Manchester City Council’s Paid Internship Programme Brings Success
Manchester City Council has worked with Step for a number of years on their undergraduate summer internship programme. For the past two years the Council’s Policy, Partnerships and Research service has taken on two students for 12 week internships to assist with research projects around developing the evidence base for the city’s economic growth. This…
Art in Graphs, Pie Charts & Excel! – Adaugo
Adaugo is a Psychology student from the University of Birmingham. Over the summer she completed an IPA AdMission internship with iris London. Before starting my internship, I had no idea what to expect, everything was going to be new and shiny. Advertising had always intrigued me but I wasn’t sure what role I could play…
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Creativity is key – Aiyanna
Aiyanna is a Creative and Professional Writing graduate from the University of South Wales. She has recently secured a permanent role as a Graduate Bid Writer. Your first full time job as a creative often offers a palette of unavoidable questions: will I become a big corporate sell out? Are my skills up to scratch?…
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The perils of beige job adverts
This Step business blog is a counterpoint to our student-focused blog ‘The perils of beige applications’. At Step we spend a significant part of every day advising candidates and providing feedback on all aspects of their applications. As part of this we guide them on how to avoid a lot of the pitfalls and common…
National Student Survey – the results are in!
Yesterday saw the publication of this year’s National Student Survey (NSS) results. Final-year undergraduates were invited to fill out a questionnaire, assessing their satisfaction with the quality of their university and degree programme. The results are captured in aggregate scores that allow the country’s universities to be ranked according to overall ‘student satisfaction’. This year’s…
An insight into engineering success! – David
David is a Mechanical Engineering Graduate from the University of Southampton. He has recently completed a Graduate Mechanical Designer Internship with L.B. Foster Automation In this blog David gives us a step-by-step account of his journey from new graduate to his first weeks on the job, in his graduate internship. Despite studying engineering for four…
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From Carpet Fitting to Market Researcher! – Chris
Chris is a Sports Business Management Graduate from Leeds Beckett University. Chris successfully completed a 12-week internship as a Market Researcher with an established manufacturer. He has since been taken on permanently in the role. After handing in my last piece of work at Leeds Beckett University in May, in sheer desperation to keep my…
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Fresher Food – Tips for cooking on a budget
You’ve arrived at university, settled in to your accommodation, found the local Dominos already and you’ve clocked the nearest McDonald’s drive through. But you know that’s not going to sustain you forever. Cooking for yourself can’t be that hard right?! You’ve watched every series of Bake Off and learnt some top tips from Come Dine…
Students See Success with the Isle of Man Step Programme
The Isle of Man government run an annual undergraduate Step programme with businesses local to the area. This year saw 29 businesses host students in a variety of positions. If you’re interested in the Isle of Man Step Programme and want more information please visit: Step Scheme Last month the Isle of Man Department of…
Why it pays to plan ahead
With so much competition for graduate roles, work history can be as important as the theoretical degree based work. A graduate with a first but no work experience may not be as attractive an option to many employers as one with a 2:1 who has experienced a working environment. I firmly believe that some kind…