UKSP – A Well Timed Helping Hand to Youth
With youth unemployment rates in the UK reaching nearly 20% in the past year, our government has been under pressure to introduce initiatives that will get more young people into work.
One such initiative is the UKSP which was recently established by
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Four year degrees containing 1 year’s work placements make you more employable.
The results of Sir Tim Wilson’s review of university-business collaboration are out. Wilson was commissioned by the government last year to come up with ways to make Britain the world leader in university-business collaboration.
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Should Young Jobseekers Use Workfare?
There has been a lot of concern recently over the government’s Workfare Scheme; this is a new scheme where young benefits claimants between the age of 18 and 24 who have been unemployed for 3 to 9 month can volunteer for a work placement lasting two to eight weeks.
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Attitude More Important Than Degree in Getting a Job
Ernst and Young recently conducted an interesting survey of more than 1000 UK university students which was based on methodology of the Centre of Applied Positive Psychology, (Capp). The study was featured in Personnel Today recently.
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What Employers Want from Graduates
With the ONS figures showing that youth unemployment is currently sitting at a 17 year high at 22.3%, it may surprise you to hear that 38% of employers still ‘believe that there are too few graduates to fill entry-level vacancies – this is according to research from ExpertHR as featured on Personnel Today.
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How Your Online Personal Brand Can Help You Find The Right Job
Online personal branding
Building an online personal brand has become an increasingly crucial career tool for the internet age. Given the current competitiveness in the jobs market, being able to distinguish yourself online for employers, recruiters and hiring managers is an essential part of jobseeking.
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10 Top Tips to Help Make University More Affordable
As you are all no doubt aware, the University experience in Britain has been forever changed by the recent decision to allow Universities to charge up to £9,000 per year for tuition fees. This means that university will be more expensive than it has ever been. This dramatic increase in fees has left poorer students feeling that they cannot afford to go to university. This is simply not the case, and below I have offered ten top tips to that can help aspiring graduates to get to University.
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My CV Writing Guide for Graduates (Includes CV Template)
Dear Graduate,
This guide consists of a Model CV and Covering Letter and step by step annotations telling you how to prepare each section of your CV. These annotations can be found in the comments boxes adjacent to the relevant section of the CV. This guide also contains a selection of powerful sample/example phrases loaded with superlatives and action words.
Please click the image below to download the CV Writing Guide for Graduates.
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