The graduate career handbook : make the right start for a bright future / Shirley Jenner

Includes bibliographical references and index

Your career decision -- Your skills and knowledge -- Your career hopes and ambitions -- Personality at work -- Work experience -- Overcoming obstacles -- Under pressure - improve your stress fitness -- Graduate jobs in the twenty-first century - the big picture -- So, what is a graduate job? -- Organizational culture and climate -- Choosing your first employer -- Your employment rights at work -- Secrets of graduate recruitment and selection - the inside information -- Jobhunting - how and where to look -- Making applications -- Build a brilliant CV -- How to succeed at interview -- Assessment centres -- How to succeed at selection tests -- Accepting the offer and clinching the deal -- Starting your new job

The big issue that faces all final-year students is how to get a great job. By demystifying the recruitment and selection procedures used by the majority of employers, Shirley Jenner shows how to gain control and find the best post.