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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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Forensic scientist: job description

Job descriptions and industry overviews

Forensic scientists use analytical and scientific techniques to examine evidence from crimes and prepare legal statements for court cases.

Science, R&D, food industry+8
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Food technologist: job description

Job descriptions and industry overviews

Food technologists are responsible for the safe and efficient development, modification and manufacture of food products and processes.

Science, R&D, food industry+9
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Five minutes with... Georgina Wolfe, barrister at 5 Essex Court

Careers advice and planning

Georgina Wolfe, barrister and pupillage committee member at 5 Essex Court, provides her insider advice on pupillage applications, interviews and how to impress at the TARGETjobs National Pupillage Fair.

Law barristers+1
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First person: how I got hired as an intern at The Boston Consulting Group

Internships and placements

Aidan Devane is an associate at The Boston Consulting Group. He completed a degree in chemical engineering from the University of Cambridge, and was offered a full-time position after an internship at the firm.

Management consulting+2
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Fire engineer: job description

Job descriptions and industry overviews

A fire engineer ensures that buildings are designed in a way that minimises the risk of fire or the fire spreading.

Property, construction & QS+7
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First person: how I got hired as an intern at Frontier Economics

Internships and placements

Adam Lapthorn is an analyst at Frontier Economics. He studied philosophy, politics and economics, and completed an MPhil in economics, at the University of Oxford. He was offered and accepted a full-time position at the end of his internship with the firm.

Management consulting+2
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Female engineers find the way to career success from 'inspiring' event

Diversity, equality and inclusion

Student Jemma Hart found the inspiration she needed to land a graduate job at the Future female engineers networking day – here’s why you should do the same.

Engineering
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Filling a coronavirus-shaped gap on your CV

Advice

Worried about a hole opening up on your student or graduate CV because of the coronavirus? Our tips will help you to fill it and present your lockdown experience in the best light.

Charity, public & civil service
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Fashion internships and other work experience

Internships and placements

Lots of fashion companies offer work shadowing, internships and placement years – and these are often the best ways into permanent employment.

Retail, business & commercial services
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EY-Parthenon: how to get hired and what it's like to work there

Working life

George Saunders is an associate at EY-Parthenon. He studied economics and management at the University of Oxford.

Management consulting+2
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Facilities management: construction area of work

Job descriptions and industry overviews

Facilities managers are instrumental in helping businesses to do business and graduates take an active role in making things happen.

Property, construction & QS+6
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Extracurricular activities that boost your business and management CV

University life

Your extracurricular activities can make you stand out when applying for commercial, management and leadership graduate programmes.

Management & business+2
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