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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Kerry Eustice, Sarah Cuddon, Harriet Minter and Alison White

Careers Talk podcast: Is a graduate scheme right for you?

Guests this week

Keen to get some insider advice on the process, we've invited careers coach and graduate scheme consultant, Chris Whitely and PwC trainee turned fully-fledged tax accountant James Fok into the studio.

Plus undecided graduate Amy Wordsworth (whose fantastic online portfolio is well worth a peek) talks to us about her aims to break into advertising.

News review

Didn't think the recession could do your career any good? We've found three reasons to be cheerful in tough times. From the blogosphere, we round up some reactions to the youth unemployment measures in the Budget. Plus, we question the research that suggests employers aren't paying attention to job seekers on social media.

Dear Julian

Our resident careers guru Julian Linley explains why failure isn't always a career disaster.

Jobs top 10

This week's chart is a collection of graduate schemes and junior roles, for first jobbers. For more details, and more jobs, hop over to Guardian Jobs.

Q&As coming up this week

Monday 4: Getting out of a career rut

Tuesday 5: How to break into copywriting

Wednesday 6: A survival guide for graduate job seekers

Thursday 7: How to build a career in architecture

If you'd like to be our resident graduate, or have an interesting careers story to share, drop us an email.

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