Unlocking the Potential of the Graduate Visa Route: A License-Free Way to Hire International Talent

Use it or lose it! The Graduate Visa route is a simple way to hire international talent without the need for costly and bureaucratic Sponsorship licenses. Overview of the Graduate Visa Route  A recent article with contributions from the Institute of Directors, Kaplan and the Higher Education Policy Institute showed some worrying trends around the Government’s…

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Why should you invest in your early careers talent pipeline? (ISE)

An ISE article published in July 2022 boasted that employers are boosting work experience opportunities for the first time since the pandemic. This is great news for students and graduates who have suffered with a lack of opportunities due to cancelled programmes throughout 2020 and 2021. But the article was clear that a proportion of…

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How a Undergraduate Internship turned into a Permanent Graduate role

Step recently spoke to Charlotte Webb who undertook an internship at the British Coatings Federation, along with her supervisor, marketing manager Alison Brown.   Q: Charlotte, what were your career aspirations and interests before and during University? My career aspirations developed from a young age watching my father at work in the car industry. However,…

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Questions to Ask When Interviewing For an Internship

  Content Campfire is a leading digital content company whose expertise circles around market and academic research. We cover a multitude of topics and case studies, and present them in digestible and practical guides and publications. We have built our authority over the years through reliability and efficiency in our line of work. Without a…

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The graduating ‘Class of Covid’ – What was University like for them?

The graduating ‘Class of Covid’ – What was University like for them? For the students attending university during the rise of Covid, they did not have the typical university experience that previous graduates can relate to. This is due to the global pandemic, Covid-19. When starting university, students believed their camera roll would be full…

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Three Employee Rights that directly affect Students and Graduates

Three Employee Rights that directly affect Students and Graduates Leaving the *comfort* of your university digs and entering the big wide world of work for the very first time can be a difficult and scary transition to make. As you switch out mid-week lie-ins for mid-morning meetings, there is so much new information and knowledge…

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What constitutes a graduate role?

‘Graduates won’t want to come and work for us, and we don’t have the time to train them’ These are a couple of common misconceptions that we come across regularly here at Step, mainly when speaking with some of the smaller sized businesses who have yet to buy into the many benefits that hiring a…

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How to Start a Business after Graduating from University

  Andrew Dark, Director and  Co-Owner of Custom Planet, started his own business at university. Here, he shares what he learned along the way to inspire you to start your own venture after graduation. This year, 15% students in the UK are planning to start their own businesses after leaving university. Research by Direct Line…

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