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Welcome to the February edition of the GJS eNewsletter.

GJS works in partnership with the region's universities to offer a range of services to help students & graduates find excellent career opportunities within the South, at the click of a button.

You can use GJS to:

- Browse our database of jobs

- Specify which jobs you want emailed direct to you

- Search our business directory of employers

- Research the student & graduate labour market in the South

- Put together a comprehensive CV & covering letter

- See what other graduates are doing with our student & graduate case studies

Our system is quick, simple and user friendly. You could be applying for the best jobs within the region within minutes of being posted!

Have you found an opportunity through GJS? If so, we would love to hear from you please contact us here.

Did you also know you can register for regular email alerts on GJS?

Our enhanced alerting service will automatically forward you suitable opportunities once they are posted.

To activate email alerts follow these easy steps:

1. Log on to www.graduatejobsouth.co.uk

2. Then select:

3. Scroll to the bottom of the page and select the relevant option:

Marketing Work Experience

International Sailing Federation, Southampton, Travel expenses paid

Office Manager

The Society of St James, Southampton, £20K - £25K

Climate Change Officer

New Forest National Park Authority, Lymington, £23,569 - £28,531

Tour Production Assistant

Raz Daz Records, Bournemouth, Salary Negotiable

Stroke Service Review Co-ordinator

The Stroke Association, Southampton, £17,690 – £21,471

Head of Research & Planning

Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Southampton, £40,875 pa

Web Designer

DataSouth, Holbury, £20K - £25K

If you have forgotten your password for the website, please contact us and we will send your password to your designated email address.

For enquiries please contact 023 8083 3010

This is your opportunity to meet over 100 exhibitors and network with an expected 2000 business visitors at the region's key B2B show. For fast track entry please register at www.business2businessshows.com

A team from the BBC’s Dragons’ Den programme will be bringing their cameras to interview prospective candidates for their popular programme. Entrepreneurs with new business ideas will get the opportunity to pitch them to a film crew at stand 110.There will be a team on hand to advise you on how you can apply to be on the show, and help you take the first steps on that selection process. Come and pitch your idea to the production team at the event and you could earn your chance to step into the Dragons’ Den itself.

Meet with both local and national employers from a whole range of different industries; all of whom have chosen to target students and graduates as part of their recruitment programme.

Check who will be there with our list of exhibitors.

There will also be employer presentations throughout the day on a range of topics.

Reasons not to miss out:

• - Get an interview – Students have been invited to interview as a result of meeting employers at our fairs.
  - Hone your skills – Even if you aren't offered a job, talking to prospective employers about graduate appointments gives you valuable confidence and experience of interviews.
  - Network – Meeting employers and even fellow graduates helps you build useful contacts for future reference.
  - Insider tips – Speaking to professionals in your chosen sector is a great way to learn about the industry.
  - Be informed – Investigating and discussing the opportunities with a company can provide a valuable insight into what type of graduates they are looking for.

Ocean Careers is an annual event offering endless recruitment and career opportunities within the ocean technology, marine science and offshore industries.

Even if you haven’t studied or considered a career in this industry before, Ocean Careers will help you realise how your skills whether they are in engineering, science or mathematics can be utilised in this vast, exciting, forward thinking and extremely diverse industry.

Taking the current state of the global economy into account, it is clearly becoming harder for many graduates, postgraduates, newly qualified engineers and the unemployed to find work. Why not broaden your horizons and possibly transfer your skills to an industry that in the last few years has seen unprecedented and continuing growth coupled with rapid development technologies applied to ocean survey and research and an ever increasing shortage of skilled staff.

You’ll be surprised at the number of exciting and challenging global career opportunities to choose from and the hundreds of companies who are desperately trying to fill positions.

Put Ocean Careers 09 in your diary today!

JobServe Live! is the one-stop event to improve your career prospects.

The shows feature a wide range of recruiting employers, universities and other training and education providers plus advice clinics, seminars, demonstrations and other features.

With free of charge entry this is the careers event you can’t afford to miss.

Register now to ensure your fast track entry and to be among the first to receive regular updates on new show features and companies exhibiting.

For more information, please visit:

"I believe Graduate Jobs South is an excellent resource for graduates looking to work in the area, it was certainly the first point of call for me. I found it very easy to use, I applied for around 4 jobs through the website and actually got 2 interviews from that, so all in all I found it very positive."

- Nathan Bailey, Graduate

"A CV should be 2 pages and we look for 3 or 4 lines at the top, summing up what the candidate is all about. It is this that makes us decide whether we read on or not"

- David Fawcett, HSBC

If you require any further assistance when applying for jobs please do refer to the handy hints & tips pages

on the For Graduates and Students page on GJS.

Thank you for taking the time to read our eNewsletter, and don't forget to tell your colleagues and friends about GJS - the leading regional students & graduate recruitment service dedicated to the South.

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