Three Employee Rights that directly affect Students and Graduates
Three Employee Rights that directly affect Students and Graduates Leaving the *comfort* of your university digs and entering the big wide world of work for the very first time can be a difficult and scary transition to make. As you switch out mid-week lie-ins for mid-morning meetings, there is so much new information and knowledge…
MANAK Solicitors
How a Undergraduate Internship turned into a Permanent Graduate role
Step recently spoke to Charlotte Webb who undertook an internship at the British Coatings Federation, along with her supervisor, marketing manager Alison Brown. Q: Charlotte, what were your career aspirations and interests before and during University? My career aspirations developed from a young age watching my father at work in the car industry. However,…
Changing your Graduate Career: From Lab to Office – Hira
Hira is a 2016 Chemistry Graduate from the University of Huddersfield. In December 2016 she started in a new graduate role as a Data Analysis and IT Consultant with a world leading consultancy operating in the chemicals sector. In this blog, Hira tells us about the first few months as a Data Analysis and IT…
Hira
How to Make the Most of Your Work Experience Placement
Work experience can help you to explore your career options and set you apart from the competition. It involves investing time and effort from both parties which is why it’s important that you know how to make the most of your work experience placement. A prep school in the UK shares more. Being Clear on…
Taunton School
Five Beige Terms To Avoid in Job Applications
I have a shiny £5 note here for anyone who can tell me who the first person was who used this phrase in a CV or job applications. It seems strange, as clearly at some point there was a trend for taking basic human functions and displaying them as core employment competencies. As usual, clarification…
5 Ways it Pays Off to Study Abroad – GUEST BLOG
We’ve recently emphasised the many benefits of completing a Year-in-Industry placement in a blog for York St John University. However, for many students, particularly those studying language or international business, taking a year to study abroad can be equally as influential and beneficial in their future careers. Our friends at Storage World explain why. Not…
Storage World
Which superhero would you be? Dealing with unexpected interview questions
Most questions at an interview are fairly straight forward, “Describe a time when you worked as a part of a team”, “give me an example of…”, “what motivates you?” etc… However it’s highly likely that you’ll get at least one question that you haven’t quite prepared for and it can throw you off guard. Unusual…
What constitutes a graduate role?
‘Graduates won’t want to come and work for us, and we don’t have the time to train them’ These are a couple of common misconceptions that we come across regularly here at Step, mainly when speaking with some of the smaller sized businesses who have yet to buy into the many benefits that hiring a…
The Power of Networking
Networking Towards the end of university I remember a certain message being circulated via lecturers, that message was “it’s who you know and not what you know that counts”. As a student about to graduate, I was guilty of being a little blinded and naïve. At the time I was working towards a degree in…
9 Reasons why Graduates get Rejected and How to Deal with Them
So you’ve been through 5 stages of interviews yet you still get the call “I’m sorry but you were unsuccessful this time”. While we all know that this is demoralising and hurts, the most important thing to remember is that each interview allows you more chance to practice, and is always a learning curve. This…
