Graduate Careers and Jobs
From your first CV to your first promotion. Honest guides on finding graduate roles, surviving interviews, and starting work without the corporate polish.
Finding a Graduate Role
Find Graduate Jobs
Where to actually look for graduate roles in the UK beyond the big-name job boards everyone already uses.
Graduate Schemes Explained
What graduate schemes really offer, how they differ from entry-level jobs, and whether they suit you.
Application Strategy
How to target applications properly so you spend less time sending CVs into the void.
ATS and Applicant Tracking
How employers' software filters applications and what you need in your CV to get past it.
Building a Portfolio
A practical approach to showing work for creative, tech, and marketing roles when you have little experience.
Networking for Graduates
How to meet useful people without the awkward events and forced small talk.
CVs, Cover Letters and LinkedIn
Graduate CV Guide
Structure, content and common mistakes for a one-page CV that actually gets read.
Cover Letters That Work
What to write when every cover letter instruction tells you something different.
CV Examples by Degree
Real CV examples tailored to different degree subjects, with what works and why.
LinkedIn Optimisation
Turn your LinkedIn from a copy of your CV into something recruiters actually engage with.
CV Templates
Clean, ATS-friendly CV templates you can adapt in minutes without wrestling with Word formatting.
Selling Limited Experience
How to position part-time jobs, society roles and coursework when you have no "real" work experience.
Interviews and Assessments
Interview Questions and Answers
The questions you will actually be asked and how to answer them without sounding scripted.
Video Interviews
How to handle one-way recorded interviews and live video calls so you do not freeze on camera.
Assessment Centres
What actually happens during a graduate assessment day and how to prepare for each stage.
Group Tasks
Navigating group exercises without being too quiet, too loud, or ignoring the actual task.
Psychometric Tests
Numerical, verbal and situational judgement tests. What they measure and how to practise.
How to Stand Out
Practical ways to stand out at every stage, from application to final interview.
Starting Your First Job
Your First Week at Work
What to actually do in your first five days so you start the way you want to continue.
Understanding Your Payslip
Deductions, codes and what every line on your first payslip actually means.
Pension, NI and Tax Basics
What is taken out of your pay, why it is taken, and when you need to make decisions about it.
Workplace Rights for Young People
Your legal rights as a new graduate including contracts, breaks, overtime and probation.
Dealing with Imposter Syndrome
The "everyone else knows what they are doing" feeling and how to move past it.
Switching Jobs Early
When it makes sense to leave your first graduate role and how to do it without burning bridges.
Starting Your Graduate Career in the UK
Leaving university is a strange moment. One week you are handing in dissertations, the next you are competing for jobs against thousands of other graduates in a market that rarely feels friendly. The guides here are written for that transition. No corporate polish, no recycled advice, just practical help for the stage you are actually at.
Most graduate advice online was written for a version of the job market that does not exist anymore. Today almost every major employer uses an applicant tracking system to screen CVs before a human sees them. Interview formats have shifted to include recorded video rounds, one-way questions and psychometric testing. Graduate schemes are more competitive, and entry-level "experience required" listings have quietly become the norm. None of this is your fault, but ignoring it will cost you.
Our approach
Every guide on UniSorted is written by named UK editors and reviewed against current job market conditions. We do not pretend to have a secret shortcut. We explain how the system actually works, what you can realistically control, and where the process rewards preparation over luck. If a claim can be verified, it is verified against a current source on the date you see on the article. If it cannot, we do not make the claim.
Where to start
If you are still at university, start with your CV and LinkedIn. These get used at every stage and most graduates under-invest in them. If you are applying now, read the application strategy and ATS guides first. They will save you from common mistakes that quietly remove you from consideration before anyone reads a word of your application.
If you have accepted a role and start soon, skip to the first-job guides. The first six months of a graduate career set patterns that last. A few hours spent on the right things now pays back for years.
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