Guests this week: When it comes to the volume of applications for each role, the banking and finance sector recently found itself among the top three most popular industries — behind consumer good and media. So, we ask John Morewood, head of graduate recruitment at HSBC, about the variety of career options in the banking sector and how to get them and whether the industry has recovered from its post-recession image and talent attraction problems.
Plus, this week's resident graduate is Eva Bearryman who joins us to explain why tough competition for media jobs hasn't put her off a career in political journalism.
News review: Following the launch of a new online mentoring scheme for Neets, we ask how important mentors are to career success, plus we applaud the entrepreneurial graduates who are fighting the jobs slump by setting up their own ventures and we marvel at the survey that found flexible working is more important than salary to graduate job seekers.
Jobs top 10: We're off to France for the jobs top 10; new entries this week include a project officer for Reprieve and a translator with the French Embassy.
For more information, to apply or to find something completely different go to jobs.guardian.co.uk.
Q&As coming up:
Aug 2 — How to become a graduate entrepreneur
Aug 5 — Routes into accountancy
