Tag Archives: early careers development
By Rhea Chokshi Over the summer, I was lucky enough to work as a Digital Marketing Intern at Gradconsult. As I neared the end of my second year at the University of Nottingham studying Chemistry, I thought about how I could use the skills I’d obtained from my degree and bring my experiences into the working world and within a sector I was interested in. This brought me to Gradconsult, a place where I could gain hands-on experience, work within a team of consultants and develop my marketing skills. The application process While studying, it can be really useful to ... read more
By Rebecca Fielding Whether you are a graduate employer seeking to increase (nay double) your available candidate pool, or a university wanting to improve the number of your graduates entering highly skilled graduate employment post-graduation there seems to me to be one simple solution that no-one is really talking about. It’s simply learning to drive. A recent (January 2018) report commissioned by the Department for Transport, conducted by the University of Oxford and the University of the West of England, Young People’s Travel – What’s Changed and Why?, has demonstrated a significant and sustained decline in the number of young ... read more
The first few months of any graduate programme from September to December are busy. From induction to line manager briefings, the first placements and inevitable first bouncers working out they are in the wrong place. January is often the first chance to come up for air and do some thinking about the year ahead. The programme structure, budget and core topics will most likely have been set for some time, but there are a few key questions I’d encourage all graduate developers to ask as we all plan and prepare for 2018: • Has the business environment, leadership, strategy or ... read more
With year-end activities and lengthy to-do lists, Christmas parties and celebrations in full swing, you may have missed, or may not have had time to sit down and read, the DfE’s new 36-page report on Career Strategy, released on 4th December. It’s the government’s long-awaited plan for raising the quality of careers provision in England ‘Careers strategy – making the most of everyone’s skills and talents’. So here at Gradconsult we have compiled a summary for you of the key things you need to know. We’ve purposefully not made this a critique, political or opinion piece, just a summary of ... read more
By Rachel Seignot I have just wrapped up my five week internship with Gradconsult and as predicted, it has flashed past. After some coaching from the GC team I’ve learnt how to redirect my arrow to shoot with a clear target. If like me you’re heading into your final year of University or have recently graduated, then you have some big decisions ahead. Here are my top GC insights to help you! At the start of my internship at Gradconsult I knew one thing about my future career path: I wanted to get onto a graduate scheme. They promised real ... read more
Everyone from apprentices and graduates to Executive Directors have an interest in career development and personal progression. Interestingly, I have often found that this conversation tends to focus on progression from one role to the next, or the ‘route through/up’ an organisation, and rarely on lateral moves at the same level, or more critically on the development stages of the role you are in. In order to broaden these career conversations I have developed this five-stage model to articulate career development in-role. The five stages are: New in role, Learning, Competent, Stretching and Excelling. Hopefully you, like many people I have shown this to, will recognise these stages, find it ... read more
At the recent AGCAS Conference in Chester, one powerful statement by Bob Gilworth (Director of the Careers Group) stuck in my mind. I am paraphrasing but the general thrust was: ‘Careers services do not need to do more, they need to do less but do it better and measure impact’ This to me could be the perfect mantra for the modern day careers service. There are always hundreds of potential initiatives that could be launched that would be broadly positive for the student experience and have a marginal impact on employability outcomes, the trick is identifying those that will have ... read more