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Handling construction job offers: accepting, rejecting and playing for time
Whether you are accepting, rejecting or delaying a job offer it is crucial that you remain courteous and professional in your communication.
Health and safety inspector: job description
Health and safety inspectors check that buildings and other work sites are safe.
Group exercises: what to expect
The group exercise is a key part of an assessment centre day and helps graduate recruiters assess how you'd perform in the job. Find out how to impress them.
Graphic designer: job description
Graphic designers create visual communications such as adverts, branding, publicity materials and magazine layouts.
Graduate project manager jobs in construction: how to get one
Find out more about the role of a project manager in the construction industry – and how to get your own project manager graduate job. We explore the routes in.
Graduate construction assessment centres: what to expect
targetjobs was invited to attend a graduate assessment centre run by a construction engineering employer. We can now give you an insider view of what an assessment day is like and clues on how to pass the test.
Government lawyer: job description
Government lawyers are qualified solicitors and barristers who act on the behalf of and give legal advice to government ministers and administrative staff.
Getting work as a consulting intern: the basics
If you want your own project, real responsibility and some enviable industry contacts, work experience through an internship is the answer to all three.
How hard is it to get into consulting and how can you beat the competition to a job?
If you want to get a graduate job as a consultant, you’ll know that the competition is fierce. But fear not –we have insights that will give you the edge.
From property intern to graduate surveyor: top tips for standing out and selling your work experience
Work experience will make a big difference to your graduate property job hunt. Find out how to sell your experience to employers in applications. Plus, if you want to work for the employer with which you undertook an internship, you could be fast-tracked through the application process.
Freight forwarder: job description
A freight forwarder works with companies, importers and exporters to make sure goods are transported in the safest, most efficient and cost-effective way.
Four covering letter blunders (and how to avoid them)
Find out about the phrases you should avoid including in your covering letter for an internship, work experience placement or graduate job, and why.
