Applications, CVs and interviews

• Job application advice
• CVs and covering letters
• Interview tips
• Interview tests and exercises
• Interactive advice

Job application advice

• Selling your skills - Learn how to market yourself effectively to potential employers.
• Application forms - Job application forms are often your first point of contact with a potential employer and making a good impression is vital.
• Example questions - Tackling those tricky questions on your application form.
• Online applications - What to look out for when you fill in your online application.
• Speculative job applications - Applying for those jobs never advertised.
• Power words - Words and phrases to help you with your applications.
• Job application FAQs - Answers to the most commonly asked job application questions.
• Common mistakes - Learn how to make your job applications work for you.
• Contacts and resources - Links to publications, organisations and websites to help you with your graduate job applications.

CVs and covering letters

• Sample CVs - Help in choosing which style of CV would be best for your job application - includes example CVs.
• CV content - What to include in your CV.
• Covering letters - Covering letters can be almost as important as your CV in your job application - includes example covering letters.
• Interactive advice - Email a careers consultant, CV and covering letter evaluations available (paid for services).

Interview tips

• Types of interview - Find out how to deal with various interview types, from telephone to panel interviews.
• Preparation - Steps you can take to ensure your interview goes smoothly.
• How to impress - How to present yourself in the best possible llight in graduate recruitment interviews.
• Interview questions - Tips on answering even the most difficult interview questions and questions for you to ask recruiters.
• Ending positively - How to end your interview on a positive note.
• Interview problems - What to do if you’re not getting interviews or job offers.
• Job offers - How to respond to offers of graduate employment.
• Contacts and resources - Links to publications, organisations and websites to help you with your graduate job interviews.

Interview tests and exercises

• Psychometric tests - Types of psychometric tests and how to handle them.
• Giving presentations - Advice for giving effective presentations.
• Case study exercises and in-tray tests - Learn how to deal with them and what graduate employers are looking for.
• Group activities - How to shine in group activities and role play exercises.
• Assessment centres - What to expect and how to handle an assessment centre graduate interview.

Interactive advice

• Talk to graduates online
• Careers chat live
• Career and legal issues FAQs
• Life after graduation
• Email a careers consultant
• Career coaching for graduates