport
- Invite a friend
- National Graduate Recruitment
News
Thames Valley Police
Careers in PR
Careers in PR
Grant Thornton
Who is Grant Thornton?
Who is Grant Thornton?
IQPC - Tomorrow Begins Today
Tomorrow Begins Today!
Tomorrow Begins Today!
Break into PR
what is it really like to be on a Graduate Scheme?
Ever wondered what its like once you start working for an employer in a graduate position?
Ever wondered what its like once you start working for an employer in a graduate position?
Thales
Graduate opportunities with a global leader in Aerospace, Defence and Security
Graduate opportunities with a global leader in Aerospace, Defence and Security
Wanted: Top Graduates for the Graduate Programme at CSC! 
The Sunday Times 6th Best Company to Work For 2007 Wants You
Contact Singapore
Tap on the growth of Asia and build a career in banking at the crossroad of global financial markets
Tap on the growth of Asia and build a career in banking at the crossroad of global financial markets 
Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor’s
GRAD INTERVIEW: Shaping the course of the future
Life doesn’t always go to plan and sometimes certain events can change the direction of your career path as quick as a flash – Winter 07-08
Life doesn’t always go to plan and sometimes certain events can change the direction of your career path as quick as a flash – Winter 07-08
GEAR 4 GRADUATES
Paul Johnson tests the latest technology to find some of the best gear for job hunting, work and play – Winter 07-08
Paul Johnson tests the latest technology to find some of the best gear for job hunting, work and play – Winter 07-08
MANAGEMENT TRAINING: Don't blow it!
Put your energy into management training. Paul Johnson looks at what it takes to be a great manager. Winter 07-08
Put your energy into management training. Paul Johnson looks at what it takes to be a great manager. Winter 07-08
ASSESSMENT CENTRES: STAR PERFORMANCE
Janet Cowell has a wealth of 'insider tips' on how to shine like a star – Winter 07-08
Janet Cowell has a wealth of 'insider tips' on how to shine like a star – Winter 07-08
Get the whole deal: the importance of benefits
Company benefits can be worth thousands of pounds a year to new recruits. We look at which ones are worth having.
Company benefits can be worth thousands of pounds a year to new recruits. We look at which ones are worth having.
Unadvertised jobs - when inside knowledge pays off
It’s estimated that more than two thirds of graduate jobs aren’t advertised. We discover how to hunt out the hidden job market.
It’s estimated that more than two thirds of graduate jobs aren’t advertised. We discover how to hunt out the hidden job market.
Can you cut it? Have you got what it takes to work in sales?
Landing a job in sales can be the ideal springboard to launch a fantastic career. Great money, exciting challenges and an opportunity to pick up some of the best business skills around.
Landing a job in sales can be the ideal springboard to launch a fantastic career. Great money, exciting challenges and an opportunity to pick up some of the best business skills around.
Gear for Graduates
We’ve tested some of the latest technology and found some of the best gadgets for job hunting, work or play.
We’ve tested some of the latest technology and found some of the best gadgets for job hunting, work or play.
Engineer yourself a top career
Engineering is traditionally thought of as a male profession. But that’s all changing, with firms recruiting more and more female graduates who are every bit as good as their male counterparts
Engineering is traditionally thought of as a male profession. But that’s all changing, with firms recruiting more and more female graduates who are every bit as good as their male counterparts
London Calling?
For many graduates, the Big Smoke is the only place to go get the best jobs, the most money and a social life to die for. But is London life all that it’s cracked up to be – or can university leavers
For many graduates, the Big Smoke is the only place to go get the best jobs, the most money and a social life to die for. But is London life all that it’s cracked up to be – or can university leavers
Career Clinic
Have your questions answered by the recruitment experts
Have your questions answered by the recruitment experts
Life after graduation
Graduates reveal what they really think about uni and the real world
Graduates reveal what they really think about uni and the real world
The never-ending story
Many undergrads live in a fantasy world and only realise the difficulties of job hunting and the burden of student debt on graduation. NUS president Gemma Tumelty talks to Paul Johnson about the organ
Many undergrads live in a fantasy world and only realise the difficulties of job hunting and the burden of student debt on graduation. NUS president Gemma Tumelty talks to Paul Johnson about the organ
A great career in store
Retail as a sector is one of the biggest graduate employers around and has a dazzling array of career options...
Retail as a sector is one of the biggest graduate employers around and has a dazzling array of career options...
PUSHED TO THE LIMIT
Does a demanding career in policing appeal to you? The High Potential Development scheme (HPD)....
Does a demanding career in policing appeal to you? The High Potential Development scheme (HPD)....
Gear for Graduates
We’ve tested some of the latest technology and found some of the best gadgets for job hunting, work or play....
We’ve tested some of the latest technology and found some of the best gadgets for job hunting, work or play....
Career Clinic
Are you in a conundrum with your career or confused about CVs?
Are you in a conundrum with your career or confused about CVs?
Top 100 employers ‘good news’ for grads
Markets are all about buying and selling and the graduate jobs market is no different...
Markets are all about buying and selling and the graduate jobs market is no different...
Spies like us
Ever fancied yourself as a real-life James Bond battling the bad guys....
Ever fancied yourself as a real-life James Bond battling the bad guys....
The Degree Debate
With the introduction of top-up fees this autumn, the degree debate is a hot topic...
With the introduction of top-up fees this autumn, the degree debate is a hot topic...
Job vacancies at 10-year high
Graduates are in the best position for more than a decade to land a top job...
Graduates are in the best position for more than a decade to land a top job...
The F-Word
Finance – it’s probably the last word you want to hear, but ignoring your cash-flow can cost you dearly...
Finance – it’s probably the last word you want to hear, but ignoring your cash-flow can cost you dearly...
Work/life balancing act
A good balance between personal life and a thriving career is the key goal...
A good balance between personal life and a thriving career is the key goal...
Graduates ‘bored with their jobs’
Half of graduates working in a range of professions frequently find their work boring, according to a new study...
Half of graduates working in a range of professions frequently find their work boring, according to a new study...
Top firms ‘want elite foreigners’
Many of Britain's top firms want to hire staff from the cream of foreign graduates who have been educated at UK universities..
Many of Britain's top firms want to hire staff from the cream of foreign graduates who have been educated at UK universities..
MBAs are the business
MBAs are the most popular masters degree in the UK, according to the latest findings...
MBAs are the most popular masters degree in the UK, according to the latest findings...
Payday for public sector jobs
Starting pay for graduates in the public sector is for the first time higher than...
Starting pay for graduates in the public sector is for the first time higher than...
Body talk – getting it right
Your body language can make or break an interview...
Your body language can make or break an interview...
Career Clinic
Some of the most experienced graduate recruitment specialists around to cut through the confusion...
Some of the most experienced graduate recruitment specialists around to cut through the confusion...
Gear for Graduates
The gadgets that can give your job hunting a boost
The gadgets that can give your job hunting a boost
Have graduates got the edge?
For the low-down on the graduate job market then look no further.
For the low-down on the graduate job market then look no further.
Graduate jobs and salaries set to rise
It’s good news for students and graduates hunting for the best jobs
It’s good news for students and graduates hunting for the best jobs
GradJobs News
What's hot at the moment?
What's hot at the moment?
Helping the medicine go down…
Find out more about the pharmaceutical industry...
Find out more about the pharmaceutical industry...
Turning detective
Do your homework!
Do your homework!
Make the mark in marketing
If you want to get ahead in marketing you’ve got to be an ace when it comes to selling – and that includes both yourself and your product.
If you want to get ahead in marketing you’ve got to be an ace when it comes to selling – and that includes both yourself and your product.
Steer your career
You’ve got your degree, so what more do employers want?
You’ve got your degree, so what more do employers want?
Europe: a single market for graduates?
For graduates with a yearning for adventure, working in the European Union can be an exciting and rewarding prospect. But getting a job abroad poses its own set of tough challenges, as Joel Clark disc
For graduates with a yearning for adventure, working in the European Union can be an exciting and rewarding prospect. But getting a job abroad poses its own set of tough challenges, as Joel Clark disc
More top jobs, but grads lack skills
Employers fear they cannot fill the rising number of vacancies because graduates lack vital work skills
Employers fear they cannot fill the rising number of vacancies because graduates lack vital work skills
When branding is king
Carol Lewis, deputy editor of The Times’ Career section, highlights the importance of branding for corporate companies and reveals the winners of The Times Graduate Recruitment Awards 2006
Carol Lewis, deputy editor of The Times’ Career section, highlights the importance of branding for corporate companies and reveals the winners of The Times Graduate Recruitment Awards 2006
Show me the money
Salary is one of the most important elements of any job – particularly for cash-strapped graduates – so it’s crucial you get a good deal. We show you how.
Salary is one of the most important elements of any job – particularly for cash-strapped graduates – so it’s crucial you get a good deal. We show you how.
Career Clinic
Are you in a conundrum with your career or confused about CVs? Our career experts can help.
Are you in a conundrum with your career or confused about CVs? Our career experts can help.
News Stories
The news from this Summer
The news from this Summer
Graduates Teach First to get on in business
Teach First, an independent charity, targets high calibre students who would not normally consider a career in teaching and places them in disadvantaged secondary schools in London.
Teach First, an independent charity, targets high calibre students who would not normally consider a career in teaching and places them in disadvantaged secondary schools in London.
Selling to the world – focus on retail
Mention ‘retail’ to some job hunters and they dismiss it as just stacking shelves. But there’s a lot more to the industry than that – as many hundreds of graduates find out every year.
Mention ‘retail’ to some job hunters and they dismiss it as just stacking shelves. But there’s a lot more to the industry than that – as many hundreds of graduates find out every year.
Retail: focus on Arcadia
The Arcadia Group is the UK’s largest retailer of clothes, with more than 2,000 outlets covering eight well-known brands including Top Shop, Burton, Miss Selfridge and Dorothy Perkins.
The Arcadia Group is the UK’s largest retailer of clothes, with more than 2,000 outlets covering eight well-known brands including Top Shop, Burton, Miss Selfridge and Dorothy Perkins.
GradJobs – News section
AGR survey - more jobs and better pay
AGR survey - more jobs and better pay
News
Careers services under fire. Graduates are blaming university and college careers services for their failure to get decent jobs on graduation.
Careers services under fire. Graduates are blaming university and college careers services for their failure to get decent jobs on graduation.
Interview - Jo Causon, director of corporate affairs, Chartered Management Institute
If you’re applying for a graduate-level position, the chances are you’ll become a manager sooner or later – and in most cases that’s very much sooner.
If you’re applying for a graduate-level position, the chances are you’ll become a manager sooner or later – and in most cases that’s very much sooner.
Careers clinic
Welcome to the GradJobs career clinic. Landing that perfect job is never easy – especially when it seems you’re confronted with a never-ending series of challenges and obstacles along the way
Welcome to the GradJobs career clinic. Landing that perfect job is never easy – especially when it seems you’re confronted with a never-ending series of challenges and obstacles along the way
Gear for Graduates
Here at GradJobs we love gadgets, especially those that can give your job hunting a boost or help out with your newfound career. We’ve tested some of the latest technology for you.
Here at GradJobs we love gadgets, especially those that can give your job hunting a boost or help out with your newfound career. We’ve tested some of the latest technology for you.
Food and drink – how to land a tasty career
If you want to work in an industry that’s guaranteed to be around forever, food and drink must be the ideal choice.
If you want to work in an industry that’s guaranteed to be around forever, food and drink must be the ideal choice.
Cover yourself in glory
No matter how good your CV is, your covering letter may be letting you down badly. Get it right and you’ll be one step ahead of the competition - but get it wrong and you’re application will go no fur
No matter how good your CV is, your covering letter may be letting you down badly. Get it right and you’ll be one step ahead of the competition - but get it wrong and you’re application will go no fur
Class of ‘99 finds graduate work
Most graduates are finding work appropriate to their degrees within four years of leaving university, according to a major new investigation.
Most graduates are finding work appropriate to their degrees within four years of leaving university, according to a major new investigation.
Career clinic
Are you in a conundrum with your career or confused about CVs? Our career experts can help. We’ve assembled some of the most experienced graduate recruitment specialists around to cut through the conf
Are you in a conundrum with your career or confused about CVs? Our career experts can help. We’ve assembled some of the most experienced graduate recruitment specialists around to cut through the conf
Lead interview
The government is on a charm offensive to persuade school leavers that university is the way to a better life. In an exclusive interview, GradJobs editor Paul Johnson talks to Minister for Higher Educ
The government is on a charm offensive to persuade school leavers that university is the way to a better life. In an exclusive interview, GradJobs editor Paul Johnson talks to Minister for Higher Educ
Nightmare interviews - how to cope
The interview stage is probably one of the most dreaded parts of any job application and selection. Find out how to cope...
The interview stage is probably one of the most dreaded parts of any job application and selection. Find out how to cope...
Ten steps to impressing Employers
With thousands of applicants competing for some jobs, how do you stand out from the crowd? We team up with recruitment consultancy, The Principle Partnership, to find out.
With thousands of applicants competing for some jobs, how do you stand out from the crowd? We team up with recruitment consultancy, The Principle Partnership, to find out.
Are you Experienced?
You’ve studied hard and paid your dues, but now it’s time to find a job. Matt Pigott explains why having work experience is a great asset when it comes to staying a step ahead of the competition.
You’ve studied hard and paid your dues, but now it’s time to find a job. Matt Pigott explains why having work experience is a great asset when it comes to staying a step ahead of the competition.
Who’s the Boss?
Employees don’t leave jobs - they leave managers. We show you how to turn the tables in a job interview and find out if they are to up to scratch.
Employees don’t leave jobs - they leave managers. We show you how to turn the tables in a job interview and find out if they are to up to scratch.
Surviving the Real World
After years of studying, partying and keeping odd hours, some students find the world of work restricting, isolating and exhausting. Joel Clark helps you make the transition.
After years of studying, partying and keeping odd hours, some students find the world of work restricting, isolating and exhausting. Joel Clark helps you make the transition.
Letting you down gently
Rejection can be hard to overcome. So much so, that some employers have begun to offer rejection counselling. Paul Johnson reports on a growing trend.
Rejection can be hard to overcome. So much so, that some employers have begun to offer rejection counselling. Paul Johnson reports on a growing trend.
All the fun of the fairs
Graduate recruitment fairs aren't what they used to be. Mocked-up crime scenes now compete for attention with enticing audio-visual and interactive displays.
Graduate recruitment fairs aren't what they used to be. Mocked-up crime scenes now compete for attention with enticing audio-visual and interactive displays.
Mind the gap!
For many students, the prospect of a year away from the books and lectures after grafting hard for A levels may seem like the dream reprieve.
For many students, the prospect of a year away from the books and lectures after grafting hard for A levels may seem like the dream reprieve.
Where next after qualifying?
If you add up the years that go into your final qualifications, it's staggering how little attention people give to the question
If you add up the years that go into your final qualifications, it's staggering how little attention people give to the question
Net yourself a job
If your spider-crawl handwriting leaves a lot to be desired and doesn't present the picture of
If your spider-crawl handwriting leaves a lot to be desired and doesn't present the picture of
Companies Recruiting
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