Improve your Prospects (Graduate Recruitment Magazines)

Member Name: Epiphany

Product:	Graduate Recruitment Magazines
Date:	06/02/01 (129 review reads)
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Advantages: Good information, plenty of opportunities

Disadvantages: Opportunities mostly in the South East

Prospects Today is just one way the publishers CSU assist soon to be and recent graduates in finding employment. It is a magazine containing information about recruitment fairs, job vacancies, as well as advice about working abroad (for example). It also identifies places and courses for postgraduate study, should that be the route you wish to take after graduating.

The advice given comes in two flavours. The first is advice written by the readers themselves. This is usually based on recent, personal experiences detailing either the struggle to get a job, the ease with which it is possible or other information that the reader may find useful. The second flavour is where the advice is given in response to a readers direct question which usually comes about in response to a letter that has been written. This information can also prove very useful and can be a source of motivation if things are going less than swimmingly. The letters can be found on the first few pages and can range from subjects like things to consider when attending an interview, what some companies include in their recruitment process and other useful information.

Vacancies can be found all over the country, but as with many recruitment websites and publications, the vast majority are in and around the London area, or areas with bigger cities. There are often jobs advertised for the Bristol area, but those further south are few and far between. As I wasn’t looking for work in the North of England, I am not sure how many jobs were advertised in these areas, but I am fairly sure that although there are opportunities advertised, one again they are fewer in number than those for the South East.

It costs £9.99 for six months and as far as I know, the issues are fortnightly editions. When I first signed up of the magazine it was weekly, but then I seemed to get fewer of them in the post. It can be purchased online at www.prospectsweb.co.uk or you can print a form to se
nd in the post if you prefer.

Other services offered by Prospects are Prospects Direct (an e-mail service that notifies you of job vacancies in the areas you are looking for employment), and there is also a facility where you can register a comprehensive CV online for potential employers to view.

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