Soft skills… so what?

Soft skills… so what?

When I was completing my arts degree, I envied friends from other disciplines. My radiography pals knew how to take x-rays of things; my engineering friends technically knew how to build bridges (maybe not single-handedly); and my aspiring accountant buddies could...
Successful Graduate Podcast 01

Successful Graduate Podcast 01

What does all the noise about graduate employability actually mean? In this, our first Successful Graduate podcast episode, Anton Crace interviews the Founder and Managing Director of Successful Graduate, Gordon Scott. Why can graduating be confusing for University...
What employers want

What employers want

There’s a meme about entry level positions where the requirements to be considered include a minimum 5 years experience in a similar role. It’s a joke, of course, no employer will reasonably expect you to have performed a job before hiring you to perform it for the...
A Super Mario inspired interactive CV?

A Super Mario inspired interactive CV?

An enthusiastic and obviously talented animator applying for a job has created an interactive CV for himself using Super Mario as inspiration. New York-based “multidisciplinary designer” Robbie Leonardi has turned his resume link into a full-on interactive...
Graduate recruitment tips for students

Graduate recruitment tips for students

I caught up recently with my friend Sinead Hourigan from Robert Walters (a global specialist professional recruitment consultancy) to gather her top three graduate recruitment tips for students entering the job market. Sinead is the Director for her region and has...