Recent Graduates

If you have good language skills and are

we would like to hear from you.

If you also have technical skills and/or experience so much the better!

Important factors

Enthusiasm - Personality  You must come over well at interview to get a job. Have a look at our page giving tips for interviews. It is important in most jobs to be able to communicate well and appear confident, enthusiastic and energetic as well as capable!

Work experience  All work experience is valuable and will help you to get a job. If you have worked overseas, perhaps in a placement year, that is particularly valuable.

Computer skills  Almost every job requires a level of computer skills. If you have an interest in learning more, about computers for example, that too can be very valuable.

Technical and/or business skills or experience  If you have worked at Uni, or beforehand, in a technical subject, this can be particularly important. Combinations of languages and technical skills are relatively scarce and jobs which combine the two will pay premium rates.

Specialist IT skills with languages are particularly valuable but so too is experience in accountancy or bookkeeping, engineering, marketing, supply planning, etc.

What type of jobs are there?

The vacancies for recent graduates vary according to your languages, experience and what you are looking for in terms of job location, etc. Look at the examples of jobs we have filled and the current listings of vacancies.

Many of the vacancies we handle are suitable for recent graduates. The employer has a need and will put you into a position where you are able to learn and get your teeth into something very quickly. Most have really good career prospects, but it is important to check to be clear about prospects before you start. Some of the vacancies are specifically for graduate trainee roles.

Are you language driven?

How important is it to you that you use the language much of the time? The percentage of time using a language can vary enormously from job to job. Sometimes the job is entirely in the foreign language whether spoken over the telephone or written in emails or letters. Sometimes it is occasional use and sometimes it is for a translating and support type role.

Our experience suggests that many so called "Bilingual PA" jobs do not make much use of language skills but they do demand high level PA skills. The highest usage of languages is often in sales or customer support type roles.

Where?

Anywhere (almost) in the UK. We have regularly have vacancies in the South and Southwest of England, Manchester and the North West region, the East and West Midlands and in the London & South East region. We sometimes have jobs overseas.

Temporary work

Sometimes, including for some Graduate roles, employers prefer to start people on a "temp to perm" basis. This gives both sides a chance to try each other out. If you are prepared to start in this way, it could get you established in a good company (sometimes with blue chip employers) with some good experience. All our temporary employees have a full employment contract with specified notice, holidays, etc..

Call Centres

You may have worked as a student in a call centre. Call Centres vary substantially. Many offices could be described as call centres and some of these are very interesting jobs with extremely international and lively teams, good career potential and excellent employers. Do not be immediately prejudiced by the label "call centre". It is often worth finding out the facts first.

How do I apply?

First you should register with us. Even if nothing on the current listing appeals to you, it is worth registering. Many jobs get filled before they even appear on the website. They are filled from our register.

To register

• Compete the online registration
• Send us a good CV by e-mail - see our guidelines for CV writing.

We shall acknowledge it and, as soon as something arises where appears suitable, we shall get in touch with you again.