As mentioned, I had to do a review on the book:
The Graduate Jobs Formula: How to land your dream career, Paul Redmond.
Like many of other third year students, this term is all about frantically applying for various graduate schemes and job opportunities. But it's all a lot more difficult that I originally thought.
It's not just a case of filling in personal details and attaching a CV- it's all about competency questions, thinking about what each company are looking for and of course.. the dreaded aptitude tests!
After filling out one application and being rejected- I definitely knew I needed to spend a bit more time thinking about all of this in more depth. There are so many resources with helpful advice online- but looking around- it led me to Paul Redmond's book.
In the current job market, it's obviously important to be on top of your game and after reading a few reviews online- I knew I had to purchase the book and give it a go.
THIS IS SO USEFUL!
It has absolutely everything you could want to know about entering the big wide world! From CV writing, applications, recruiter strategies, interviews, assessment days, psychometric tests and hints and tips for online resources. Although certain areas of the book state what might be fairly obvious to a third year student, this book is undoubtably helpful for all.
To be honest, I wish I'd had this book in Year 12/13- it really sets you up for what to do when choosing universities/subjects in order to pursue your certain career.
The book was published in 2010 and I am so surprised it isn't more popular and that I hadn't heard of it before.
YOU ALL HAVE TO BUY THIS!
Buy now at Amazon!
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