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The summer is here and unlike the utterly absurd amount of hours you have to spend in lectures theatres and...
The summer is here and unlike the utterly absurd amount of hours you have to spend in lectures theatres and...
Sometimes it’s wholly tempting to leave these grey shores for somewhere a little bit more exotic. After all, when you’re...
Paid work experience isn’t an urban legend. Father Christmas wasn’t invented by Coca Cola, ‘daddy long legs’ aren’t incredibly poisonous and...
Applying for work experience can be a daunting prospect. Often, you’ll have to apply to a huge number of companies...
A good start is deciding what kind of work experience you actually want to get! Come up with a list...
Unfortunately, engineering companies aren’t exactly leading the pack when it comes to offering work experience opportunities, but there a number...
Whether you’re dreaming of becoming the next Zaha Hadid, Rem Koolhaas or Norman Foster, you don’t need us to tell...
We’re young, we need to bulk out our CVs and ultimately we want to get a job, which means one...
Finding work experience can be a tricky business. Short of typing “find me work experience” into Google, where can you...
Engineering companies get bucket loads of requests for work experience, so how can you make your work experience letter stand...
You might think that the only point of doing work experience is for CV fodder. You probably think you’ll just...
Luckily, this is a sector where you’re spoilt for choice when it comes to work experience and internship opportunities. From...
Although many job applications are now done online in fancy, new-fangled digital application forms, many companies still favour the traditional...
Ok, so you have three or four paragraphs to sell yourself to your future employer. How do you start writing...
A cover letter is a bit like your personal statement on a UCAS application, but for a job. A speculative...
When employers read your cover letter they need to be certain that your skills and experiences are relevant to your...
Finding a training contract is hard enough without a bad covering letter letting you down. You might think your CV...
Recruitment has gone digital. Many job applications will now require you to fill out an online cover letter, so do...
You might have heard that investment banks and other big financial services companies simply won’t have time to read your...
You’ll read plenty online about how investment banking cover letters are never read, aren’t important and are used by recruiters...
Before applying for any internship, students should attend several networking events, careers fairs, and company presentations, and meet various people...
Experience is crucial for employers when deciding who gets their foot in the door. It's strongly advised that students and...
Congratulations! You’ve just landed an internship with your ideal employer. It’s relevant to your career choice and you know you...
For many people, paid internships might seem as rare as Lady Gaga in trackie bottoms. Everyone is doing unpaid internships,...
Applying for an internship can seem like a bewildering process. Aside from turning up at the office on your knees...
Your university holidays have come around and all your friends are chatting about how tanned they’re going to get when...
Unpaid internships are everywhere. Whether it’s for two weeks or for a staggering nine months, many students accept the fact...
So you’ve got that degree in the bag, waved goodbye to student life and are ready to finally earn some...
Ah, summer… it’s all about toasty sun-drenched holidays spent acquiring dubious tan lines, milling lazily about in your hometown and...
Internship! The summer buzzword for any university student who wishes to further their career prospects and enhance their CV. Yes...
Management consulting internships give graduates and students a fantastic insight into consulting. What’s more, they can be extremely useful for...
Think of going abroad and you might think of lazy days by the beach, backpacking through South America, Full Moon...
We’re young, we need to bulk out our CVs and ultimately we want to get a job, which means one...
No, don’t groan. Yes, job application forms can be daunting. Yes, you’ve already spent a whole day honing that blummin’...
There’s no denying it, the recession has brought tough times upon architecture students. The competition to land that elusive graduate...
A heck of a lot of job opportunities aren’t advertised, so how can you get your foot on the job...
Ah, the dreaded job application form. For some reason, filling out one of these bad boys is a little bit...
Job applications are hard enough without having to faff about with buzzwords, right? Well if you get the hang of...
So, you’re applying for a job and there’s a question and answer section? This is a common way of sorting...
With so many different options and avenues these days, it’s no wonder that applying for jobs is about as daunting...
Most graduate employers have now embraced the 21st century and have devised fancy online systems for your job applications. Yes,...
Ok, so you’ve been hit with a string of job rejections, but now’s not the time to blast out ‘Creep’...
Many US law firms now have offices in the UK and offer training contracts and vacation schemes to talented students...
Tara started as a trainee solicitor with Allen & Overy in September, 2006. Since qualifying in August, 2008, she has...
We’re going to quash this once and for all: careers fairs aren’t just a chance to bag an armful of...
Looking for a job, eh? Or perhaps you’re wanting to get a bit of advice from people who have been...
So you’re planning on entering the big bad world of work. Your studies are complete, you’ve selected a career to...
On my first day as an intern at Nomura, the class was asked who thought they wanted to become a...
In light of the news that graduates believe they’re taking home less money than they think they should be, AllAboutCareers.com...
In all likelihood, you’ll be pretty chuffed if you manage to land a job in an architecture practice full stop....
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