Index
ability/aptitude tests, 2nd
abroad, graduates working see working abroad
agencies, recruitment
alumni events
anecdotal information
Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE)
application forms
completing
conclusions
downloadable format
factual information
introductions
middles
online format, 2nd
open questions
paper format
structure, creating
applications
common reasons for rejecting
company, researching
CV, preparing/updating
dates and deadlines
employer, putting oneself into shoes of
feedback, obtaining
forms see application forms
getting started
graduate training schemes
job applied for, researching
job description
making
method
next steps
person specification, 2nd
personal statements
postgraduate study
speculative, 2nd
Architecture and Building graduates
arts/creative arts and humanities, subjects chosen
Design graduates
English graduates
Fine Arts graduates
History graduates
Languages graduates
Media Studies graduates
Performing Arts graduates
assessment centres
case studies and scenarios
contents of assessment
group discussions
group tasks
job-related tests
preparation
presentations
psychometric tests
simulations
social events
Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS)
Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR)
Bachelor’s degrees see undergraduate degrees
Bank of England
Barristers, Bar professional Training for, 2nd
Biology graduates
blended learning
blogs
Bright, Jim, 2nd
Brilliant Graduate CV (Bright, Earl and Winter), 2nd
Brilliant Passing Psychometric Tests (Mulvey)
British Psychological Society
bulletins, job vacancies advertised in
bursaries, postgraduate study
business and administrative studies, subject areas chosen
Business and Management graduates
Finance and Accountancy graduates
Hospitality, Leisure, Tourism and Transport graduates
Marketing graduates
business and customer awareness
Business and Management graduates
business networks, personal networks distinguished
business start-ups, 2nd
Business Zone website
‘Career Planner’ (questionnaire)
casual work
chance
charities, funding of postgraduate study
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Chemistry graduates
Civil Engineering graduates
closed questions
closing dates, looking out for
communication skills
company, researching
Computer Science and IT graduates
Confederation of British Industry (CBI), 2nd, 3rd
confidence, work experience
connections, making
covering letters
differences from personal statements
similarities to personal statements
current information
customer care
CV (curriculum vitae), preparing/updating
applications, 2nd, 3rd
content
employment
experience abroad
personal profile
presentation
qualifications
references, testimonials and referees
skills and achievements
structure
daily newspapers, job vacancies advertised in
data
see also labour market information (LMI)
current
interrogating
persons included in collection of
quantitative and qualitative
dates and deadlines
see also time
balancing job applications with final year study
closing dates, looking out for
critical factors
early deadlines
employability, increasing
graduate job plan
graduate training schemes, 2nd
honesty, need for
law courses
postgraduate courses, 2nd
postgraduate study
project planning
recruitment timescales
rescue plans
skills
time, as best resource
time management
tips for new graduates
deadlines see dates and deadlines
decisions, career choices
being in charge
changes to existing plan
context
existing job
external factors
family circumstances/influences
finances
first graduate job
flexibility requirements
further study and training
grand plan
health
location factors, 2nd
moving on
personal factors, impact on career plans
positive statements
reasons for
second graduate job
skills, enhancing
success, factors for
Department of Business and Skills (BIS)
design graduates
desirable criteria, person specification
destination of leavers from higher education institutions see DLHE (destination of leavers from higher education institutions)
directories, job vacancies advertised in
distance learning programmes, 2nd, 3rd
DLHE (destination of leavers from higher education institutions)
completing own data request
limitations of survey
doctoral degrees, 2nd
dress code
Earl, Joanne, 2nd
earnings, graduate
see also graduate premium
average starting salary
median salary
starting vs finishing salaries
variations within average ranges
economic modelling
Economics graduates
Education Liaison Task Group, Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services
Electrical and Electronic Engineering graduates
employability
business and customer awareness
communication and literacy
developing skills when unemployed
foreign languages skills
increasing
Information Technology
need for skills in graduates
numeracy
problem solving
project management
resilience
self-knowledge
self-management
skillset and mindset
team-working
working abroad
employer’s perspective
employability skills
employer, putting oneself into shoes of
expected skills/capabilities of a graduate, 2nd
job opportunities, accessing, 2nd
selection
soft skills
subject discipline
travel
employment
see also self-employment
accessing job opportunities see job opportunities, accessing
CV, preparing/updating
demanding working abroad
employment rates, by degree subject choice, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
in an innovative organisation
labour market see graduate labour market; labour market
labour market information see labour market information (LMI); subject disciplines/areas chosen by graduates; subject research data
location of work, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
vacation work see vacation work
employment agencies
engineering and building management, subject areas chosen
Architecture and Building graduates
Civil Engineering graduates
Electrical and Electronic Engineering graduates
Mechanical Engineering graduates
English graduates
‘enterprise education’
entrepreneurship, 2nd
entry, points of
Erasmus+ university exchange programme
essential criteria, person specification
European doctorate
European Union, working for, 2nd
examinations
Facebook, 2nd, 3rd
feedback
applications
graduate training schemes
unsuccessful interviews
Finance and Accountancy graduates
Fine Arts graduates
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), ‘Know Before You Go’ campaign
foreign language skills, 2nd, 3rd
demand for language proficiencies
Forensic Science
forums
Foundation degrees, 2nd, 3rd
freelance staff
funding of postgraduate study
charities
employers, persuading
funding oneself
grants, loans and bursaries
obtaining, timing of
people who can advise
postgraduate loans
public funding
research councils
resilience
resourcefulness
sources of funding
by universities
gender balance, by subject area see male to female ratio
geographical and sectoral territories
Geography graduates
Gilleard, Carl, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
global graduates see working abroad
globalisation
graduate labour market
see also labour market
differences between graduates
distinctive nature
graduates as a labour supply
earnings, graduate
employability see employability
expected skills of a graduate, 2nd
graduate as ‘supply’ in
graduates vs other occupational sectors
mobility of graduates
next steps
points of entry
points of leverage
postgraduate study as leverage in
small-to-medium-sized enterprises see small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
supply and demand
training of graduates
work actually performed by graduates
graduate premium
see also earnings, graduate
defined, 2nd
employability
whether guaranteed
reasons for paying more for a graduate
Graduate Prospects website, 2nd, 3rd
postgraduate study, 2nd, 3rd
work experience, 2nd
Graduate Talent Pool
graduate training schemes
applications, managing
being strong contender for
benefits
business consultancies
commitments
creativity requirement
dates and deadlines, 2nd
definitions
direct entry
early deadlines
feedback, seeking and making use of
flexibility requirements
key features
knowing business in context
knowing recruitment timescales/where to find vacancies
long-term nature
multinational engineering companies
myths
next steps
pub and restaurant businesses
regional housing associations
rotation programmes
sectoral growth and decline
selection criteria, meeting
selection methods
strengths and interests
whether suitable
typical schemes
grants, postgraduate study
group discussions
hard skills
Higher Education Careers Service Unit (HECSU)
Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
History graduates
HND courses, 2nd
honesty, need for
Hospitality, Leisure, Tourism and Transport graduates
illegal work
important/urgent test
Information Technology, application
see also Computer Science and IT graduates
‘inside enterpreneurs’
Institute of Civil Engineers
Intelligence (ONS)
internationalisation
internships, 2nd
interviews
asking panel questions
breaking down
checking invitation to interview
at a distance
dress code
final preparation
first impressions
open questions
preparation
procedures following
question preparation
research company and job
Skype, 2nd
telephone and video
unsuccessful outcomes
intrapreneurship, 2nd
invited speaker events
job description
job fairs, graduate
job interviews see interviews
job opportunities, accessing
browsing
chance dimension
employer’s perspective, 2nd
following postgraduate study
geographical dimension
graduate training schemes
job search horizons, broadening
luck, creating one’s own
networking
newspapers, 2nd, 3rd
next steps
online vacancies
pools of applicants
print vacancies
accessible online
recruitment agency, registering with
researching job applied for, 2nd, 3rd
speculative applications
supply and demand
time dimension
Twitter, using for job opportunities
websites, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
job vacancies
online
pools of applicants
print format
knowledge, self-employment
labour market
see also graduate labour market
defined
demand side
experience
graduate labour as distinct sector within
image of ‘market’
intelligence
supply side
labour market information (LMI)
actual functions performed on completion of degree
anecdotal information
becoming an intelligent consumer
classifications
current
data collection methods
defined
whether fit for purpose
geographical and sectoral territories
interrogating the data
job search horizons, broadening
labour market experience
labour market intelligence
need for knowledge about
persons included in data collection
points of entry
points of leverage, 2nd
quantitative and qualitative
reliability
samples
subject areas see subject disciplines/areas; subject research data
types of jobs undertaken by graduates
validity
language proficiency, demand for
languages graduates
Law graduates
leverage, points of, 2nd
LinkedIn
job opportunities, accessing, 2nd, 3rd
profile, 2nd
literacy
LLM Criminal Justice
LLM Oil and Gas Law
LMI see labour market information (LMI)
loans, postgraduate study, 2nd
local newspapers, vacancies advertised in
location of work, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
male to female ratio, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
Marketing graduates
Masters degrees
Mathematics graduates
Mechanical Engineering graduates
Media Studies graduates
median salary
microblogging
milestones, projects
multinationals
National Union of Students (NUS)
nature/nurture debate, entrepreneurship
negotiation skills
networking (word of mouth)
alumni events
business networks, personal networks distinguished
dos and don’ts
graduate job fairs
invited speaker events
online
online presence, need for
postgraduate study
in practice
in principle
reasons for
social networks, 2nd
work shadowing
newspapers, job vacancies advertised in, 2nd, 3rd
numeracy
Office for National Statistics (ONS), 2nd, 3rd
online job vacancies
online networking
online presence, need for
open questions
overseas, graduates working see working abroad
Performing Arts graduates
person specification, 2nd
personal networks, business networks distinguished
personal statements
applications
and covering letter
postgraduate study
personality tests, 2nd
persuasion skills
Physical and Geographical Sciences
Physics graduates
points of entry
points of leverage, 2nd
Politics graduates
portfolio of experience, creating
positive psychology
Postgrad Magazine
postgraduate bulletins
postgraduate study
accommodation costs
applying for even with no first degree
applying for jobs following
applying for without a ‘good’ degree
asking others their thoughts
attendance modes (full- or part-time)
being clear about motives for
blurring of distinct modes of study
campus programmes, 2nd
Certificate or Diploma
course information, probing beneath
distance learning programmes, 2nd
doctoral degrees, 2nd
dos and don’ts
early deadlines, 2nd
enjoyment of subject
entry to profession demanding
finding out about
funding see funding of postgraduate study
good application, making
higher-level degrees
at home or abroad
individual universities
language of instruction
leverage in the labour market
location
looking beyond home country
as main route to career as lecturer/researcher
Masters degrees
modes of delivery (campus-based, distance-learning or online learning), 2nd
networking
next steps
online programmes, 2nd
personal statements
professional body course listings
range of courses on offer
referees
research-based degrees, 2nd
selection of course
self-knowledge as a student
specialist know-how for niche sectors, developing
taking at any stage
undergraduate degree as basis for
undergraduate degree, studying beyond
visits to different campuses
preparation
assessment centres
interviews
questions
print vacancies
accessible online
problem solving
positive steps to take
working abroad
professional practice, taught doctorate for
project management/planning, 2nd
Prospects publications/website
Psychology graduates
psychometric tests
public funding
Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
quality standards, projects
quantitative and qualitative data
Radley, Julian, 2nd
recruitment agency
registering with
and speculative applications
references, testimonials and referees, 2nd
reflection
interviews
self-knowledge
regional newspapers, job vacancies advertised in, 2nd
reliable information
rescue plans
research councils
research doctorate
resilience
reverse culture shock
sandwich placements, during degree
scientific subject areas chosen
Biology graduates
Chemistry graduates
Physical and Geographical Sciences graduates
Physics graduates
Sports Science graduates
sector guides
sectoral growth and decline, graduate training schemes
selection, successful
assessment centres
employer’s perspective
interviews see interviews
preparation
tests
self-employment, 2nd
business start-ups, 2nd
and entrepreneurship, 2nd
experience, gaining
financial management
freelance staff
help
and intrapreneurship, 2nd
knowledge
as life-changing choice
market research
marketing, publicity and promotion
micro-business, starting/trying out
motivation
operating
own business, setting up and running
premises
research and developing one’s idea
resources
skills
starting business immediately at full strength
support
taking a course/module as part of degree
self-knowledge
beliefs
connections, making
employability
evidence, gathering
importance
interests
next steps
postgraduate study
psychometric tests
reflection
skills
talking to others
uniqueness of each student
self-management, 2nd
serendipity
skills
CV, preparing/updating
deadlines
employability see employability
enhancement
expected skills of a graduate, 2nd
self-employment
self-knowledge
soft, 2nd, 3rd
subject-specific
technical
transferable see transferable skills
Skype interviews, 2nd
small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
asking other workers about
defined, 2nd
‘enterprise’
and entrepreneurship
graduate training schemes, 2nd
headcount categories
importance
postgraduate study
whether small, medium-sized or micro
SMART project goals
SMEs see small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
social media see Facebook; LinkedIn; Twitter
social networks, 2nd
social sciences, subjects chosen
Economics graduates
Geography graduates
Law graduates
Politics graduates
Psychology graduates
Sociology graduates
Sociology graduates
soft skills, 2nd, 3rd
Solicitors, Legal practice courses for
speaker events
specialist bulletins, job vacancies advertised in
speculative applications, 2nd
focusing approach
and recruitment agencies
Sports Science graduates
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC), LMI
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC), LMI
STAR structure, applications, 2nd
Start Your Own Business (Welsted and Whiteling)
subject disciplines/areas chosen by graduates
arts, creative arts and humanities
breakdown of research findings see subject research data
business and administrative studies
employer’s perspective
engineering and building management
groupings
mathematics, IT and computing
sciences
social sciences
subject research data
employment rates, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
male to female ratio, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
occupational sectors chosen
Architecture and Building graduates
Biology graduates
Business and Management graduates
Chemistry graduates
Civil Engineering graduates
Computer Science and IT graduates
design graduates
Economics graduates
Electrical and Electronic Engineering graduates
English graduates
Finance and Accountancy graduates
Fine Arts graduates
Foundation degree graduates
Geography graduates
History graduates
Hospitality, Leisure, Tourism and Transport graduates
language graduates
Law graduates
Marketing graduates
Mathematics graduates
Mechanical Engineering graduates
Media Studies graduates
Performing Arts graduates
Physical and Geographical Sciences graduates
Physics graduates
Politics graduates
Psychology graduates
Sociology graduates
Sports Science graduates
range of degree subjects included
Architecture and Building graduates
Biology graduates
Business and Management graduates
Chemistry graduates
Civil Engineering graduates
Computer Science and IT graduates
design graduates
Economics graduates
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
graduates
English graduates
Finance and Accountancy graduates
Fine Arts graduates
Foundation degree graduates
Geography graduates
History graduates
Hospitality, Leisure, Tourism and Transport graduates
language graduates
Law graduates
Marketing graduates
Mathematics graduates
Mechanical Engineering graduates
Media Studies graduates
Performing Arts graduates
Physical and Geographical Sciences graduates
Physics graduates
Politics graduates
Psychology graduates
Sociology graduates
Sports Science graduates
response rates and destination percentages, 2nd
Architecture and Building graduates
Biology graduates
Business and Management graduates
Chemistry graduates
Civil Engineering graduates
Computer Science and IT graduates
design graduates
Economics graduates
Electrical and Electronic Engineering graduates
English graduates
Finance and Accountancy graduates
Fine Arts graduates
Foundation degree graduates
Geography graduates
History graduates
Hospitality, Leisure, Tourism and Transport graduates
language graduates
Law graduates
Marketing graduates
Mathematics graduates
Mechanical Engineering graduates
Media Studies graduates
Performing Arts graduates
Physical and Geographical
Sciences graduates
Physics graduates
Politics graduates
Psychology graduates
Sociology graduates
Sports Science graduates
subject-specific skills
supply and demand
demand for global graduates
demand for language proficiencies
distinctive nature of graduate as a labour supply
graduate labour market
relationship between as critical to job search
working abroad
taught/professional doctorate
teaching English abroad
team-working
technical skills
telephone interviews
testimonials
tests
see also assessment centres; interviews
ability/aptitude, 2nd
examinations
job-related
personality, 2nd
psychometric
selection
time
as best resource
job opportunities, accessing
recruitment timescales, knowing
time management
see also dates and deadlines
accepting help
to-do lists
important/urgent test
key dates
knowing what works
time as best resource
work-life balance
to-do lists
transferable skills, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
work experience
Twitter, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
typefaces
UCAS Teacher Training (UTT)
UK Commission for Employment and Skills, 2nd, 3rd
undergraduate degrees
as basis for postgraduate study
postgraduate study
studying beyond
understanding motives for studying beyond
Universities UK
University Careers Service website
vacation work
during degree
valid information
video interviews
vocational degrees
volunteering
WDGD (What do graduates do?)
see also subject disciplines/areas
degree subjects in
groupings of studies
websites
see also Graduate Prospects website
dates and deadlines, 2nd
examples
job opportunities, accessing, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
self-employment, 2nd
University Careers Service
weekly newspapers, job vacancies advertised in
Winter, David
work experience, 2nd
benefits
definitions
evidence, collecting and recording
experience, gaining
getting best from
internship following graduation
job prospects, improving
job search, enhancing
next steps
as part of degree
personal confidence and transferable skills
sandwich and vacation placements during degree
sources
structure and focus, giving oneself
trying things out
volunteering
work placement as part of course
work shadowing, 2nd
working abroad
bureaucracy and accessing key documents
casual work, checking if worth the risk
checking if entitled to work abroad
checking out job opportunities
demand for global graduates
Embassy in chosen country
employment demanding working abroad
employment overseas as graduate choice
enjoying overseas experience
Erasmus+ university exchange programme
foreign language skills obtained
High Commission of chosen country
interview at a distance
‘Know Before You Go’ campaign (FCO)
language proficiency, demand for
making most of opportunities
next steps
online searches
problem solving
return destination, sorting before going abroad
returning home
reverse culture shock on return home
short-term study abroad as part of degree (Erasmus+)
specific demand for global graduates
surviving
transferable skills valued by employers
travel, employers’ perspective
vacation work while still a student
work experience as part of degree
work-life balance
