How To Find A Graduate Job Using Social Media

Amit our Student Ambassador give his top tips on …. ‘Using social media wisely at university to help land the perfect graduate job. Tips on how to make the most of LinkedIn and Facebook as a student’.

For most students, using social media and applying for graduate jobs are entirely separate activities. After all, status updates about your “excellent communication skills” and A* in English Literature are as likely to interest your friends as embarrassing drunken photos are likely to impress prospective employers. But get it right and social media can play a key role in landing the perfect graduate job once you leave university.

How To Find Unadvertised Jobs

Helen McNally, Career Adviser shares her thoughts on ‘How to find unadvertised jobs’

It’s final year and the pressure is on to find a job.

You’re looking on all the relevant graduate websites, checking the local and national press, attending careers fairs left, right and centre and registering with any recruitment agency that will take you.

But did you know that only around 40% of jobs ever get advertised in the first place? This means that you could be missing out on up to 60% of the jobs out there.