Graduate scheme closing dates – 2009/10

Final year students I see here often ask how they can find out the closing dates for grad schemes starting next September.  The 500 full-time graduate vacancies (at the last count) on the Careers Service website are helpfully sorted by application deadline, but not all graduate scheme listings are so user friendly.  So my colleague Jenny, who also writes for this blog, has pored painstakingly through two of the main graduate recruitment directories – the GET Directory and the Prospects Directory – to produce a Calendar of Graduate Scheme Closing Dates for 2009/10.

25th Nov Placement Fair and Career Development Day

Manchester Metropolitan University Business School are holding a Placement Fair & Career Development Day on Wednesday 25th November in partnership with Pro Manchester, a corporate membership organisation representing the 240,000 employed in the financial and professional service community in and around Greater Manchester.

The Fair is open to all students from MMU, Salford and The University of Manchester to attend. Open to students studying on any year of any course (undergraduate or postgraduate) but may be of particular interest to those interested in; Business, Marketing, Accounting, Finance, IT, Computing, Law, Media, Advertising and PR.

More details follow…

‘Describe a time when you had to fill in an online application form…’

Angela Wipperman – student blogger

After mammoth amounts of procrastination, I finally took the decision to begin my graduate scheme applications this month. There is something very imposing about an application form. It is a clerical mountain – the last thing you want to do is begin the long and torturous ascent but once it’s complete you feel quite good, actually.

I drew up a  modest list of 25 companies to which I will be applying. I have found that with most of these application forms, done one, done them all. Over the last couple of weeks, and the last twelve forms, I have identified a few useful rules to approaching an online application form.

The Layman’s Guide to Careers

Tom Owen - Final Year BA Econ Student

Tom Owen – student blogger

It’s 3.28am. I should be fast asleep at this time but something terrifying is gripping my senses and the worry is stopping me sleeping. In 8 months, regardless of what I wish for, I should be making my way into the world of work, an entirely real and nerve-wracking prospect. It is often said the best way to deal with fear is to confront it. So, throughout this year, I’ll be teaming up with our award winning Careers Service to allow readers to track my journey through the final year of an BA Economics degree.

Want to use Facebook in your job? Consider a career in digital media

If you’re interested in a career in Media, PR or Marketing, you should really consider digital and online media. While the economic recession is having an impact on these already very competitive sectors, Digital Media seems to be bearing up well and even growing, particularly in Manchester and the North West. If you want to find out more, check out our Careers in Digital Media Panel event on 12 October 12.15-1.45pm and hear from our 3 great panellists:

• The BBC
• A digital PR firm
• An online education company

Graduate Jobs for 2010 – update 28 July

You might have noticed the  ‘Graduate Jobs for 2010 – coming soon’ post earlier this month.  This is just a quick update as we’ve heard of another employer who has opened applications for graduate positions to start in 2010. 

Getting a job in a recession – feedback from employers

Even though we are in a recession there are still jobs out there.

There seems to be a somewhat convenient urban myth going round that there are no jobs so you might as well not bother looking or applying – just give up and go travelling. Check out the article in The Times: There are still 10,000 reasons for graduates to get out of bed.

Graduate jobs for 2010 entry – coming soon…

Even though we’re in sunny July 2009, if you’re going into your final year in the next academic year you might want to think about graduate jobs for when you graduate in 2010.  It might seem far off but each year we find that employers open their applications for the coming round of graduate recruitment even earlier.  Last year, we saw companies such as HSBC open up applications from July 1st onwards. 

Graduate internships in Manchester – find our more…

You might have seen Jenny’s post a few weeks ago about Graduate jobs and opportunities in Manchester for those of you graduating this summer.  If you’re thinking about applying for an internship on the Manchester Graduate Internship Programme, then you might not want to miss the opportunity to find out more and ask the team any questions you have in the coming weeks.

Graduate schemes – don’t miss out

Graduate schemes are a very popular way to start a career.  They are usually with big organisations that can afford to invest in well structured training programmes for new entrants.  If you are about to graduate or are going into your final year, now’s the time to research opportunities.