Careers Talk: An insider's guide to working in politics
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Careers Talk: Is it time graduates took to the trades?
Is a trades and manufacturing revival the solution to graduate unemployment? Author and journalist Simon Jenkins and plumber-come-musician Mike Stanley join us to explore the merits of manual work
Careers Talk: How to improve your employability
We share five steps to boosting your employability and developing new skills. Plus, the most honest job advert ever and a lesson in application letter writing from Hunter S Thompson
Careers Talk: The graduate job formula
Masters degree + unpaid internship x family in the industry = dream job? We ask leading careers adviser Dr Paul Redmond to reveal his formula for successful graduate job seeking
Careers Talk: What to do if you hate your job
Are our jobs really getting worse or are expectations of roles and the working world too high? We seek some advice on turning clock watching into career contentment
Careers Talk: Will an arts degree get you a job?
Inspired by graduate job market spoof — and current YouTube sensation — the Arts Graduate Unemployment Song, we ask: is it true if you want a job, you don't want an arts degree?
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Careers Talk: Should you skip uni and go straight into a job?
Given the cost of a degree, and the difficulty in finding a graduate job, should students be thinking about going straight into the workplace?
Careers Talk: Working for a household name
Cathy Hyde, head of future talent at Bernard Hodes, explains how to get your dream job with a big brand. Plus, we discuss TeachFirst, office romance and koalas
Careers Talk: Breaking into competitive sectors — advertising
The cliche claims, it doesn't come more cut-throat than advertising. So we ask Michelle Greenhalgh, head of graduate recruitment at Saatchi and Saatchi, what it really takes to make it as an ad exec
Careers Talk: Breaking into competitive sectors — banking
The head of recruitment at HSBC gives us the insider dealings on graduate roles in the banking sector plus some tips to beat the bust and help your career to boom
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Careers Talk: Breaking into competitive sectors — law
Although there were only enough jobs for 5,800 of them, nearly 10,000 students completed the legal practice course last year. So, in this week's show we hope to reveal some loopholes into the legal profession
Careers Talk: Making the most of university careers services
A small poll on our site revealed 69% of you wish you had spent more time with your uni careers adviser. So, we talk about making the most of this resource and other ways universities could better prepare grads for the job market
Careers Talk: Where can all the graduates go?
Surveys of the graduate recruitment market seem more plentiful than grad jobs at the moment. So, we ask the big wigs from High Fliers and Association of Graduate Recruiters — the organisations behind recent research — where are all the opportunities?
Careers Talk: Interns — to pay or not pay?
Are internships just exploitation or are they a great way to boost your employability? Plus, graduates face 270 rivals for jobs and should you and would you relocate for work?
Careers Talk: Organising events and festivals
The festival director of the Green Man shares some secrets from her 20-year career in events. Plus, optimistic graduates, why staff still want to work in the public sector and how watching sport can benefit the workplace
Careers Talk: What next for social work?
We talk about the health and future of social work with the executive director of Newham's children and young people's services. Plus, rising temp recruitment, graduates gravitating towards overcrowded sectors and extreme commuters
Careers Talk: Working in the charity sector
We talk to the National Council of Voluntary Organisations about growth and opportunity in charity work. Plus, unsuccessful applicants who hold a grudge, creative recruitment campaigns and how important is height to career success?
Careers Talk: Routes into teaching
We talk to the teaching union NASUWT about training and increasing competition in the profession. Plus, the UK doctor shortage, rising charity vacancies and why a quarter of all employees plan to leave their jobs this year
Careers Talk: Coping with the civil service recruitment freeze
Our experts explore the potential impact of the hiring freeze on staff and job seekers. Plus, we mourn the Future Jobs Fund, praise great workplaces and expose the good, the bad and the risky of talking about work on the internet
Careers Talk: Filling the skills gaps in science, technology and engineering
We explore the employment opportunities and skills gaps in the engineering, technology and science sectors with Professor Sa'ad Medhat, founding chief executive of the New Engineering Foundation