Graduate and Careers Advice - February 2020

  • MBA and engineering

    Posted on Tuesday, February 18, 2020 by Mohammmed BagheriNo comments

    There is now a strong case for engineers to study aspects of management, and perhaps even a Master of Business Administration course (MBA). But what relevance does an MBA have to the highly technical skills of a professional engineer, and is there a need for an MBA specifically for Engineers' A postgraduate qualification is becoming more important for engineers in the future. The Engineering ...

  • Top ten most important apprenticeship tasks revealed

    Posted on Thursday, February 13, 2020 by Mohammmed BagheriNo comments

    An apprenticeship is more than boring admin, Positive Outcomes explains To mark the start of National Apprenticeship Week, new research from leading apprenticeships provider Positive Outcomes , has revealed the top ten most important tasks undertaken by apprentices during the course of their traineeship. Respondents to the study were originally asked, “What was the most unusual thing you had to ...

  • 57% of student interns offered jobs on graduate schemes

    Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2020 by Mohammmed BagheriNo comments

    Internships increase and over half lead to top graduate job offers, reports Institute of Student Employers • Employers hired 6% more interns in 2018 • 94% of employers encourage interns to return as employees • 57% of interns offered jobs on graduate schemes • 87% of interns who are offered jobs accept New research shows how internships are essential to employment with businesses hiring more ...

  • Creative Jobhunting

    Posted on Tuesday, February 11, 2020 by Mohammmed BagheriNo comments

    One source put the figure of unadvertised jobs at 80%. So why is this? Here are some of the reasons: It costs money to advertise – perhaps £1,000 to advertise in the Guardian. Employers may get more applications than they can cope with – many adverts now attract hundreds of applicants Employers may have already received CVs from suitable applicants who have written in speculatively, so they can ...

  • Top three internship mistakes to avoid

    Posted on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 by Mohammmed BagheriNo comments

    Olivia from AllAboutCareers.com tells us the top three internship mistakes to avoid. They loved your CV, you aced the interview and you’re on your way to the first day of your internship. Unfortunately the hard work is just starting. You now have to make sure that you make such a good impression during these two weeks that their reference looks like it was written by your Mum. Take a look at ...

  • UCL Graduate creates tutoring service for up and coming Medical School students.

    Posted on Saturday, February 1, 2020 by Mohammmed BagheriNo comments

    Designed and created by Dr. Patrice Baptiste, DreamSmartTutors has been created in order to help mentor students looking to take up a career in the Medical profession, which she has been doing solo since training as a medical student. The desire to become a doctor is one some feel from childhood, but the pressure to actually become a doctor is usually first felt at GCSE level, or when you decide ...