Graduate Careers:
Sometimes, your career choice will be obvious. You studied economics, so you should end up somewhere in the banking field. But sometimes you already know that is not for you. Take a look around here to get some tips on the careers out there.
Graduate Careers: Videos
David Swarbrick is the Managing Director for Balfour Beatty Education. He says, "I lead the Balfour Beatty team competing to build new schools for the government as part of the Building Schools for the Future initiative".
Dawn Neale is Art Buyer at Boden. She works on the catalogue. "I wanted to do something quite glamorous". She moved to Berlin and became a fashion photographer which lead her to a job managing photography.
An influential teacher and an inspirational careers talk from a visiting ward sister helped Angela discover her passion for nursing. Changing roles regularly and working in the UK and South Africa, has kept Angela's interest in nursing alive. Her mantra is 'Make the most of your life, do whatever you can when you can do it'
Jennifer Wong has 3 science A levels, a degree in natural sciences from Cambridge and a masters in the history and philosophy of science. Nevertheless, career decision making still posed challenges. An internship at Demos (a science based think tank) inspired her and with encouragement from friends, Jennifer is now relishing her work at The Science Museum where she creates science events and experiences for the public. External links
Andrew Wolverson is the Second Officer on board Aurora, a P & O cruise ship. His turning point was work experience for a computer company, when he realised that he never wanted to spend another day sitting at a desk. So now he navigates a ship around the world.
Graduate Profiles
With 19 programmes for graduates, there's a good chance you'll find something that matches your skills and dreams. And, however far you want to go, there'll be someone there to support you each step of the way. We guarantee it.
If you’re excited by a graduate career at the largest department store group in the UK, with a network of shops stretching from Aberdeen to Bristol, our John Lewis graduate scheme is for you.
If you’d like to be a future senior manager of a pioneering fresh food retailer that has been voted Britain's Favourite Retailer*, find out more about Waitrose graduate scheme.
We're a leading energy company – one of the Top 30 companies in the FTSE100 by market capitalisation. We're also a diverse company with powerful UK consumer brands such as British Gas and Dyno, our Centrica Energy business sources and generates energy both locally and internationally and our business in North America continues to grow.
We want all our offices to be populated by ingenious people. People who want to put an idea into everything they do. Who want to do things differently. And people who are inspired by Lovemarks thinking.
Christie's is the world's leading Art Business in terms of sales, profitability and quality of works of art offered. In order to sustain our position, we need to retain and attract talented people in every area of the business and on an international basis. As a global organisation, we have a diverse work force who we are constantly developing through professional development, mentoring and training.
VIKING is the leading Cruise Ship and Large Yacht Crew Management specialists primarily offering career opportunities globally for Officers & Crew of all positions.
With a 100-year history of ambitious research and groundbreaking discoveries, we're experts in what we do. Our work has contributed to over half of the top cancer drugs used worldwide today, and we've been at the heart of the progress that has seen cancer survival rates double in the last 40 years. But there's still more work to be done
We're a leading energy company – one of the Top 30 companies in the FTSE100 by market capitalisation. We're also a diverse company with powerful UK consumer brands such as British Gas and Dyno, our Centrica Energy business sources and generates energy both locally and internationally and our business in North America continues to grow.
Deloitte's breadth and depth of service means they can offer graduates a wide range of career opportunities
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