April 2019
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A Career in Law - what you need to know about the new solicitor's qualification (SQE)
A Career in Law - what you need to know about the new solicitor's qualification (SQE) If you have been following news and developments in the law sector the last few years, you will have noticed that there are recent...
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Play a game, win a job - gamification in recruitment!
Games-based assessments - a brief guide We now have games - based assessments to practise for free in our Graduates First package - go and have a try! If you have applied to any of the larger organisations the last...
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Application tips: Answering the "Why Them?" question
Cover letters and personal statements both need to cover that key question: why do you want to work for THAT organisation, or study at THAT institution? Not addressing this question in cover letters and statements is one of the biggest...
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Navigating Assessment Centres as an Autistic Graduate
As part of our Careers Celebrate Diversity, Challenge Discrimination week on Disability and Mental Health, we focus today on finding a job as an autistic graduate. Our guest blogger, Chris Ellis who recently completed his MSc in Biosciences first blogged...
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CVs: One page or two?
We get asked about CV length for non-academic, UK-based roles a lot in Application Advice appointments, so I thought it was worth tackling here. There are all sorts of rumours about which types of employers prefer a one, or a...
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Placement at Edwards Vacuum: my experience in the semiconductor industry
Placement at Edwards Vacuum: my experience in the semiconductor industry Interested in the semiconductor industry or want to know more? Have a read of this excellent blog by one of our placement students! My name is Samad Anjum and I...