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Graduate jobs and how to get one
Schemes and direct jobs, the recruitment calendar, the graduate CV, the 2:2 question, and the tests, assessment centres and interview questions that decide who gets through.
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- What is a graduate scheme?How schemes work, what they pay, how they differ from a graduate job and who each suits.
- When should I apply for graduate jobs?The recruitment calendar month by month, why rolling deadlines matter and what to do if you've missed the autumn.
- How do I write a graduate CV?Section order, turning modules and a dissertation into evidence, and writing part-time work as results.
- I've graduated with no job. What should I do?What the outcomes data say, a twelve-week structure and the week-six check that tells you what to change.
- Can I get a graduate job with a 2:2?Which big employers dropped the 2:1, where filters remain and how to build a case that beats the grade.
- What happens at an assessment centre?The exercises, how assessors score, pass rates and a one-week preparation plan.
- How do I pass psychometric tests for graduate jobs?Numerical, verbal, logical, game-based and personality tests, how scoring works and a three-week practice plan.
- What is a situational judgement test and how do I pass it?How the scoring key is built from the employer's own staff and a method for ranking responses.
- How do I use the STAR method with no work experience?The proportions of a STAR answer and two worked examples from a group project and a café shift.
- How do I answer 'Why do you want to work here?'A three-part answer, thirty minutes of research that produces it and the answers every candidate gives.
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