The 2025 job market is proving to be the toughest for fresh graduates in years. Indeed  claim that the rise of AI has created the worst environment for new job seekers since 2018, with graduate roles down 33% compared to the year before. The Guardian  reports that, according to new research, AI could replace as many as 3 million low-skilled workers in a decade.  However, this isn't just a simple AI problem. ChatGPT was first released in late November 2022, but data on monthly

If there’s one thing students hate almost as much as exams, it’s interviews. Whether they’re for internships, placements, or grad roles, the process feels like a mini boss fight. Interviews are one of those things everyone pretends to be fine about, but secretly hate. You sit there, quietly sweating, while a stranger asks questions like, “Tell me about a time you worked under pressure”, and suddenly every single memory you’ve ever had disappears from your brain.  So when I ha

Balancing coursework, society commitments, part-time jobs and career planning all seem like a hassle, right? As freshers starting university, we tend to say, ‘we'll figure it out later’. But the truth is university life moves fast. Before you know it, it's graduation day, and you're wondering where the time went and wish that you'd started preparing just a bit sooner.  To all the first years, your career doesn’t begin at graduation - it's already unfolding. That is exactly wh

As the job market becomes ever more competitive and recruiters grapple with thousands of applicants for a single position, securing a place on a graduate scheme or internship becomes increasingly reliant on clearing one crucial hurdle: the online assessment.  A 2024 study  conducted by Hirevue suggested that, despite much talk of target/semi-target/non-target universities, 72% of recruiters instead value applicants’ performance in these assessments rather than a good CV. The

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