GRB Weekly Highlights

Hello and welcome to the first of my weekly updates from the world of GRB!

With BT cancelling their graduate recruitment programme for 2010 all eyes were on any other big names recruiters’ following suit. Luckily, so far, this case has been isolated. I can understand how this action will save money in the short term but it creates massive problems for succession planning when they seek to pick rising stars to become mangers and future board members. Where will they turn to? Probably recruitment agencies like ours who have a huge talent pool of graduates like you! Let's wait and see what happens...

In the meantime we continue to be very busy placing graduates up and down the country. This week for example we helped recruiters hire Electrical Engineers, English Literature, Philosophy, Maths, Economics and Management graduates. Recession? What recession! We also placed a graduate with four years work experience so even if you graduated a while ago you are still in demand. Other success stories include two members of the GRB team being promoted to Senior Recruitment Consultants due to their fantastic billing record this year. The only bad news in the office was the cancelling of the Beachdown Festival in Brighton which left some of the team on a beachdowner!

Finally, we speak to graduates and students every day and especially love meeting them at events across the UK. It would be great to meet everyone and talk to them about their needs and wants but that's not possible so instead if you have any comments, suggestions and ideas then please drop me a line or visit our new forum. If enough people ask for it we'll do it! Have a great week and speak to you soon.

Dan
dan@grb.uk.com

Channel 4

We are dealing with a few enquiries at the moment from the media about graduates and their plans to find work in this difficult jobs market. Channel 4 are looking to run a video diary with 3 graduates looking for work. If you are interested please email me dan@grb.uk.com.

The Graduate Market in 2009 - NEW survey

Read the full High Fliers Survey here > http://tinyurl.com/crxcz2

The Good University Guide: University League Table 2010 http://tinyurl.com/cl4tbq

A new twibe for graduate job seekers

Feel free to join in..

http://www.twibes.com/group/GraduateJobSeekers

Internships give an extra edge

According to Dan Hawes of the Graduate Recruitment Bureau, the best CVs are those with details of good internships. “Relevant work experience makes a candidate stand out. We go to a lot of career fairs and students with commercial know-how are different. They can speak to you on the same level.

Full Times article here > http://tinyurl.com/c75s53

An American take on interview tips

What is it that certain people say or do during a job interview that makes them stand out? Why do some people struggle to find work, while others land a job in no time? I wanted to know, and the only way to find out was to experience the interview from the other side of the table. If I could be the one asking the interview questions, not answering, I could see first hand what made candidates stand out. I could then take that knowledge and cater my behavior in any future interview to give myself the best chance of getting hired.

More here > http://www.howtonailaninterview.com/