Creating The Right Study Environment In Your Home – GUEST BLOG
Your learning environment can have a massive impact on your overall academic success. Research has found that many factors affect learning ability, including light, sound, comfort, and even colour. You must consider these factors carefully and create a productive study space that will maximise your learning potential. To help you achieve academic success, here are…
Ruby Clarkson
Where are they now? – Manny
Manny, an undergraduate at the University of Southampton studying Computer science, undertook a 10-week Change and Technology summer internship at a boutique pensions investment company. We recently caught up with him to find out how it went and what he’s up to now. Firstly, Manny said he had a positive experience working with Step, in…
Manny
10 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Deciding To Study Abroad – GUEST BLOG
10 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Deciding To Study Abroad Studying abroad is an exciting way to add to your educational experience, but like everything else in life, you’ve got to prepare yourself for it. It’s an eye-opening and life-changing venture that lets you gain a lot of worldly experience, but it may take you…
Anita Sambol
Step team giving back to the community
This week some of the Step team volunteered collecting donations for Sharewear at the WE Day community event in Nottingham. Although we are only a small team it is important for us to help make an impact in the community. The WE charity aims to educate and empower young people to bring about positive change…
Why Leadership is important to us all – GUEST BLOG
Why Leadership is important to us all It is easy to dismiss Leadership Skills as “something I need to learn later on when the need comes up.“ For someone starting in a smaller pond, working with fewer people in a small business or a new graduate starting their career, it may make sense to set…
Darren Smith
Step Diversity and Social Mobility Statistics 2019
Bringing Students and Graduates into your organisation in 2019
If you have clicked on this blog, you may be considering taking on a student or graduate. That’s great because we don’t need to convince you about what a rich source of talent graduates are. We have recently conducted a piece of research into the graduate recruitment market and have summarised our findings and what…
Getting A Job In The Big City With A Creative Degree – GUEST BLOG
It is an exciting time to be starting a creative career – the creative industries in the UK are booming. According to the government’s 2018 employment statistics, the creative industries added new job postings at twice the rate of other industries. The UK’s major cities all have thriving creative scenes filled with many opportunities. This…
Ruby Clarkson
Virtual Internships – Are they worth it?
Last week I read a news article about virtual internships and did some research around the subject to investigate if they are worthwhile. Virtual internships are relatively new and are becoming increasingly popular. They essentially allow you to get the valuable experience from an internship, from the comfort of your own home! Sounds great right?…
How to Ace Your Applications – An Insight from a Year in Recruitment
During my sandwich placement with Step Recruitment, I have learnt about the different recruitment processes and how a candidate can ace their application. Guilty as charged – I often made the same mistakes I have seen throughout my sandwich placement. Below are a range of insights and tips I have picked up along the way:…