I'm trying to get myself a place on a graduate recruitment scheme. I'm not too fussed who I work for but it would be nice to get a place with one of the big UK banks. Do any of you kind DiS folk know of anywhere to look? I've signed up for prospects.ac.uk, grb.uk.com, and signed up to every job finding website I've found.
It's only been a week or so but I've not go far. Any ideas where to look? I'm getting to impression I've missed the graduate recruitment season and will have to wait a few months. Oh and all the opportunities that come up are in London or Surrey, what's it like down there? I would much rather stay in Scotland!
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Welcome to the world of work.
I warn you, it's shit. As a graduate you are only allowed to go for jobs with descriptions you will never understand. Media sales and the like. These are basically sitting at a desk and pretending to work.
Want to get an actual good job, where you get to think and that? Back to uni for you sir. Want to take a step down and do something slightly menial? Sorry, you're now overqualified.
Best of luck!
Shoosh you.
I'll find a job, I've not been searching that long, something will come up!
I'm so glad
I've got the menial sector covered. It's where I excel.
i'm bookmarking this thread.
there's nothing to bookmark!
Mirri! I thought you knew all about this stuff?
My experience of graduate recruitment
is kinda ten years out of date love.
But I will ask around at work tomorrow, I knows some people who are involved in that very process.
Also, give me your cv. I will see if they'll think you'd get in at an investment bank and get you some advice about how to do it.
I think you have missed out but why not just make a list of the places you want
to target and ring their HR departments. Simple, really.
you might wanna check
out websites like thestudentroom, they have a pretty large and active forum for discussing banking and finance graduate recruitment.
I don't know much about it, but I've been told that lots of banks aren't doing much recruiting right now at all, on account of the credit crunch.
^ I heard the opposite
I was told they learn't the lessons from the last recession where they cut back on graduate schemes only to suffer a few years down the line when the economy improved and they had serious shortages of well trained individuals
Seriously
don't JUST consider graduate train schemes.
Having had the joy of looking at them for the past 5 or so years, I've come to the conclusion that they are either:
a. a crock of shit, aimed at non-vocational graduates who are looking to make a quick buck. Most are in 'sales' and most entrants will be exploited as much as possible and probably won't last 2 weeks.
OR
b. super-specific so 99% of graduates won't be qualified to apply for them.
Rememeber to look in the local job pages/websites too as most will have 'graduate' sections for jobs and a lot of jobs need a degree of some sort anyway.
Good luck!
Also
graduate training schemes are often very company-orientated so that they have a good chance of retaining you as you'll be more suited to work for that company than anyone else.
This thread has
made me worried for the future
:-(
There is no future
creaky foretold.
why?
I've heard stories about like this about...
either being too qualified for a job or not qualified enough!
People keep saying about getting as much work exp / placements / internships etc. as possible, but it's so bloody hard!
Plus, I just generally tend to worry about everything!
the latter is understandable
but you're still generally better off in the job market with a degree than without.
Most people find their way eventually. A lot of it is just about doing your time in a range of non-ideal jobs so that you can prove you can stick at a job and be competent. I don't believe it is necessary to get into the perfect position in the right field straight off the bat. You certainly don't need to get into a grad scheme to get a decent job in the future.
Don't stress about it, it's only pretend after all.
But the job market is a profoundly depressing place. There is simply too many people who are all too similar, all going for the same wealth of mid-level office jobs. Why is the government trying to get more and more people into university when there is nowhere for them to go afterwards?
Being a bit more constructive; job agencies can be useful, if you find a good one, they can cut through the crap and find something decent.
Cheers for the advice,
I see where you're coming from.
I know I sound like I'm moaning, but I do find it, like I'm sure many others in my situation do, very stressful and worrying trying to gain a good degree while balancing a part-time job and trying to get work exp etc as well as maintain some level of a social / family life all at the same time!
Oh well, I suppose what will be will be! I've always got music to help me through (that sounds really corny, but very reassuring)!
You'll be alright, you sound like a tryer.
People who stress about it always find success! I'm just too lazy for this world...
depends on what it is you want to do exactly?
this may be of use?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/career_and_jobs/best_100_companies/best_100_tables/
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i recommend getting the
Prospects graduate jobs and training directory. It has lots of graduate recruitment scheme details. Available at all good careers services for the grand sum of nothing.
I had a registration session for a recruitment agency yesterday
They keep a roster of 3 or 4 graduates, so places are tight. They were keen to offer me three positions there and then - I suspect they had been sitting on their shelf for eternity. The three positions are not bad though, and all in the sector you're interested in.
FYI: Graduate schemes for banks don't start until late August at the earliest. Try and find a milkround so potential employers can put a face to your application.
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http://www.freshminds.co.uk/