It is important to know about the working world and what is expected from you as a graduate before you start job searching. Now that you have some idea about the field you would like to go in to, see what employers from that field have to say about employing graduates. Here are some examples of employers explaining what they are looking for and giving tips and advice about entering their field. Go explore their websites for more detailed information.

Finding hints and tips from employers

Interactive

KPMG : Skills Session -Make sure you know your skills and how to express them at interviews

Aldi Career Planner

SkillsSet provides specific career information for the creative industries

Sharpen your business skills
Assess your skills
Do You Know What Skills You Have? (full pdf file similar to progress about identifying your skills)

Youtube Videos of Skills Sets more detail

Quotes

"We appreciate applicants who have a range of work experience built up from the first year, whether voluntary or paid, student jobs or more traditional internships. You should be confident that the work experience has value, even if it is not directly related to finance, and be prepared to explain how it links to the skills we are looking for." “Someone who has strong analytical, organisational and communication skills and can adapt easily to a variety of environments and stakeholders. Someone who has the drive to deliver results and the ability to work effectively as part of a multi-cultural team.” - EU Careers

"When recruiting graduates, we look for great work experience demonstrating your leadership skills whether within charity, voluntary organisation or paid work, and especially like customer service based experience. Building this up over a few years and demonstrating how it relates to our business is key." - Jo Gidley, Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd - Graduate and Campaign Recruitment Manager

“The Government Social Research Service (GSR) needs people who have strong social policy, social research methods and/or analytical, statistical and numeracy skills; people who are interested in the policy process and who want to see research having an impact on government decisions; and people who are team players with good communication and inter-personal skills” - GSR Recruitment

“Academic study gets your foot in the door; employability skills push it open to a far wider range of opportunities. They make your potential contribution to our business unique. Consider these skills and experiences your personal business card.” - James Chalmers, Head of Strategy and Talent, PwC

See more at the careerfirst webpage

What we're looking for Peter Mann - transcript

University of Birmingham hints and tips - transcript
How to stand out - Daniel Hawes - transcript
What you need - Carl Gilleard - transcript

Am I creative?

Be enterprising

Becoming self-aware

Am I thinking critically?

What is leadership?

Social & interpersonal

Working in a team

Communicating

Ethical awareness

Cultural awareness

Planning and organisation

My analytical skills

ICT skills

Numeracy Skills

Commercial awareness