Adzuna and Milkround’s Graduate of the Year Competition 2013

Graduates! It’s back! And this time it is bigger and better than ever before. Adzuna has teamed up with top graduate website Milkround to bring you “Graduate of the Year 2013.” Together we are offering you the chance to win a JOB, some CASH and a foot in the door.

The rest is up to you!

1.                An internship with a top UK company (including eBay, L’Oreal, Sony & Google)

2.                A cash prize of £1000

3.                A CV clinic with a top UK entrepreneur

4.                The Illustrious Crown of “Graduate of the Year”

 

The UK employment market is tougher than ever, especially for graduates fresh and eager from university. Competition for graduate positions continues to rise in the UK with over 50 applicants for every available graduate job. Unemployment among 18-25 year olds is the highest it’s been for decades and graduates are finding it tougher than ever to land an entry level position. But there are glimmers of hope in the market, with top employment companies Milkround and Adzuna teaming up to launch a nationwide campaign to find Britain’s “Graduate of the Year 2013”.
If you are a recent or soon-to-be graduate from a recognised UK university then we want to hear from you. We are looking for the brightest, sparkiest, gutsiest individual around.  Whether you excel in arts, music, sports, academia, languages or are an outstanding student union member, leader, or social contributor, we want to hear about you and why you deserve to win.
To enter go to Graduate of the Year 2013 and tell us briefly why you think you are worthy of this magnificent prize.  Deadline is 1st July 2013 and the overall winner will be announced at the Award Ceremony on the 1st August 2013.

Don’t believe us, check out the success of last year’s winner Leo Anthias. Following his internship at Passion Capital, Leo has since gone on to found his own company, Verse (making PowerPoint collaboration painless).

Remember not everyone can be a winner but that doesn’t mean you can’t land your dream job too.  Check out our blog for great interview tips, stellar advice for graduates, thousands of graduate jobs, internships and more vacancies than you can shake a stick at.

Join the chat on twitter: #graduateoftheyear

Come and Meet Us at Freshers' Fayre...

This is a notice for University of Cumbria Students!

Careers Advisers will be at both Freshers' Welcome Fayre events for new students next week at both Lancaster and Fusehill Street campuses next week.

Dates and locations are as follows:

• Fusehill Street Learning Gateway, Tuesday 25th September (from 10.00 a.m.)
• Lancaster Campus Old Dining Room, Wednesday 26th September (also from 10.00 a.m.)

While long-term career planning isn't usually the first thing on students' minds at the beginning of term, you might want to:

• Find out about sources of possible part-time jobs
• Learn about 'Career Ahead', the University's newly-introduced Employability Award
• Try our cryptic careers competition and possibly win a £20 voucher
• grab any freebies we manage to put together on the day

Here's the faces to look out for:

Joanne Watson, Linda Powell, Sandra Baron, Colin Taylor, Libby Davies

Adzuna Graduate Competition 2012

The following post was adapted from an email recently received from Mei Chou, of Adzuna:  

Adzuna is pleased to present its first Graduate of the Year Competition 2012 to all recent or soon-to-be graduates. You stand to win a one week placement with one of the leading companies in the UK including the likes of eBay, Sony and L’oReal as well as some CV mentoring. On top of that, you will receive a combined salary and cash prize of up to GBP 1,000.

We are looking for an outstanding individual among the recent graduates from a recognised UK university. Whether you excel in arts, music, sports, a particular academic, language or are an outstanding student union member, leader, or social contributor, we want to hear about you and why you deserve to win. For more information and details on how to apply, go to http://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/graduate-of-the-year.html

Deadline is 31st May 2012 and the winner will be selected on the 1st of July 2012.

Young Talent Awards - A Way into Advertising

The Action Planning Group (APG), representing the "world's leading communications strategists", run a biennial competition to award the best thinking by students in full-time education.

The deadline for this year's APG Young Talent Awards is Friday 26th August 2011. According to APG's Gareth Goodall, this is what you need to do to enter and what you stand to gain:

"In not more than 1,000 words, tell us about a brand that you would like to invent that would appeal to people your age. The brand should be invented completely from scratch. The best three entries will be given a prize at the 2011 Awards Ceremony, before an audience of leading strategists from London's top advertising agencies. This would give you a great way of securing a job in the ad industry: of last year's winners, two are now in full-time employment in advertising agencies and the third will walk into a glittering career when she graduates."

You can find the Rules of Entry and more details at http://www.apg.org.uk/?p=1163

The Guardian International Development Journalism Competition

Write the World, a sponsored competition run by The Guardian is looking for enthusiastic writers who want to demonstrate their journalistic abilities by exploring crucial issues that face the developing world.

Entrants need to write a 650-1000 word article by June 13th on an aspect of global poverty needing more media exposure than it currently receives.

For more details see http://www.guardian.co.uk/journalismcompetition/2011-about-the-awards

Source: Letter sent by The Guardian