Getting on a graduate scheme can be competitive, especially in the current economic climate, so industrial placement experience or related work experience will help you to stand out from the crowd.
James: If you do set the goals initially when you can keep re-evaluating where you are going and making sure you're going where you want to go and is it adding to what you want to do ultimately whether it's
getting on a graduate scheme or
getting on a graduate scheme for a specific company or industry then you know you're going in the right direction.
Not exact matches
when i
got into investing a few years ago after
graduating college, i tried the whole
scheme of investing in speculative stocks like some biotech's and i have lost out
on many of the great returns shown in the strongest companies.
He failed to
get a place
on The Times» trainee
scheme after
graduating from Oxford University in 1992 and was briefly a freelance reporter
on the Daily Telegraph's diary column.
So just as we have backed programmes which
get graduates teaching in our worst schools or working in social services, I can announce that I have asked Brett Wigdortz, Chief Executive of Teach First, to advise
on setting up a new social enterprise that will work to develop a similar
scheme for prisons.
In fact, it may be the big, household - name companies that first to come to mind when thinking about
graduate recruitment but in reality only 14 % of
graduates actually
get places
on these companies»
graduate training
schemes.
The assessment centre may seem artificial, but you should be able to show what you'd really be like if you
got a place
on the
graduate scheme.
Though there are lots of stages to
get through to secure the position, with a
graduate scheme you can guarantee you'll
get training and
on - the - job experience.
A popular choice after university is
graduate training
schemes as these programmes can be an excellent introduction to the world of work, plus you'll
get entirely supported
on - the - job training.
Whatever point you're at in your career journey,
get a head start
on the competition and find out which employers are running marketing, advertising and PR
graduate schemes in 2018.
Performing well
on a retailer's industrial placement is a good way to make yourself stand out if you're hoping to
get on to its
graduate scheme.
Read our advice
on how to
get on a non-cognate quantity surveying or building surveying
graduate scheme.
On such training
schemes,
graduates often work across different areas of logistics to
get a varied experience.
It's really easy in your final year to see your friends
getting on to
graduate schemes or landing jobs and postgrad places, and to then immediately freak out at the thought that you're not doing enough yourself.
You can also see open vacancies for jobs, internships and
graduate schemes with each employer, pick up tips
on how to
get hired, check where employers rank in The Guardian UK 300 and find out how happy current
graduate trainees in this industry are with their jobs.
Graduates on a risk
graduate scheme will usually spend 12 to 18 months
getting experience across the different risk functions before specialising in a particular area such as risk analysis.
But in reality the majority of you won't have landed
on such a route — only 14 per cent of people who apply
get onto
graduate schemes.
Most new
graduates will
get jobs, but not
on large
graduate training
schemes, rather with small businesses and local firms — both public and private sector employers which are not covered by these surveys.
Applying for an engineering
graduate scheme is not the case of turning up to the office,
getting down
on your knees and waving your degree in their face.
From professional accreditation of your marketing modules, to student
schemes, there's a wealth of IDM initiatives,
on campus and off, to give your university the edge when it comes to
getting graduates into marketing jobs
After two successful years
on the
graduate scheme applicants will potentially have had the training and experience for a level five position at Boots, and I have worked hard to
get there quickly.
Yes, they might have studied a degree that is relevant they've applied for, or they'll actually,
on a lot of
graduate schemes, it doesn't matter what they've studied as long as they've
got that qualification.
As well as project work, Atos has allowed me to
get involved in both business unit initiatives and service improvements, as well as take a lead
on graduate initiatives aimed at constantly improving the recruitment process and grad
scheme for new recruits.»
Candidates I coach can obsess about
getting on a big
graduate scheme at a well - known firm and are almost unaware that in terms of numbers the vast majority of jobs are with small and medium sized firms where the opportunities to grow and take responsibility are just as large.
Especially for the questions you
get on online application forms for
graduate schemes which ask around difficult situations you've had --
And then ones where, I can remember, it was a
graduate scheme for a credit card., a well known credit card and I
got put forward for it by a
graduate recruiter and I wasn't particularly interested in it and the feedback, naturally, came back that well, you did really well
on the competencies but we didn't really didn't
get the, why you wanted to work here which was entirely true because I, you know, I wasn't passionate about the company.
Finally what I think is great is that this book doesn't just focus
on getting into the big
graduate schemes.
I've experienced both sides of the
graduate recruitment fence, from applying to and
getting a job
on a much sort after
graduate scheme, through to interviewing perspective
graduates and running assessment centres.
Looking to
get on to a
graduate scheme which provides training and development?