Guests this week: Resident graduate Anna Codrea Rado talks to us about her itchy feet and excellent blogpost When should you move on from your first job? We also ask David Winter - a careers consultant with C2, which is part of The Careers Group and lead author of the brilliant Careers - in Theory blog and Corinne Mills - managing director of career management and outplacement company Personal Career Management and author of the best-selling CV book You're Hired! How to write a brilliant CV - talk to us about when and how to move on and offer tips for securing a promotion.
News review: In the week that SMEs are being tipped as the creators of the workforce of the future and graduate jobs are on the rise in small businesses, we reveal where to find the top small employers in your area and the big cities. Plus, why career-smart graduates always carry business cards and, we ask, is it worth job seeking on a roundabout?
Dear Julian: When work gets stressful and you start to dislike your job it can be easy to consider jacking it all in for a guaranteed 9-5 role without the hassle. But this isn't always the best option, as our agony uncle and creative director at Bauer, Julian Linley, argues this week.
Jobs top 10: Highlights include an events manager for the Royal Academy of Arts and a retoucher for Net-a-Porter. To apply or to find more, go to jobs.guardian.co.uk.
Q&As coming up:
8 November: The value of vocational routes into the job market
9 November: Getting onto a magazine
10 November: A survival guide for IT graduates
If you'd like to be our resident graduate and join us in the pod to talk about your job seeking and career goals — email careers@guardian.co.uk
