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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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What can I do with a politics degree?

Degree subjects

You might be interested in a career in central or local government, the Civil Service or charity work after finishing your politics degree, but there are also plenty of other careers open to you, including law and business.

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How to get an Osborne Clarke training contract: tips from the graduate recruiter

Careers advice and planning

Zoe Reid, the graduate recruitment manager at Osborne Clarke, gives her advice on how to gain a training contract offer, answering our questions on whether you need to have done a vacation scheme, how to show you really want the job and more.

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Different career choices for property graduates

Careers advice and planning

Even if you don’t want to work as a surveyor, there are many graduate jobs in which your property-related degree will be valued.

Property, construction & QS
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Five minutes with... Samantha Hope, graduate recruitment manager at Shoosmiths

Careers advice and planning

Samantha studied law at De Montfort University, including a year out working in HR in the medical industry. Combining her experiences, she is now the graduate recruitment manager at national law firm Shoosmiths.

Law solicitors+2
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Use pro bono and other legal work experience to get a pupillage

Careers advice and planning

Barristers' chambers expect to see work experience that relates to the Bar in pupillage applications. Argue your case for a career at the Bar by having other legal work experience too.

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What to plan for your summer if you can't find an engineering internship

Internships and placements

If you don’t have an engineering placement lined up for the summer, boost your employability through shorter work experience stints and other activities.

Engineering
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Mini-pupillages: the best way to boost your work experience at the Bar

Vacation schemes and work experience

A good portfolio of work experience at barristers' chambers, known as mini-pupillage, is an essential introduction to the legal profession and will form a key part of your pupillage applications.

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Retail marketing: graduate area of work

Job descriptions and industry overviews

Retail businesses employ marketing and PR professionals to promote them and protect their reputations. This hands-on area will suit creative, confident communicators on the lookout for early responsibility and fast progression.

Marketing, advertising & PR+4
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Part-time jobs and activities that will give you marketing and PR skills

Skills and competencies

You can gain the skills that marketing employers are looking for through part-time jobs and extracurricular activities.

Marketing, advertising & PR+4
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Barristers answer your questions on the mini-pupillage application process

Vacation schemes and work experience

We asked barristers Paul Skinner, from Henderson Chambers, and Andrew George, from Blackstone Chambers, about what they look for in mini-pupillage applications and interviews. They sit on mini-pupillage committees and are in the know.

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Client relationship management (CRM): graduate area of work

Job descriptions and industry overviews

Client relationship management (or customer relationship management) is more commonly known as CRM. Graduates in this area are responsible for finding out how their company’s clients operate, and how to best answer their needs.

Marketing, advertising & PR+4
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Five minutes with… Shaen Catherwood, barrister and head of pupillage at Devereux

Careers advice and planning

Shaen Catherwood, barrister and head of pupillage at Devereux, provides his insights into how to stand out during the pupillage application and interview process.

Law barristers+1
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