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Making speculative applications for graduate jobs
Not all graduate vacancies are advertised, so sometimes the only way in is to apply 'on spec'. Read on for tips on how to use speculative job applications to uncover the hidden jobs market.

Retail pharmacist: job description
Retail pharmacists provide general healthcare advice and supply prescription and non-prescription medication to the public in retail settings rather than in hospitals or GP surgeries.

Research chemist: job description
Research chemists use their knowledge of chemical compounds to create and improve products and processes.

Company secretary: job description
Company secretaries are responsible for making sure that companies are meeting a range of legal requirements.

Graduate assessment centre and interview advice for quantity surveyors
At an assessment centre for a job as a graduate quantity surveyor, cost consultant or commercial manager, recruiters want to find out whether you have the skills and motivations to succeed at their company.

Why working in audit outside of London is a great career choice
Milly and Bex, audit graduate trainees at KPMG, share how you can have a successful career living and working outside of the UK capital, when you join one of KPMG’s regional offices.


Fashion designer: job description
Fashion designers create the concepts for and design original clothing, accessories and footwear.

A world of cloud computing and collaboration: what graduate life as a DevOps Engineer is really like
For Mohamed Mukhtar, working in DevOps at Sky has enabled him to find his perfect tech role building meaningful applications in a supportive and inclusive environment. He explains what a career in DevOps involves.

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What is life really like as an accountant at Azets?
Get to know accounting careers without the myths and stereotypes, with a little help from three trainee accountants at Azets.


Machine learning engineer: job description
A machine learning engineer researches, designs and builds self-running artificial intelligence systems to automate predictive models.

A week in the life of a Bloomberg data intern
Oscar Perez – now a graduate data specialist in Bloomberg’s fixed income team – gives you the insider’s view of what a week in the life of a data intern at Bloomberg is all about.


A week in the life of a Bloomberg analytics and sales intern
Bloomberg graduate Lisa Hammer reflects on her beginnings at the company by sharing her experiences from one of the weeks of her exciting analytics and sales summer internship in 2022.
