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Check out next week's graduate job deadlines

If you’re looking for vacancies in IT, finance or engineering, next week could be your lucky week, with popular employers including Experian, Mitsubishi... (more)

Posted 17 May 2013.

Win free tickets to Beach Break Live!

Need a post-exam blow-up? We are giving away two tickets to Beach Break Live in Newquay. To enter into the prize draw all you need to do to is guess how many... (more)

Posted 13 May 2013.

Going, going, gone: graduate jobs closing soon

There are plenty of graduate schemes and vacancies closing on targetjobs.co.uk over the next week, in career areas ranging from accountancy and consumer goods... (more)

Posted 10 May 2013.

Places up for grabs at the tenth annual City law for ethnic minorities event

TARGETjobs is all set to celebrate the tenth anniversary of City law for ethnic minorities, a two-day event that gives aspiring solicitors the chance to... (more)

Posted 7 May 2013.

The truth behind the shortage of STEM graduates

There ARE enough science and engineering graduates out there – they just aren’t being recruited into technical jobs. That was the main finding... (more)

Posted 29 April 2013.

Who are the Undergraduates of the Year 2013?

The winners of the 2013 TARGETjobs Undergraduate of the Year competition were announced by Sir Trevor McDonald on Friday last week at a glittering ceremony in... (more)

Posted 22 April 2013.

Unpaid internships reported to HMRC

Employment minister Jo Swinson has handed HMRC details of 100 companies apparently offering unpaid internships. It’s illegal to fill a ‘proper’ job with a... (more)

Posted 12 April 2013.

Winners of the TARGETjobs National Graduate Recruitment Awards 2013 revealed!

So who are the most popular graduate recruiters of all, as voted for by thousands of students? Who, in your eyes, are the cream of the cream in the world of... (more)

Posted 4 April 2013.

Big night ahead at TARGETjobs National Graduate Recruitment Awards

Graduate recruitment is big business. Every year employers around the UK spend thousands of pounds to make sure they recruit the best, most talented students... (more)

Posted 3 April 2013.

Which graduate careers offer most jobs?

Which profession takes on more graduates than any other? According to the most recent survey from the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR), which... (more)

Posted 28 March 2013.

Where in the UK are you most likely to get a graduate job?

Nearly half of all graduate vacancies on offer in the UK (42.4%) are based in London, according to the most recent survey from the Association of Graduate... (more)

Posted 21 March 2013.

Citi's winning graduate internship scheme is hot ticket for jobs

Financial services group Citi beat stiff competition from more than 60 finalists to be named overall winner at the National Council for Work Experience (NCWE)... (more)

Posted 21 March 2013.

Get them before they go! Next week's graduate job deadlines

Ever considered teaching? If you haven’t looked into the Teach First scheme yet it’s time to get your skates on. Application deadlines are looming... (more)

Posted 15 March 2013.

Which graduate career offers the best pay?

It probably won’t surprise you to learn that investment banks offer the highest graduate starting salaries on the market, at a median of £38,250,... (more)

Posted 14 March 2013.

Female graduates earn less than males – true, but not the full picture

‘Female graduates paid less than male graduates!’ screamed yesterday’s headlines. ‘Even if they have the same qualifications!’ Today is International Women’s... (more)

Posted 8 March 2013.

Spring into action! Next week's graduate job deadlines

It’s a busy week for closing dates for graduate schemes and training programmes, particularly if you’re looking for your first job in engineering.... (more)

Posted 8 March 2013.

Make the right impression at your Skype interview

Video interviews are a new trend in the graduate job process. On the one hand they help recruiters and organisations filter candidates at an early stage,... (more)

Posted 7 March 2013.

Researching employers? What the most popular brands want you to know

Here are three statements, from Google, Goldman Sachs and Apple. Can you match them to the right company? A ‘X is not a conventional company, and we don... (more)

Posted 6 March 2013.

Skype interview ahead? Expert tips on the new recruitment challenge

So you’ve been invited to a graduate job interview by video. Are you filled with horror at the thought or do you see it as an opportunity to show... (more)

Posted 28 February 2013.

Students considering further study turn to the bank of Mum and Dad

Just under half (49%) of undergraduates who are considering further study intend to borrow from their parents to compensate for the lack of official funding,... (more)

Posted 27 February 2013.