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How To Get Your Online CV Past The Robots

30 Apr 2019

We’ve already got some high quality tips on our site about creating a winning CV for traditional-style postal job applications, but how about the growing trend of applying for jobs using online systems such as ATS (Applicant Tracking Systems)? Well, some of the same...

How to Market Yourself to a Grad School Admissions Committee

03 Oct 2016

This is a guest blogpost by QS, the world’s leading information specialist in the higher education sector. The grad school admissions process can feel pretty daunting (and with reason). From your GRE scores to letters of recommendation and your statement of purpose, it’s important...

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10 Employers With Inspiring Staff Perks & Benefits

31 May 2016

Almost all companies provide their employees with some form of staff perks and benefits, but some employers really think outside the box to offer the people who work for them something more than just a wage packet, a company pension and a few weeks’...

6 Ways To Avoid University – But Still Get A Good Job

30 Jun 2015

If you are looking for alternatives to university, for whatever reason, then it doesn’t mean that you’ll wind up stuck in a dead end job with no career prospects. While UCAS Clearing is now open for anyone still hoping to start a degree this...

Career Test For Students – How To Choose A Career

25 Mar 2015

What Career Should I Choose? What is the best career for me? What job suits me? What career path should I take? What job would be the most rewarding for someone like me? What happens if I end up stuck in a career that...

No 1 LinkedIn Blunder: Are you making it?

11 Feb 2015

Time and time again I see glaring mistakes on LinkedIn profiles. I want to make sure you aren’t making any of these mistakes and if you are, well at least you will know and you can do something about it – fast! I am...

Don’t be the Graduate who blames the economy!

06 Feb 2015

Yes it is scary after you leave uni particularly if you’ve NOT managed to secure that all important graduate job. So why I am mentioning this now? You have plenty of time left before you graduate – right? Well it depends… you need to...

A Cookbook For Student Job Hunters

29 Jan 2015

In case you haven’t heard of it, IFTTT can be a very useful weapon in many areas of life – and the team over there has just produced something which is particularly useful for anyone looking for student jobs…   (Apologies if you came...

Student jobs fraud: What scams are out there and how you can avoid them

21 Jul 2014

It’s no secret that job hunting can be stressful, time-consuming and demoralising. While prospects are looking up, with a steady increase in youth employment and initiatives including the abolition of National Insurance Contributions intended to support this increase, the job search is not without...

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