Guests this week: Jonathan Black, director of the careers service at Oxford University shares some advice on giving employers what they want and why it is often never too late to take advantages of uni career services. Plus, Adam Parker — a University of Sussex (class of 2010) English Literature and Film Theory grad and junior researcher at children's TV channel, Nickolodeon and our resident graduate Nikki Osman talk about how they used their careers services and why they would like to see universities and course leaders work more closely with uni careers services to prepare graduates for the market.
Resident graduate: Nikki Osman, class of 2009 history grad from the University of Nottingham and budding journalist, sits in on the podcast to share her views on this week's careers headlines and tell us about her media jobseeking so far. If you fancy coming in to do the same, you can email us at careers@guardian.co.uk or post a message in the Careers forum.
News review: As the coalition government announces that a graduate tax could replace tuition fees for university students, we wonder what impact this will have on graduate salary expectations and priorities in the future. Plus, are the latest generation of graduates really choosing full-time motherhood over high-flying careers, what impact will the transport minister's congestion-relieving plans for home working have on employees and employers and — space; the final career frontier — why would the majority of Brits like to be an astronaut?
The jobs top 10: Roles from this week's chart include a producer for the National Prison Radio service and a resource centre manager for Mencap.
For more information — and, of course, more jobs — go to jobs.guardian.co.uk.
Q&As coming up:
20 July — Flexi-time — is it good for your career?
21 July — A graduate guide to careers in TEFL
22 July — What can I do with a degree in languages?
23 July — Gap years and working holidays
