{"id":1082,"date":"2018-09-14T12:00:25","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T11:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/?p=1082"},"modified":"2025-10-22T15:56:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T14:56:51","slug":"last-minute-preparation-for-applying-to-graduate-schemes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/2018\/09\/14\/last-minute-preparation-for-applying-to-graduate-schemes\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Minute Preparation for Applying to Graduate Schemes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Last Minute Preparation for Applying to Graduate Schemes<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2017\/11\/Technology-Request-Tablet-Online-Application-Ipad-1883453.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-929\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2017\/11\/Technology-Request-Tablet-Online-Application-Ipad-1883453.jpg\" alt=\"Application Form\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2017\/11\/Technology-Request-Tablet-Online-Application-Ipad-1883453.jpg 960w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2017\/11\/Technology-Request-Tablet-Online-Application-Ipad-1883453-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2017\/11\/Technology-Request-Tablet-Online-Application-Ipad-1883453-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You may not have noticed but adverts for <strong>2019\/20 graduate schemes<\/strong> have been published for a while already and the majority of them will open in September with deadlines October and November. For example, Morgan Stanley opened their programmes on Monday 3rd of September, Associated British Foods on Monday 3rd September, Frontline (social work) on 17th August and Civil Service Fast Stream will open on 20th September. Have a look on <a href=\"https:\/\/myfuture.bath.ac.uk\/\">MyFuture<\/a> for many others in a variety of sectors. However, have a look soon, some schemes close in a matter of weeks and some will close well ahead of the deadline if they receive enough applications.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So for those of you have not yet polished your CV, perfected your interview skills or practised those pesky psychometric tests, <strong>what can you do to get prepared before you start back at Bath?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you are arriving the weekend before term starts, why don't attend all the skills development sessions you need in one day! We are again delivering our popular\u00a0<strong>Careers Prep in a Day<\/strong> on Saturday 29th September, where you can explore job hunting, CV writing, interview skills and more, all in one day. <a href=\"https:\/\/myfuture.bath.ac.uk\/students\/events\/Detail\/691645\/careers-service-careers-prep-i\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Book a place now to ensure you are prepared!<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Secondly, we now have recordings of our skills development webinars on MyFuture under <a href=\"https:\/\/myfuture.bath.ac.uk\/students\/resources\/search?order=Relevance&amp;topicsUseAnd=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resources<\/a>, covering <a href=\"https:\/\/myfuture.bath.ac.uk\/students\/links\/detail\/60\">Finding a Graduate Job<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/myfuture.bath.ac.uk\/students\/links\/detail\/61\">CV and Cover Letter Writing<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/myfuture.bath.ac.uk\/students\/links\/detail\/62\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Ace Psychometric Tests<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Watch and\u00a0 listen to the recordings at your leisure.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Are you instead considering <strong>further study?<\/strong>\u00a0We still have places available on our webinar next week, covering everything you need to know about <a href=\"https:\/\/myfuture.bath.ac.uk\/students\/events\/Detail\/688609\/careers-service-webinar-consid\">Further Study.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Do you prefer reading instead of listening? Then have a look at our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/publications\/finding-a-graduate-job-guide\/\">Find a Graduate Job guide.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Start preparing for those <strong>psychometric tests<\/strong> now, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/guides\/succeed-in-the-selection-process-psychometric-assessments\/\">practise a range of different tests for free here.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So why wait preparing your applications for graduate schemes until you are back on campus? Start now and have a calmer October.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Remember, if you have any questions or you want your application checked over, s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/guides\/careers-service-appointments\/\">ee the range of appointments on offer here.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Minute Preparation for Applying to Graduate Schemes You may not have noticed but adverts for 2019\/20 graduate schemes have been published for a while already and the majority of them will open in September with deadlines October and November....<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":827,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[748],"tags":[369,46,22,35,208,368],"class_list":["post-1082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-careers-prep-in-a-day","tag-cover-letters","tag-cv","tag-further-study","tag-psychometric-tests","tag-webinars"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/827"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}