Graduates and job hunting – I was featured on Alvin's Hall's R4 2nd programme

I’m included on Alvin Hall’s Generations of Money second programme in the series which focuses on young people. Out of a 90 minute interview just a couple of quotes are included but this is quite typical. When I was on The Tonight Programme we spent around half an hour walking through a shopping centre and […]

Career coaching advice for graduates

Lots in the media recently that 8 out of 10 graduate recruiters refuse to interview applicants who don’t have a 2:1. This is being written as if it is something new, but 15 years ago when I did graduate recruitment, this was always the criteria we worked to although was possibly not told to the […]

Graduate job hunting tips – 69 graduates chasing each job, advice from the career coach

In the news today – there are now 69 graduates chasing each job, up from 49 last year. It really is tough, and partly this is due to there being far more graduates than companies actually need. Also, this year’s graduates are competing against those who graduated in the past couple of years. Now you […]