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Getting experience without experience

How do you get a job when you don’t have experience and experience when you don't have a job, Steve Rook gives advice to students this summer

The eternal career dilemma is getting a job when you don’t have experience and experience when you don't have a job. Over recent years this catch-22 has become especially challenging for university students for a multitude of reasons. 

For starters, current students and graduates are facing an increasingly diverse job market, skills and experience have become ever more central to the recruitment process, and the recession has heralded fewer student opportunities but greater graduate expectations. 

However, there is good news. There are still numerous opportunities to get the experience and attributes you require, you just need to be creative and take control of your career journey.

Assess all your options – Step back and see what’s out there

Mainstream vacancies: Make sure you know where and when the larger recruiters in your chosen sector advertise their jobs, for example, many graduate schemes open in the autumn, to start the following year. 

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