Graduate schemes: 5 tips for your plan of action

If you are graduating this year and are looking to apply for graduate schemes, you need to be on top of it now. Here’s 5 quick tips to make your plan great.

1. Like the 3 Musketeers: oh no, hang on, I mean the Boy Scouts, Be Prepared. Or if not, you’d better get prepped to fail, because competition is fierce, the deadlines are tight and the schemes are open – now. Tool: Get organised with Wunderlist, the online to-do.
2. Make a plan: and make a plan B. Don’t get set on one. Look around but do your research to what you really want. And have a non- grad-scheme idea in mind too. Tool: Browse employers on BraveNewTalent to look for graduate schemes.
3. Be flexible. Some grad schemes will expect you to turn up the next day for assessment, or for you to relocate. If you won’t, someone else will. Tool: See train timetables and national updates at National Rail.
4. Grow up. This is where work begins and the companies who hire grads expect a certain level from their hires. Exceed, or at least live up to their expectations. Tool: Get the right attitde with Ask a Manager.
5. Stay positive: yes, it’s tough, but positive mental attitude makes a difference. If you don’t ask, you won’t get. So start today. Tool: (video) Get motivated with Dan Pink.