The Who, What, Where, When and Why of Graduate Schemes
In our recent blog, we discuss how graduate success can be measured in many different ways. One of the popular measures of success is acceptance on to a graduate scheme. And whilst we at Step firmly believe that they are not the be all and end all, they are a very good option for many…
Graduating in a Pandemic!
As you can imagine, entering the job market after graduating from University (in 2020), was very difficult and daunting. With companies facing uncertainty in the market, and staff being made redundant or being placed on the furlough scheme, recruitment was not on their agenda. This made job searching at the time to be very difficult…
IT and Coding with Puma – Altif
Altif is a Computing student from the University of Huddersfield. He has recently completed an IT Sandwich Placement with PUMA. The reason why I applied to Puma was because I felt that I could gain valuable industry knowledge with a global company/brand. I also liked Puma’s ethos and their stance on sustainability. When I came…
Altif
Where are they now? The Speaker’s Parliamentary Placement Scheme – Rhys Harper
The Speaker’s Parliamentary Placement Scheme came along at an opportune moment in my life and indeed in my (stalling) career. By the time I saw calls for applications on Twitter I was mere months from graduating and had been roundly rejected by every public service graduate scheme in the country. This sense of failure was…
Rhys
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
Breaking in: Graduates in industry
Breaking into any industry is one of the most daunting tasks a graduate will have to face when entering the employment market. The need for experience often feels like a chicken and egg scenario; you need experience to get the job and yet it is difficult to get experience without previously having a job. During…
Jess
Why should you do a graduate internship?
So you’ve finished Uni yet you’ve not managed to secure that high paying, high flying graduate job that you were told about all the way through your studies? I know that it can often be dangled like a carrot in front of you, but in all honesty, you’re not alone in this situation. I’ve been…
Developing skills during lockdown – for free!
So, like many students, lockdown has been a bit weird and boring. I’m a second-year student and I didn’t want to waste my time. After watching almost everything Netflix had to offer, I thought it was about time I did something productive and useful with all the spare time I had… After not working for…
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…
Undergraduates: the importance of getting something tangible on your CV
If you are an undergraduate reading this and you don’t have any work experience, I would advise looking to start something asap. Unless you are coming into study from a mature background, it’s unlikely that you will have work experience before starting your studies, which can lead to a bare looking CV or Step profile,…