For those of you who are currently looking for graduate opportunities in Retail or are interested in finding our more more about a career in Retail I’d put the following event firmly in your diary. 1^st & 2^nd November, online, with top brand names such as Marks & Spencer & Argos already confirmed. They are looking to recruit final year students for their 2012 intake, but they’re also still looking for recent graduates for current roles as well.

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I’m writing this due to the unashamedly sexy profile of the organisation in question. Mi5 have been in touch to alert you to the fact that, in spite of being a government department, they are actively recruiting new graduates at the moment and in good numbers. Check out the roles in the £24,750 per annum pay bracket. Tasty.

No matter what I do I can never get away from the fact that even when I’m back home in Tooting and not here in Brunel work is never that far away. I put it down to the continual procession of planes over my house in the south west making their steady way westwards to Heathrow. Continual reminders that “Look, your work’s over here”!

I guess it’d be the same if I was a pilot at Heathrow, rather than a careers consultant. A bit out there. I mean, how many of us can genuinely consider becoming an airline pilot? If British Airways have their way, a lot more of us. They’ve launched a new scheme called the Future Pilot Programme. They aren’t quite open for applications yet but you can register your interest through their site and spend some time having a  nosey around as well.

Can it happen for you? Why not. With up to 100 positions available there’s plenty of scope.

I am very happy to introduce you to a guest post written by a current graduate at Barnardo’s, Zoe:

Despite the increasing numbers of graduates interested in working in the charitable sector, perhaps the biggest myth of all to over come is that of the elusive ‘graduate job’. 

Apart from a handful of graduate training programmes, many charities do not specifically offer ‘graduate’ level jobs. There are however Continue reading →

There’s been a clear increase in the last couple of years of companies entering the grad job market offering to train you and then place you in commercial organisations. FDM Academy are probably the most visible, appearing at the top of recent polls of recruiters of graduates into IT careers. Now my attention has been drawn by recruitment specialist GCS. They don’t do the placement aspect (you work for them) but they do have what they call a “training academy” into sales, the cornerstone of a recruitment business.

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