Internships

OK, confession time! A long time ago, when I went for my first interview for a graduate scheme at a leading advertising agency - right at the end the interviewer asked me, "so, if you could be a vegetable; what...

Yesterday, my colleague Ghislaine Dell and I contributed to a session on 'Make the Most of Your Summer'. We loved it and are really looking forward to the participants letting us know what they're getting up to over the summer...

Hope you all had a lovely Easter break! We know there are a number of you out there who are fans of George R . R Martins Game of Thrones books and the ever popular HBO series which kicks off...

You might think a handshake is straightforward – you clasp, shake, release – what could possibly go wrong? Well, here are five types of common handshakes you might want to avoid in an interview: The floppy fish: nerves can play havoc...

Today is the UN's International Day of Happiness – a day set aside to raise global awareness that happiness is a fundamental human goal.  Now, the average Brit spends 100,000 hours at work during their lifetime – that's more than 11...

A few weeks ago we published our most comprehensive resource to help you find an internship! I was intrigued to see the Independent's post on 6 great sites to help you find an internship and in particular wanted to see if there...

Picture this: Your phone rings, it is a unknown number - you answer with much trepidation. It is someone from the graduate recruitment team following an assessment center you went to. Hurrah they have offered you the job. This should...

I wanted to share some upcoming deadlines that may be of interest to some of our students: Women in Investment Banking: offers 50 career motivated first year female students a unique opportunity to hear first-hand what it is like to work...

For a number of our students thoughts have turned to finding a summer internship and we thought we would pull together helpful websites to kick start your internship applications. General sites CareerPlayer - Search graduate internships by industry and location....

According to Gradsouthwest.com, the South West enjoys higher than average employment and was recently judged to be the happiest place to work. Good news so far. So what opportunities are available to you when you graduate? The following illustrates the range of employers based here:...