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Admittedly, not the most common or popular area of mechanics – this sector is becoming more and more important these days and could well be the right choice for you. [...]

Young Academic prides itself on giving students up-to-date and relevant news. Now students can read how other students after graduating have struggled to find work but when they have been audacious and starting their own firms they have seen the rewards. Harry Whitworth brings you the first in a series of comprehensive career guides and [...]

As promised,we have the first of a series of career guides and interview tips here for you today at Young Academic. Today's instalment is regarding the importance of looking the part at your interviews. Whether it is for a work placement as part of your degree or your first graduate job, your appearance is the [...]

Career guidance services and business advisory firms are urging students to use their summers wisely as it becomes increasingly difficult to find graduate employment. In essential student news, firms such as Deloitte are encouraging young academics to let their hair down after their exams but not to rest on their laurels. Many companies in all [...]

With students looking to graduate in the next few months, Young Academic can today bring you news of a young student that is working hard in Guatemala as part of her engineering degree and the reason why companies would like to increase the number of women they recruit into engineering careers. [...]

The next instalment of the Young Academic Career Profiles is here for you today, with a case study from Fan Ye. It includes interesting information on how to succeed in the banking sector with or without a University degree. Keep your eyes peeled for more student news about careers in the coming weeks. [...]

Young Academic have discovered a worrying trend for any of you that have recently completed a course in Law. Aspiring lawyers outweigh post-graduate opportunities by 8 to 1 meaning up to 46,000 aspiring solicitors are fighting it out for just 6,300 jobs! There are also 15,600 budding barristers vying for 1,300 positions resulting in trying [...]