Louise - Senior Academy Events Consultant

Have you ever turned up for an assessment day and been shown the exit door within five minutes? Hopefully you haven’t but read below for some top tips on how to avoid this ever happening…

Louise - Senior Academy Events Consultant

The events team have been here there and everywhere spreading the word about FDM Academy’s opportunities. Here’s a quick summary of what we have been doing and what is ahead…

Louise - Senior Academy Events Consultant

On Tuesday morning I had the opportunity to attend the TARGETjobs breakfast news with fellow Graduate Events member Catey Fry. One of the key speakers was Ken Livingstone, former Mayor of London. The session was focused around the UK economy and the approach companies take towards Corporate Social Responsibility…

Louise - Senior Academy Events Consultant

So the first year of the Graduate Events Team at FDM has come to an end, what a year 2010 has been! We have recruited over 530 graduates to the programme and travelled around the UK twice over. We are also currently in the process of building relationships with universities across both the tri-state area of the US and Germany…

Louise - Senior Academy Events Consultant

Employability careers fairs are a great way to network and research the graduate job sector, and there are many national, regional and university based fairs.

Louise - Senior Academy Events Consultant

For any graduate position you apply to, the prospective employer will want to interview you. This is a general practice for employers to see your suitability to their position and working environment. The current figure of applications in ratio to graduate position is 63 applications per graduate role. You therefore need to be on top form, if and when invited to an interview, as competition is fierce…

Louise - Senior Academy Events Consultant

Many students are so busy at university that they are often confused as to when they should start thinking about their career. Ideally they should start their job search whilst in their 3rd year of university, prior to graduation.

A large majority of graduate employers run recruitment cycles and these opportunities are often filled by the time of graduation…