Graduate Employment at ‘15 Year Low’

Posted April 8th, 2011 by webmaster and filed in Internships, graduate recruitment
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The 2010 UK Graduates Career Survey conducted by High Flyers Research publicized a number of worrying statistics on last year’s graduate employment. In total, 16,114 students were questioned – equating to 1/5th of 2010 graduates from the 30 universities that took part in the study.

The survey revealed that just 36% of graduating students felt that they would Continue Reading »

Candidates lie on their CVs

Posted June 10th, 2010 by webmaster and filed in Job Applications
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It’s about time that candidates realised that prospective employers will check the veracity of their CVs. Yet, according to background screening company PeopleChecking, part of NorthgateArinso candidates lie most often about degree-level educational qualifications. Continue Reading »

Honesty on your CV is the best policy

Posted March 25th, 2010 by webmaster and filed in Job Applications


A senior NHS manager who lied on his CV has been given a 12-month suspended prison sentence and told to carry out 200 hours of unpaid community work.

Hasan Tahsin, former head of estates and capital projects at Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, made fraudulent claims Continue Reading »