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Explore all graduate advice and guidance on targetjobs

On targetjobs you'll find graduate careers advice on a huge range of topics – and we're adding more all the time. Compare career options with information on what to expect from working life in different sectors, then learn how you can develop your skills, gain work experience and succeed in applications and interviews. If you're not sure what you'd like to do, don't panic: we're here to help you take those first steps into making career decisions. We also have articles on how to make the most of uni life, organise your job hunt, juggle job offers and more. Whether you're in your first year of university or have already graduated, our career advice for students and graduates will set you on the right path.
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Your guide to the Deloitte application process: from start to finish

Interviews and assessment centres

Deloitte is one of the most competitive and prestigious consulting firms for graduates in the UK and beyond. Whether you’re applying for Audit and Assurance, Technology, Consulting, or any of the other pathways, understanding Deloitte’s unique application process is essential to success.

Accounting & finance
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Thinking of applying for Land and Planning with Bellway Homes?

GradSims

First, get tips and advice from real life graduates, and do a task that you’d be expected to do in the role, to give yourself the best shot.

Bellway Homes
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Bellway Homes
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Are you the next Client Coverage Graduate at DWS?

GradSims

Try your hand at being a Client Coverage Graduate at DWS! Gain insights that prepare you for the role and decide if this is the career for you.

DWS Group
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DWS Group
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Is teaching a good career for me? We tackle 12 myths about teaching head on.

Advice

We asked Jake Athorn, a history teacher at The Redhill Academy, to give us his take on some common, often conflicting, myths about the teaching profession. Jake graduated with a history degree from Nottingham Trent University.

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Want to be the next Software Engineer at HSBC?

GradSims

Get a true feel of what it's like by listening to real stories from grads who’ve already been on the journey and trying out actual tasks you could complete in the role.

HSBC
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HSBC
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Thinking of applying for Mishcon de Reya’s trainee solicitor programme?

GradSims

First, get tips and advice from real life graduates, and do a task that you’d be expected to do in the role, to give yourself the best shot.

Mishcon de Reya
In Partnership with
Mishcon de Reya
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Want to be the next Environment, Safety and Health & Quality (ESH&Q) graduate at AWE?

GradSims

Get a true feel of what it's like by listening to real stories from grads who’ve already been on the journey, and trying out actual tasks in the role.

AWE
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AWE
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Could you be the next scientist or engineer at EDF?

GradSims

Get exclusive tips and advice from graduates who are currently in the role, and a chance to do actual tasks from EDF.

EDF
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EDF
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Are you interested in the engineering role at AWE?

GradSims

Then why not hear from graduates who are currently in that role and get a true picture of what it’s like to work at AWE?

AWE
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AWE
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Considering becoming an audit graduate at BDO?

GradSims

Take this GradSim first! Get first-hand experience by doing an actual task from BDO and hearing from graduates who are currently in that role.

BDO
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BDO
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Want to be the next management accountant at CIMA?

GradSims

Get a true feel of what it's like by listening to real stories from grads who’ve already been on the journey, and trying out actual tasks in the role.

CIMA
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CIMA
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Are you the next assurance graduate at EY?

GradSims

Get exclusive tips and advice from graduates who are currently in the role, and a chance to do an actual task from EY.

EY
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EY
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