New graduates preparing to make an entry into the highly competitive UK jobs market should boost their chances of success by contacting human resource departments for background information, an expert has suggested.
Graduate Prospects business manager Chris Rea claimed that good knowledge of a prospective employer is essential for anyone looking to distinguish themselves from the crowd of newcomers looking to secure work this summer.
“The tenacious graduate will go a step further and contact the HR department for background information,” he explained. “Advisers and experts always say that preparation is key to a successful application.”
Mr Rea advised applicants to prepare a series of questions relating to the company to ask when the interview draws towards its conclusion, but warned against approaching the meeting as an “interrogation”.
Earlier this month, a report from Unison revealed that careers advice for British youngsters is being cut back as part of reductions in government spending.
Posted by Ross George
The Unison report – saying that careers advice is being cut back at a time when it’s needed more than ever – sadly comes as no surprise.
Choosing the right career for you is more complicated than ever, partly because most of us now have a lot more options (theoretically at least!) and partly because our choices have got a lot more expensive (eg it’s a life-altering mistake to incur a £25K debt for the wrong degree).
Providing good careers advice is expensive. Not providing it costs the individual victims and UK Plc a lot more.