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7 Reasons You Should Take an Internship

People sometimes become a bit dubious when deciding whether or not to take an internship. Often, when freshly graduating, you lack enough experience to get a full-time permanent job, so internships, apprenticeships, and work experience are your only options. However, we must stop looking at these negatively and think of everything we can gain from…

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How to Get a Graduate Job with No Experience

The age-old saying goes “you can’t get a job without experience… and you can’t get experience without a job”, and as a fresh graduate out of university this is one of the toughest barriers to face when trying to launch a career. There is hope however, as there are some quick and simple things that…

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Finally Graduated? 5 Ways to Turn Your Skills into Assets

University is full to the brim with enjoyable nights out and endless chats with mates, and it comes with its fair share of nervous breakdowns, stressful exams and revising into the wee hours, too. And, now that you’ve finally graduated, you’re probably feeling a bit worried about where to go from here. Everyone goes through this inner-turmoil. Anyone that…

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Talent Acquisition

What are the Main Benefits of Hiring Graduates?

Often a great business decision, choosing to hire a student or a recent college graduate gives all businesses much more job description flexibility. Of course, when a business is trying to decide between hiring a recent college grad or pursuing a more experienced workforce veteran, there are many pros and cons that need to be…

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9 Tips to Writing a Graduate Cover Letter

If you are a fresh graduate, your first priority after finishing your studies is to get a full-time job. When you are looking for work, you spend a lot of time writing and polishing your resume to make it exactly right. The cover letter almost seems like an after thought. It can be tempting to…

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How Grads Can Use Social Media for Job Search

Graduate jobs have always been difficult to obtain, but now that employers plan to increase internships hires by 8.5% in 2012, things will get even more difficult and competitive. There will be more applicants for the positions and now more than ever is the time to find a way to stand out in a crowd.…