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With over 500,000 students expected to attend university this year, competition for graduate jobs is going to be pretty high....

Daunted about writing an apprenticeship CV? Never fear, AllAboutCareers is here. We present our guide to writing a world-beating apprenticeship...

The Europass Portfolio was developed to help people find work or study in other European countries by making qualifications, skills...

Whilst many people are dismissive of investment banking cover letters, investment banking CVs carry some weight. Cheesy analogy ahoy, but...

Whatever job you apply for, and whatever stage you’re at in your life, be it school leaver, undergraduate, graduate or...

Fine tuning the opening sentence of your personal statement is a task most students dread, particularly because so much attention...

Here’s an example of a personal statement from a student wanting to study a joint honours degree in English and...

You might think that a personal statement is just for that special 47 line or 4000 character UCAS box and...

Ok, take a deep breath, find a quiet place and expect to devote several hours to writing your personal statement....

Numerical reasoning tests are one of the most common types of aptitude test used by employers in their selection process....

Verbal reasoning tests are a common form of aptitude test used by employers, since being able to comprehend written information...

Inductive reasoning tests are yet another one of those niggly tests used by recruiters to suss out your skills and...

Psychologists have developed an array of tools that evaluate human competencies (aptitudes and behaviors) among individuals. Nowadays, many firms and...

Group exercises are used to measure how you behave in a situation which simulates an aspect of the role for...

Presentations can be the most terrifying part of an assessment centre. Many people are nervous about speaking in public (glossophobia,...

An in-tray exercise might be one of the tests you’ll have to complete at an assessment centre. It’s a way...

“How on this fine earth do you ‘test’ someone on their personality?! Surely their personality shines through in a job...