Interesting blog post on google scholarships. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GoogleStudentBlog/~3/6bsfvYhIcRI/google-schola...
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Monday 6 December 2010
RBS graduate scheme programmes communications
Lots of graduate opportunity here :
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Friday 3 December 2010
Fine Art Graduate Schools — Graduate Degree Finder
Graduate opportunity fine art grafuate schools http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://graduatedegreefinder.com/graduate-degree/fine-art-graduate-schools/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAEoATAAOABAtdTh5wRIAlgAYgVlbi1HQg&cd=hxcGgDyRvP8&usg=AFQjCNFTMY01dvqICLxG-K9mRXUwVwUK4g
Thursday 25 November 2010
Graduate Copywriter
Interesting graduate opportunity maybe for someone with a creative writing degree.
Vacancies in Advertising, Marketing and PR from prospects.ac.uk
McCann LondonLocation :London (inner or outer)
Closing Date :10/12/2010
McCann Erickson, one of London's top 5 advertising agencies is looking for a new graduate copywriter to work within their Enterprise department.
This role is critically important. You will work as part of the creative team, working closely...
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Tuesday 23 November 2010
Excellent Graduate Opportunity - London - South East, London
Graduate opportunity in finance.
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Recent graduate? Strong academics? International Business Services Company is looking to bring on future finance managers for their growing accounting ...www.jobs.co.uk/.../excellent-graduate-opportunity-89724.htm
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Jobs in Dublin City Centre, Graduate Opportunity - Financial ...
Graduate opportunity in the land of james joyce and Guinness.
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Sourcing Intern - IT and Telecoms
Graduate opportunity in it and telecoms.
Latest (Student or Students or under-graduates or undergraduates or undergraduate or under-graduate or undergrad or under-grad) AND ("Internships" OR "Internship" OR "Intern" OR "Interns" OR "Sandwich Year" OR "Sandwich Placement" OR "Sandwich Placements" OR "Placement Year" OR "Placement Students" OR "Placement Student" OR "Gap Year" OR "Industry Year") ANDNOT ("Receptionist" OR "restaurant") jobs from Totaljobs.com Graduate
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Graduate opportunity for technology graduates.
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Internship - Dpto. Controller FAL L&M
Graduate opportunity in a large company .
Latest (Student or Students or under-graduates or undergraduates or undergraduate or under-graduate or undergrad or under-grad) AND ("Internships" OR "Internship" OR "Intern" OR "Interns" OR "Sandwich Year" OR "Sandwich Placement" OR "Sandwich Placements" OR "Placement Year" OR "Placement Students" OR "Placement Student" OR "Gap Year" OR "Industry Year") ANDNOT ("Receptionist" OR "restaurant") jobs from Totaljobs.com Graduate
Vacancy EADS is a global leader in aerospace, defence and related services. In 2009, the Group - comprising Airbus, Astrium, Cassidian and Eurocopter - generated revenues of € 42.8 billion and employed a workforce of more than 119,000. Internship - Dpto. Controller FAL L&M Assignmen ... Sent with Reeder
RBS operations graduate salary 2010
Interesting graduate opportunity. Research on salary ranges for different roles can be very useful.
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Plagiarise this: UK universities may use law to validate submissions
This does not seem right to me. What do you think ? Plagiarise this: UK universities may use law to validate submissions
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UK universities who subscribe to the quasi-plagiarism detector, Turnitin, can use the law to force students to submit coursework or essays even if they refuse.
But the company who own the Turnitin software, iParadigms, has already caused controversy by forcing university customers to hand over the intellectual property rights of submissions, which often own the rights as part of the contract between the institution and the student. The numbers are staggering, with the company claiming to own 19 million ‘licensed students’ and nearly 130 million student papers to check for ‘originality’ in new essay submissions.
Background
For those who remember the post about the license rights to competition submissions by students to the Microsoft Imagine Cup, you can apply the same logic here.
But for some students who are uneasy about handing their work to their university for a split second before it is snapped up by a third-party private company, they can refuse. Refusal though is futile as there is an interpreted element to the UK Data Protection Act which allows universities and colleges to push through the document regardless of the student’s wishes.
- Read more: Students: All your intellectual property belong to us
- Related: Turnitin: if your a student, your IP might belong to us
- Related: Plagiarism detectors can identify authors of terrorist propaganda
The institution I study at, the University of Kent (see disclosure)Â offers some interesting guidance and advice, provided in part by the legal department of the JISC, the Joint Information Systems Committee, which provides IT and computing infrastructure and support to hundreds of universities and colleges in the country.
When a student submits an essay via Turnitin as their primary method of handing an assignment to their academic department at university, they will often go through their university’s virtual learning environment, like Moodle or BlackBoard.
Ultimately, the university either via email or through the course tutor, lecturer or similar relevant academic must at some point inform the student that it may be necessary to use this software for submissions. The student must agree to this. This unfortunately means nothing.
(Turnitin ‘originality report’ console: left, new view -Â right, classic view.)
One of the documents from the university replies in the frequent asked questions section for students says:
Q. Can I object to my work being stored in the [Turnitin database]Â system?
A. If a copy was legitimately made of your assignment for submission to Turnitin, then you do not have a right to object to the work being stored on copyright grounds.If your objection is to personal data continuing to be stored on the system, you can submit a notice under Section 10 of the Data Protection Act 1998 if processing of your data would be likely to cause substantial damage or distress.
This means that under copyright laws, you do not have grounds to complain or object because the intellectual property rights have been automatically transferred from you, the student and submitter, to Turnitin’s owner, iParadigms.
However, if you have reason (and only you would know) to believe that the work being stored could affect your safety, security or cause you legal, financial or physical harm, the law can be used for your protection and will be taken strongly into account. Ultimately it could be up to a court to intervene if necessary.
But here is where it gets interesting.
From another guidance document relating to more common questions from academics:
Q. Can my students refuse permission to have their personal details and assignments processed by the Turnitin service?
A. The Data Protection Act 1998 sets out when and how personal data can be ‘processed’. For any institution to validly process personal data, it must comply with one of the two conditions in Schedule 2 of the Data Protection Act 1998. These are:
- Condition 1: “The data subject has given his consent to the processing.”
- Condition 6: “(1) The processing is necessary for the purposes of legitimate interests pursued by the data controller or by the third party or parties to whom the data are disclosed, except where the processing is unwarranted in any particular case by reason of prejudice to the rights and freedoms or legitimate interests of the data subject.”
The [university] will ask for the studentâs consent during the registration process at the start of the year. If consent is given, condition 1 is fulfilled. Without consent, the institution may use condition 6 to process the data, on the basis that quality of marking and detection of academic deceit are legitimate interests of the institution.
Consent or no consent, once the document is handed in whether it was done electronically through Turnitin (student gives consent), or handing it in on paper to the relevant submission area (student does not give consent), it is within the university’s right to submit it themselves via Turnitin under Condition 6 of Schedule 2 of the UK Data Protection Act.
If the student does not hand in the assignment at all, thus also not giving consent for the work to be submitted through Turnitin, they will not receive marks and could fail their module, course, or entire degree as a result.
The student is in a Catch 22 position. If you want a degree but your school or university uses Turnitin to submit its papers and you object, frankly you can either bite the bullet and accept defeat, or make a stand and fail your course.
What would you do: bite the bullet and succeed, make a stand and fail?
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Gain valuable CPD points & knowledge from leading commentators in Government and the finance sector at the latest ACCA event
Graduate opportunity to gain cpd points for budding accountants .
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The ACCA will host their 2nd International Public Sector Conference on 15th December 2010, with a day of insightful and no doubt controversial speaker sessions. While the London event is sold-out, you can view the event still take part through the online webinar.
This conference will discuss the economic landscape - post spending review - and assess the opportunities for refashioning public services in a more cost-effective and efficient manner. Register online at www.accaglobal.com/ipsc to find out more. The stream will be priced at £39.99. Register before 15th December to qualify for the £5 early-bird discount. ACCA members will also qualify for a further £5 discount.
Once registration is complete, viewers will receive a payment confirmation entitling them to unlimited streaming and video downloads. You can also gain 7 CPD points for your participation.
Paying viewers will be audience to able to hear leading figures from the UK’s public sector, including Lord Rooker and Stephen Dorrell MP, who will offer thought-provoking insight into how accountants and financial advisors hold the key to rebuilding public sector finance.
‘Good Governance in Public Services’ will question whether public services are becoming more or less accountable and transparent in a financially constrained environment. The session will consider the role of scrutiny, the value of audit and effectiveness of governing boards in making public services more accountable to citizens.
‘A Catalyst for Change’ will take a closer look at key findings from ACCA’s international research on effective partnership and innovative methods to ensure social return on investment.
‘A Sustainable Future’ also sheds light on the recent ACCA research project ‘Sustainability reporting in the public sector by national governments’, which studies the issues arising from environmental sustainability targets infringing on efficiency savings in public services.
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www.liv.ac.uk/careers Statement of Service - Employers
More graduate opportunity
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just - Reading - Student & Graduate Jobs
Graduate opportunities are now appearing on gumtree. If you are in reading check it out
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Wednesday 17 November 2010
Benefits
Great place to look for your graduate opportunity
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Saturday 13 November 2010
GJobsGraduate: Ambitious Team Assistant – Awesome Creative Agency - IMPACT CREATIVE RECRUITMENT http://mjobx.com/vlIYAA #jobs
Interesting graduate opportunity : GJobsGraduate: Ambitious Team Assistant – Awesome Creative Agency - IMPACT CREATIVE RECRUITMENT http://mjobx.com/vlIYAA #jobs
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Wednesday 10 November 2010
Forrester study on Generation Y: Social media myths debunked?
Interesting research that may be useful if you are seeking a graduate opportunity :
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A post by my good friend Eileen Brown, CEO of Amastra, a company focusing on social media and strategy for business and enterprises, pointed out a few key features in a study performed by Forrester and Citrix Online about the Generation Y.
In short, the summary offers an interesting insight into the state of social media and the workplace, which most people may not expect:
“Generation X workers â and not those in the younger Generation Y generation â make up the majority of those who use social networking for business, followed closely by [Baby] Boomers aged 55 and older. “
Remember this is a research study done by Citrix, which as many companies do, roll out research which somehow integrates with the products and services it provides. The results will all but certainly be biased, but it does give me the apt opportunity to debunk a few myths based on my own experience.
On with the show, anyway.
1. Generation Y is the least likely to share work information via text message, video conferencing and video chat. The survey showed that only 26% would send work information by text message, compared to 47% of those aged 55 and over.
I suspect this is the case for two reasons. The first being that those working in an office environment will all have the same email address system, thus making it pretty easy to send information to a colleague based on little pre-existing knowledge. It’ll normally come as your first plus last name, followed by the domain of the company.
Plus, text messages are restricted to a maximum of 800 characters. It’s not the best form to send something to someone at the best of times, falling within the critical framework of the working infrastructure. It is mostly common sense, beyond anything else.
2. Generation Y use less social networking for work. The survey showed that 40% use social media for business, unlike 50% of those 55 and above who do.
This finding is an interesting one. Most would roll in the Generation Y as being pioneers of social networking and instant communications. Yes; while this is true, only 40% use social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn directly for business purposes.
Again, in most cases it is not efficient or fundamentally appropriate to communicate with colleagues and superiors over services like these, when email and internal communication systems - perhaps instant messaging over a corporate solution, is best.
This statistic does not show that the Generation Y are not in any way the lesser user of social networking and media for personal purposes, though. Overshadowed perhaps, but it still shows that nearly half are using social networking to promote their business or connect with professionals on dedicated services.
3. Generation Y is least likely to pay attention in meetings. 51% of the Generation Y believe it is important to pay attention in meetings to decide a course of action.
The argument goes that the iGeneration have a short attention span because we need to be ‘constantly entertained’ by Facebook, the media or computer games.
On the other hand, how many members of the Generation Y are high enough up in the workplace food chain, let alone old enough to be so, to play a part or feel as if they can contribute value of worth in meetings? In some areas, such as software development, most are on equal footing with their colleagues it would seem.
However, in most industries it should not surprise that the younger generations have to follow the lead from the existing managers of the older generation.
4. Generation Y is least likely to think meetings are efficient. 29% of the Generation Y think meetings to decide a course of action are efficient, compared to 45% of those aged 55 and over.
This shows once again a disparity between the older and younger generations. One could take the previous argument that it is because those making the decisions are of a higher pay grade and often fall within the older age range. Generally, the younger you are, the lower down in the hierarchy of the organisation or industry - unless you have created a Silicon Valley 2.0 startup, of course.
Even then, one set of researchers found that the highest rate of entrepreneurial ‘activity’ in fact belongs to the 55+ group of Baby Boomers.
5. Generation Y less likely to use eye contact. 79% of those aged 55 and above feel eye contact is important, where 65% of members of the Generation Y.
Now this one I can’t explain. Any psychologists in the house? I would argue that the ‘generational difference’ between those born in the late ’80’s to those who were schooled during the ’70’s and ’80’s experienced very different institutions, thus playing a major factor
It isn’t a huge difference to be fair, as nearly three-quarters of those in my generation consider it to be important in business. Yet as working from home is on the increase as well as working in areas of business where eye contact is not an issue - call centers, for example, then this could make up the difference.
Are the Generation Y losing focus, or still the underdog and at a disadvantage to the older generations? Leave your thoughts.
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Saturday 6 November 2010
First Derivatives Graduate Jobs and Summer Internships in Technology
Interesting graduate opportunities jobs and internships
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Thursday 4 November 2010
Unique Graduate Opportunity - Trade Me Jobs - New Zealand
Interesting graduate opportunity
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Trade Me Jobs brings you thousands of jobs from top New Zealand employers & recruiters, including executive jobs offering $100k+.www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-me-jobs/.../listing-327284571.htm
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Wednesday 3 November 2010
The University of Manchester - Postgraduate Open Day
Interesting graduate opportunity
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BT Business Management Graduate Opportunity in London
Interesting graduate opportunity website at southampton university
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Helping to match the right student and graduate with the right employer.jobshoponline.solent.ac.uk/JobDetails.aspx?jID=9051
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NEWSLETTER - University of Kent - the UK's European university
Interesting graduate opportunity
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Graduate Opportunity for Japanese Speakers. Rest of world ... Graduate Opportunity Electronic Engineering - Transducer Interfacing (KTP Associate) ...www.kent.ac.uk/careers/jobs/newsletterOct1810.htm
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Tuesday 2 November 2010
Oxford Careers Fair
Interesting graduate opportunity
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Method of application: Please apply online at www.marksandspencer.com/ gradcareers. Marks & Spencer plc e: graduate.opportunity@marks-and-spencer.com ...www.careers.ox.ac.uk/index.aspx?o=9075
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Great book reviewed on no shortage of work petfect if ypu are seeking a graduate opportunity
No Shortage of Work
Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
Book Review: by Steve Amoia
Seth Godin is a best-selling author and well-known public speaker. His latest book, “Linchpin,” reinforces many of the concepts that we promote at NSoW: Being different, creativity, innovation, generosity, personal networking and passion for your work. Mr. Godin teaches us that indispensable people, who he calls linchpins or artists, think “along the edges of boxes, because that’s where things get done.”
Mr. Godin has written an entertaining, compelling and provocative work. He discussed how the workplace has evolved along with how our brain structure creates resistance for 9 to 5 success. I liked how the book was organized into short chapters with many interesting anecdotes from his own life and concise examples from famous and not-so famous people. The author’s perspectives challenge our notions about the structure of work and the factory/office notion that defines modern-day jobs. Mr. Godin stressed that we must change to survive in a world where competition is not only around the corner but across the globe.
Several Thought-Provoking Quotes
One feature that I enjoyed was the amount of wisdom the author shared in easy-to-digest quotes sprinkled throughout the book. Here were a few of my favorites:
“Linchpins make their own maps.”
“We have gone from two teams (management and labor) to a third team. The linchpins. These are people who own their means of production, who can make a difference, lead us, and connect us.”
“They (linchpins) bring humanity to work. They don’t leave it at home.”
“Linchpins don’t work in a vacuum. Your personality and attitude are more important than the actual work product.”
“Having a factory job is not a natural state. It wasn’t at the heart of being human until recently.”
“Lots of people can lift. That’s not paying off anymore. A few people can sell, almost no one puts in the time to create or invent.”
“Find a company that hires people, not paper.”
“Successful people are successful for a reason: They think about failure differently.”
“The only way to be indispensable is to be different.”
“What the boss really wants is an artist. If he can’t have that, he’ll settle for a cheap drone.”
“If you don’t have a resume, what do you have? How about three extraordinary letters of recommendation from people the employer knows or respects? Great jobs, world-class jobs, jobs people kill for, those jobs don’t get filled by people e-mailing in resumes.”
“You are not your resume. You are your work.”
The Status-Quo of the American School System
The author raised many interesting points about the American educational system. Namely, that the American school system is fear-based, punishes mistakes, stifles creativity and rewards conformity and test-taking skills. Mr. Godin believed that these factors produce future workers who are afraid to stand out due to fear of reprisal. He had an illuminating quote about this scenario:
“Many successful people got that way despite their advanced schooling not because of it.”
Five Minutes of Brilliance
The author noted that linchpins have a unique quality: They solve problems that others don’t anticipate in small bursts of activity. Mr. Godin used a brilliant example to hammer home this point. He discussed a time when a young Sir Richard Branson (Chairman of Virgin Group) was stranded on a Caribbean island after missing the only flight of the day. Instead of waiting for the airline to solve the problem, young Sir Richard chartered a plane and charged fellow travelers $39 a ticket to finance the entire trip.
Gifts and Reciprocity
Mr. Godin is a firm believer of giving without expectation even if the reciprocity inherent in gift-giving has been a part of humankind since the early tribal societies. He believed that when you focus on your art and helping others by your work, the rest will take care of itself.
“Art is a personal gift that changes the recipient… A loan without interest is a gift.”
This book will make a valuable addition to your business and self-improvement library. Please share it with your employer, colleagues and clients.
My rating: *****
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Steve Amoia is a freelance writer, editor and translator from Washington, D.C. He is a contributor to NSoW and is the founder of the World Football Commentaries blog.
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Wednesday 27 October 2010
2011 Google Online Marketing Challenge
Interesting graduate opportunity :
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Calling all students: registration for the 2011 Google Online Marketing Challenge is now open! “Thanks to the Google Online Marketing Challenge we have come to realize
that a well tailored AdWords campaign can be a very effective marketing
tool. The students were able to make this campaign cost effective whilst
also meeting our customers expectations”
- Participating business
“It has been a really valuable experience as a future marketer to run a
Google Adwords campaign, but it was also a rewarding one to know that we
were
able to make a difference to our client’s business."
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The Google Online Marketing Challenge is a global student competition open to any higher education institution anywhere in the world. The 2010 Challenge had over 12,000 students in 60 countries competing. This year, we would like the Challenge to reach even more people ... and we need your help in getting the word out! How does it work?Teams of 3-6 students receive US$200 of online advertising with AdWords and then find local businesses to work with to devise an online marketing campaign. Teams outline a strategy, run their campaign, assess the results and provide the business with recommendations to further develop their online marketing activities. The winners are judged by an international panel of independent academics. In the ever changing world of online marketing, the Challenge is a great way for you and your classmates to get some hands-on marketing experience. It's a skill that will come in handy as you graduate and prepare to enter a tough job market, but most importantly: it's a fun and engaging way to gain real-world experience helping businesses develop their online marketing strategies. How can I register?Your professor, lecturer or whoever teaches you, enters their student team into the Challenge. If you think your professors might be interested in signing their classes up for the Challenge, let them know about this opportunity! Your professors can obtain more information in the Academic Guide which will provide them with all the details they need to help them decide if the Challenge is right for their class. The Challenge is open to any university and any discipline around the globe, at graduate or undergraduate level. What’s the timeline?Registration closes: January 14, 2011
Challenge starts: January 31, 2011
Challenge ends: June 10, 2011
Winners announced: July 2011 Register now at www.google.com/onlinechallenge.
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Documentary Film Internship
Interesting graduate opportunity :
Latest (Student or Students or under-graduates or undergraduates or undergraduate or under-graduate or undergrad or under-grad) AND ("Internships" OR "Internship" OR "Intern" OR "Interns" OR "Sandwich Year" OR "Sandwich Placement" OR "Sandwich Placements" OR "Placement Year" OR "Placement Students" OR "Placement Student" OR "Gap Year" OR "Industry Year") ANDNOT ("Receptionist" OR "restaurant") jobs from Totaljobs.com Graduate
Internship - Documentary Film - Fabulous opportunity for a bright and educated (degree standard) Graduate to work for 2 - 3 months as an intern to an in-coming Executive Producer working on E2 city projects internationally. TV series focusing on einvironmental and ecological, social and cultural issues in a variety of fields inc ... Sent with Reeder
Saturday 23 October 2010
Graduate Jobs & Internships
More graduate opportunities. Check out the autumn graduate fair !
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Friday 22 October 2010
The Future Leaders Development Programme
Interesting graduate opportunity
Vacancies in Advertising, Marketing and PR from prospects.ac.uk
Barclays BankLocation :UK
Closing Date :31/12/2010
100+ Graduate Opportunities across all the graduate programmes.
We want you to make tomorrow even more exciting than today, combining the strategic vision to conceive our future with the strength of character to go about creating it. You’ll be an inspirat...
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Thursday 21 October 2010
The National Graduate Recruitment Exhibition - the essential careers event of the year
Looks really interesting if you are seeking a graduate opportunity : 
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Undecided about what to do after university? Unsure which career is right for you? Don't panic! The http://www.gradjobs.co.uk/about_exhibition.php?exhi_id=126" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(71, 68, 187);">National Graduate Recruitment Exhibition is the essential careers event of the year - designed to help you make the right choices after university, it is more than just a jobs fair and provides you with a host of free features to kick start your career and ease you into the transition of working life. http://www.gradjobs.co.uk/reg_form.php" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(37, 46, 127);">Register now for free, fast-track entry and get your career off to a flying start! http://www.gradjobs.co.uk/reg_form.php" target="_blank"> 
http://www.gradjobs.co.uk/index.php" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(39, 45, 177);">The National Graduate Recruitment Exhibition: Essential Information 29 & 30 October 2010, NEC, Birmingham Nearest station: Birmingham International - for directions to the venue click http://www.gradjobs.co.uk/venu.php?exhi_id=126" target="_blank">here Opening times: Friday 11am-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm All full time students will be re-imbursed up to £10 towards their travel costs to and from the exhibition!* http://www.gradjobs.co.uk/reg_form.php" target="_blank"> Follow the http://www.gradjobs.co.uk/index.php" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(39, 45, 177);">National Graduate Recruitment Exhibitions on...
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