All Graduate Profiles & Employer Profiles
Here is the full list of all the Graduate and Employer profiles.
Graduate Profiles
There’s nothing wrong with feeling apprehensive about moving into the world of work. But you’re not alone. Not only are we here to help get your career off to a flying start, but some of our ex-students – who have been through it all and come out the other side smiling – have some real pearls of wisdom that shouldn’t be missed.
Read what they have to say here...
Sciences
Degree: Environmental Biology BSC
Job Title: Production Manager, Clinical BioManufacturing Facility at University of Oxford
Degree: BSc Biological Chemistry with Food Science and Nutrition
Job Title: Research & Development Technician for a Juice and Dairycompany, Barbados
Facility Manager, Evotec UK Ltd, Milton Park, Abingdon
Rebecca Honour,
Degree: BSc Exercise and Health Science/Food Science and Nutrition
Physical Education Lecturer and Advanced Practitioner in Further Education, The Henley College
Degree: BSc Human Biology
Forensic Practitioner for LGC Forensics at Culham Laboratory
Debbie Bishop
Employer: Bioanalab
Title: Laboratory Scientist
Degree: Human Biology
During uni and straight afterwards, I worked as a temp for NHS Professional...
Title: Product Development Technologist
Employer: Gerber Juice
Degree: Nutrition and Food Science
As the largest juice manufacturer in the UK, we create products...
Technology/IT
Degree: Technology Management
I spent my placement year in the HR department of BMW...
Aideen Henry
Title: Project Co-ordinator
Degree: Business Management
Graft is a charity that provides information and support to businesses...
Language
Abi Lucy
Employer: Breckon & Breckon
Title: Letting Negotiator
Degree: English
With a course like English, it’s difficult to apply the skills you’ve picked up...
Business and Management
Suzanne Groves
Title: Planning Assistant
Employer: South Northamptonshire Council
Degree: Planning Studies
My first position after graduating was Monitoring Officer in the Planning Department...
Abi Wilson
Title: HR Manager
Employer: Rouse Honey Ltd
Degree: Anthropology and History (BA Hons), HR Management (MA)
After school I did a BTEC in Business and Finance...
Ken Xio
Title: Senior Performance Analyst
Employer: IPD
Degree: Land Resources Management
I picked up a lot of transferable interpersonal skills by taking part in societies...
Title: Journals Administrator
Course: Publishing
Employer: Wiley-Blackwell
When I was studying, I worked part-time in Blackwell’s bookshop...
Title: Buyer
Employer: Accessorize
Degree: Fine Art
I joined Monsoon Accessorize in the entry-level position of Buyer Admin Assistant...
Employer Profiles
If only you knew what
your ogre of an interviewer was thinking as you scrabbled around for an answer
to a particularly tricky question. Read on and you will. We’ve been speaking to
some of the top graduate employers out there, who have all been happy to share
their top tips. And it turns out they’re just people, after all, and nice ones
at that. So there’s really nothing to be afraid of!
Recruitment
Sarah Pettigrew
Company: meta-morphose International
Title: Director of Recruitment
Meta-morphose specialises in the selection and training of graduates...
Paul Hanrahan
Company: Enterprise Rental
Title: Recruiting Supervisor
Our Management Trainee role is designed to be very progressive...
Rob Oxley
Company: Majestic
Title: Recruitment Manager
There’s only one way into Majestic – the Trainee Manager Scheme...
HR
Lisa Jobson
Company: Harvey Nash Plc
Title: Director of Talent
Harvey Nash is a global professional recruitment consultancy...
David Benson
Company: Oxfam Great Britain
Title: Resourcing Manager and Head of Talent
Here at Oxfam, we don’t have a distinct graduate programme...
Management
Neil Holdstock
Company: Absolute Event Solutions
Title: Operations Director
We deliver events management and security for parties...
David Higgins
Company: Harvey Nash Plc
Title: Deputy Chairman
My top five tips for graduates would be...
Finance
Vish Buldawoo
Employer: CSC
Title: HR Graduate Scheme
Degree: Banking and Finance Management
I became interested in HR through a couple of modules on my course...
David Bowes
Company: SRG
Title: Account Manager
SRG is the UK market leader in scientific, engineering and clinical recruitment...
Consultancy
Ian Irvine
Company: RWE Group, NPower
Title: Head of Consulting & Planning / Head of Graduate Programme
Legal
Sarah Whitehouse
Title: Barrister
To get into the Bar, it’s so important to have a First or 2:1 because...