Graduate Jobs Newsroom

South coast graduates handed employment boost

Graduates based in Hampshire looking for work experience placements have been handed a boost by the news that three local universities have been awarded funding of £128,000 to create 80 internships in the Hampshire area by the end of 2010. read more...

Graduates told experience vital for some employers

Graduate job hunters particularly looking to begin a career in sales have been told by a survey that some experience in the industry would enhance their chances of being hired. read more...

Graduate job hunters could boost skills with police voluntary work

Individuals looking to complete some volunteering work to aid their prospects of gaining a graduate job may wish to approach the police.

The Bucks Free Press reports that Thames Valley Police are on the look-out for people to join the Special Constabulary group and have even set up a Facebook page to help with the search. read more...

Paid work experience for graduate job hunters in Anglesey

Young people in Anglesey are to improve their graduate job prospects thanks to a new enterprise agency scheme in the area.

Menter Mon's Monallu 2010 initiative has invited students to attend an open day at the business next Monday (December 21st) before applying for one of 40 places available to future graduate job hunters. read more...

Students get glimpse of graduate job life

Students in London have had the chance to see what it is like to work in a graduate job as part of an extra-curricular activity at university. read more...

CIPD releases graduate internship guide for marketing employers

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has boosted graduates' job prospects by advising employers on how to improve internships. read more...

Money tips given for unpaid graduate internships

With many internships unpaid and based in London, graduate job hunters hoping to boost their CVs with work experience could find it hard managing financially if schemes are unpaid. read more...

Pre-Budget report: 10,000 graduate internships announced

Chancellor Alistair Darling has revealed that graduates from poor backgrounds will receive help to get onto internships in order to improve their job prospects. read more...

Unpaid graduate internships 'worth it'

Employers willing to take on graduate job hunters in an unpaid role are helping them boost their employability, according to one group. read more...

Media pessimism hindering graduate job prospects

A graduate job hunter has said that despite doom-mongering from the British press, she will be glad to have a degree when the upturn in the economy comes.

Marie-Therese Dobbin wrote in a column for the South London Press that although the read more...