Bit of a double plug this one. Firstly for GradU8, an online careers forum/fair which has already taken place but which you can catch up on by reading the various online discussions between employers and students which took place and for Ashley Hever’s clip which contains some excellent advice on not giving up and seeking out that feedback from employers when your application is unsuccesful or you are unsuccessful after assessment centres/interviews.

So many of us shy away from asking for that feedback. We get the stock response that “Please don’t contact us as we can’t handle additional requests for feedback” when in actual fact very often they can. The reason companies often say that they can’t is because if they said any different they’d be inundated and would have no time for anything else.

So, pick up that phone. Send that email. See if there’s any more they can tell you. And ask them nicely…