A truly other-worldly experience – Amber
Amber is an Events Management graduate from the University of Hertfordshire. Over summer 2016 she completed a 12-week Event Management graduate internship In this blog Amber tells us about her experiences, six weeks into her Event Management internship. Six figure budgets, overnight stays at stately homes and weddings in Italy. This is now the norm…
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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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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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From Step placement to finalist of undergraduate of the year! – Amrit
Amrit is a Business Management student from The University of Birmingham. For his placement year he joined Allegion (UK) Ltd. Amrit has recently made the final of the ACCA Future CFO Undergraduate of the Year competition. I saw the initial vacancy on my University’s career page and applied straight away. After reviewing my CV, Tamsin…
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Putting Theory into Practice – Hanif
Hanif is an Electronic Engineering graduate from Queen Mary, University of London. He has recently completed a Automation and Electronics internship and has since been taken on permanently in the role After graduating with a MEng in Electronics Engineering 2.1 Class (Hons), I jumped eagerly into applying for jobs within my chosen field. For whatever reason I…
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Putting Engineering Principles into Practice – Konstantinos
Konstantinos is a 2016 Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics Masters graduate from the University of Patras in Greece. He has recently embarked on a permanent role as a Graduate Technical Support Engineer with L.B. Foster Automation. Eight months ago I was still in the process of writing my dissertation, as part of an integrated 5-year master’s…
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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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How long will it take to find your first graduate job?
According to our June poll, 18% of respondents suggested they would find a graduate role within one month. I like your attitude, to use an old cliché, you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. However, of the 45% of you who think it will take six months or more, at Step we have…
Personal Development and Industry Experience – Andrew
Andrew is an Electrical and Electronic Engineering graduate from the University of Plymouth who has recently completed an internship as a Graduate Electronic Designer for a company based in Cornwall. He has recently accepted a permanent position with the company. Andrew attended the University of Plymouth as a mature student with a background in auto…
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Dealing with the crocodiles nearest to the boat – Fay
Fay is a business and management student from Brunel University who recently completed an undergraduate internship as a project manager for CA Support Services Project Management was always something I enjoyed, and I realised after assisting and managing a variety of projects at university, that this was certainly a field I wanted to expand my…
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