Louisa Buckingham: Expecting the unexpected
Our guest blog is written by Louisa Buckingham, a business management graduate from Liverpool John Moores University, who recently completed a Graduate Marketing Executive Internship with Step at First Capital Cashflow; a provider of bespoke Bacs processing services, sales invoice collection management and card processing solutions in the financial services industry. As a part-qualified…
Ruth Ng: Hands on in Recruitment
Our guest blog is written by Ruth Ng, a third year Philosophy student from the University of Nottingham, who recently completed the APSCO Intern Programme 2014 with Step at Finlay James; IT Recruitment specialists based across the UK. “What do you think the job entails?” asks the interviewer, 99 out of 100 times. And frankly, most of…
The Importance of a strong LinkedIn Profile
As a current student or recent graduate it’s highly likely that you have already created a LinkedIn profile. Probably because your parent / tutor / careers advisor told you to make one. But you probably aren’t quite sure why you’ve done it, or what to do with it now you’ve got it. You’re fairly sure…
Louise Hill: Supernoodles & Safety Goggles
Our guest blog is written by Louise Hill, an Environmental Health graduate from Manchester Metropolitan University who is currently on a Risk Assessment Placement at AMCOL International; a leading producer and marketer of diverse specialty materials, with a core expertise in minerals and polymer sciences based in Cheshire. Finishing university can be quite daunting and I know…
Elliot Spaull: From Super Nintendo to .NET Developer
Our guest blog is written by Elliot Spaull, a Computer Science (Games Programming) graduate from Kingston University, who recently completed a 12 week .NET Developer Internship with Step at IC Design; an independent branding, web and print agency based in Central Hammersmith. Coming out of University and starting the job search was kind of…
Elliot Spaull
Chris Brooke: From Retail to Design Engineer
Our guest blog is written by Chris Brooke, a Sports Engineering graduate from Sheffield Hallam University, who recently completed a Graduate Mechanical Design Engineer Internship with Step at TEW; an Engineering company that specialise in the automotive, rail and nuclear energy sector with 2014 marking their 100th year in business. After 3 years at university,…
James Morgan: Product Design with a bit of light research!
Our guest blog is written by James Morgan, a Mechanical Engineering student from University of Exeter, who recently completed a Product Design Internship with Step at Brett Martin Daylight Systems; a leading manufacturer of roof light systems. As a second year MEng Mechanical Engineering student, my last few terms have made me increasingly aware that…
James Morgan
Freya Verlander: APSCo & the World of Recruitment
Our guest blog is written by Freya Verlander, a English and Comparative Literature student from University of Warwick, who is currently on an APSCo Placement with Step at GCS Recruitment; one of the UK’s leading multi-sector recruitment businesses covering Technology, Financial Services & Engineering based in London. On my first day I was warmly welcomed to…
Freya Verlander
Larping; why thinking ‘outside the box’ is essential
I’m pretty sure that if the name Diane was in the dictionary, the definition would be ‘massive geek’. I say this happily and confidently after I spent my bank holiday weekend at Larp. If you’ve seen the film Role Models, you’ll know what I mean by this. If you haven’t, go watch it! If you…
Giuseppe Silvestri: “Spotting a Rare Beast”; What to do with a Biology Degree
Our guest blog is written by Giuseppe Silvestri, a Reproductive Medicine MSc graduate from University of Kent, who is currently on a six month Step molecular biologist placement at Cell Projects Ltd; a biotechnology business that develops and manufactures an extensive range of products used for DNA sampling and Molecular Biology based in Kent. I started…
