Guests this week
Anna Martindale, fundraising and communications intern at the CLAPA (Cleft Lip and Palate Association), Rhiannon Bates, assistant PR officer at conservation charity the Woodland Trust and Robbie Cowbury, graduate trainee at The Stroke Association reveal how they got their first job at a charity.
Plus Amy Summers, Middle East and North Africa crisis response campaign assistant at Amnesty International talks about the lengths she went to in order to get a junior staffer role at the Guardian UK 300-topping organisation.
News review
We discuss misconceptions of the workplace and the study that found 'graduates have unrealistic expectations of their first job'. From parents calling on grads' behalf to stalking interviewers on Facebook; we reveal some emerging job seeking trends and faux pas. Plus, any old excuse to discuss the News of the World revelations, what to do if a previous employer falls into disrepute.
Dear Julian
Keen to escape the vicious circle of no experience = no job, no job = no experience? Julian Linley, creative director at Bauer, has some tips.
Jobs top 10
This week's charity-themed chart includes a learning manager post at RSPB and a (on-street) recruitment coordinator role at Amnesty International Ireland. For more details, and more jobs, hop over to Guardian Jobs.
Q&As coming up this week
Weds 20 July: Working in brand design
Thurs 21: Breaking into charity PR and communications
Fri 22: A guide to assessment centres
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