Pick up your free copy of the Gradcracker Careers Guide

70 applications for every graduate job! Did you hear this on the news recently from the Association of Graduate Recruiters' survey?

Well, luckily for you we had already come up with a solution to help you secure that job! We have printed a pocket-sized careers guide for you with what you need to know and what you need to do to get that job! Plus, Gradcracker employers have also included information on what they want from you!

So, to give you that extra edge in the application process, take a trip to your careers service and pick up a guide!

The following Universities have already ordered copies of the guide so you can go to the careers service and get your free copy.

Aberdeen, Aston, Brighton, Cardiff, Central London, Derby, Dundee, Glasgow, Glasgow Caledonian, Glyndwr, Greenwich, Hertfordshire, Huddersfield, Kent, Leeds, Leicester, Newport, Northumbria, Nottingham, Nottingham Trent, Oxford Brookes, Salford, Staffordshire, Surrey, Teesside, Ulster

Other Universities are ordering the guide as I write - if you find your careers service does not have any guides just tell them to give us a call.

Here's some of the feedback we've had from your careers advisors and the Gradcracker advertisers - so it's not just us saying it's great!

"I received your student job hunting pocket guide today. I think it offers excellent advice. Well done for doing this."
David Morris, AM Technology

"I am very impressed that such a tiny guide can contain so much helpful information and advice. It combines realism regarding where to look for jobs with the kind of advice on fairs and approaching employers which we give to students every day - but in a very concise form. I thought the employers' quotes were very helpful as was the advice on the kind of experience and skills which employers require graduates to have. Thank you particularly for the advice to make full use of the University Careers Service - it is good for students to know they are not alone in their job search and that there is professional help available to them locally. It is an excellent guide!"
Janice Montgomery, University of Aberdeen

"Thank you for your pocket careers guide which I received today. I think this is very accessible and highlights a lot of significant issues that our students would benefit from hearing about (and also includes a couple of University Careers Service mentions which is great!)."
Calum Nielsen, Glasgow Caledonian University

Gradcracker goes to Silverstone!

Think we would have come last?!

We were really pleased to be invited by The IMechE to attend the Formula Student event at Silverstone this weekend.

Teams of mechanical engineering students took the single seater racing cars that they had designed and built to the famous race track to compete in various events over the course of four days.

Heriot-Watt put the finishing touches on their car

We went on Saturday and saw teams compete in a sprint event and a figure of eight event - take a look at our videos!

We were lucky enough to get the opportunity to talk with many of the teams in the garages and hand out some copies of our new careers guides, webcards and some T-shirts.

Team Aberdeen University were very pleased with their Gradcracker T-Shirts and put them on straight away for a photo opportunity with Angela!

Beautifully Engineered - Team Aberdeen University (and Angela)

Students and visitors were also given the chance to take part in a time trial with Shell to change a formula one wheel. We watched as Cranfield students Klementina Gerova, Timothy Chambers and Daniel Byrne took part.

Klementina Gerova, Timothy Chambers and Daniel Byrne get their instructions from the expert

Sponsors of the event included Gradcracker advertisers E.ON, Airbus, National Instruments and Shell. 

To view all the photos from the day, click here.

Aberdeen University Careers Fair

Annie and Okiemute Adidi, Secretary for the Energy Institute Student Chapter at the University of Aberdeen

Sean and I have just got back from the Engineering & IT Careers Fair at the University of Aberdeen so we thought we would let you all know how it went.

The first thing to say is that it was superbly well organised by the Careers Service. The University's Careers Advisor, Wendy Rudland, told us that it was the first time that she had organised a careers fair but you wouldn't have known it as everything went like clockwork!

Many of the exhibitors were Gradcracker employers: Amec, Atkins, Balfour Beatty, Shell, Technip and Wood Group and it was good to see them there. We also got the chance to meet some new companies who are very interested in advertising on Gradcracker so we will hopefully be introducing them to you in the near future.

The fair was very busy and over 120 new engineering students registered on Gradcracker. We also found time to take a few photos and will be adding these to the gallery soon!

Thank you to all the engineering students that came to see us and to the University for organising such a good event!