April 30th, 2011 → 4:00 am @ marc
Whilst recruitment and selection systems often discard graduate applicants who didn’t manage to get a 2.1 this conflicts with what business owners really want according to the findings of recent research.D
April 29th, 2011 → 9:32 pm @ marc
PwC received 5,877 applications for the places, amounting to a 446% increase in applications to the spring entry on 2009 applications, and a 192% increase on last year.
April 9th, 2011 → 2:06 am @ marc
Whilst the economy remains in recovery, the number of graduate positions available cannot cater for soaring levels of students looking to enter employment. Competition is fierce, allowing graduate employers to skim the talent pool for individuals who have completed relevant work experience whilst leaving the majority of students struggling to contend.
March 11th, 2011 → 9:22 pm @ marc
KPMG, the professional services firm, is extending its school leavers’ programme to Exeter and Birmingham Universities.
March 11th, 2011 → 8:35 pm @ marc
Jaguar Land Rover has doubled the number of graduates it plans to recruit this year.
The company plans to hire 280 graduates in 2011 compared to 135 last year.
The 280 graduates will be hired for a variety of roles across the business including product development, engineering, manufacturing, finance, human resources, IT, marketing and purchasing. The company’s [...]
March 9th, 2011 → 5:21 am @ marc
Pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced last week that it will pay university tuition fees for those joining its graduate scheme once higher rate fees have hit.
February 6th, 2011 → 6:00 am @ marc
Professor Peter Hawkins, a graduate employment expert at Liverpool University, has said that work experience is now “absolutely crucial” for young people. He describes a degree as “no longer a meal ticket to people’s future – it’s merely a licence to hunt.”
January 25th, 2011 → 6:08 am @ marc
In a global first for England the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) has announced that by 2012 all applicants for University teacher training courses will undergo psychometric assessment.
December 22nd, 2010 → 4:46 am @ marc
Some elite London law firms are passing over well-qualified, white working-class job applicants in favour of middle-class graduates from elite universities who they think would be better for their image, new research says.
December 16th, 2010 → 1:23 am @ marc
UBS is trialing a new dress code for employees (the trial is starting off in five retail branches in Switzerland). And already the 44-page document is the subject of much mirth.
