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Welcome to the March edition of the GJS eNewsletter.

GJS works in partnership with the universities of Southampton Solent, Southampton and Winchester to offer a range of services to help students & graduates find excellent career opportunities within the South, at the click of a button. Top graduates no longer need to relocate to pricey and crowded London to get top positions, you can stay right here in the South and put the skills you gained from your degree to good use within local companies.

Final year student?

Graduate Job changer?

1st or 2nd year looking for work experience or a placement?

With over hundreds of employers and around 60 opportunities advertised per week, GJS has something for everyone.

Graduate Gemma Davidson found her first job after her degree through the GJS website: “After only being signed up for a few weeks I found my dream job advertised went for it and was hired! I found GJS was better than other websites because it didn't focus on London, where I definitely did not want to be.”

Graduate Jenny Boland found her job at The Sailors’ Society in Southampton through the GJS service: “I liked being able to control how often I was informed of new jobs, and choose different sectors of interest.  It’s also great that the range of employers is so huge and there are lots of job listings.”

Junior Web Developer

Digital Trip Ltd, Bournemouth, Up to £22k + Benefits

Production Engineer

Evertz, Reading, £15K - £20K

Project Worker

The Society of St James, Southampton £17,626 - £19,998 per annum

Sales Support

Martin's Rubber Company Ltd, Southampton, £12,880 - £30,900

Recruitment Consultant

Countrywide Medical Selection, Winchester, £15K - £20K

DVD Replication Technician

CW Replication, Alresford (nr Winchester), negotiable

Consultant

Options Employment, Southampton, £22,000

For more opportunities go to the homepage and search 'All jobs' or why not subscribe to receive email alerts by logging in and updating your preferences.

FEATURED Internship:

Procter & Gamble, based in Bournemouth

If you are a student in your final or penultimate year of study, whatever your degree, discipline and background, you can apply for a real business experience in P&G, based in Bournemouth!

Testing an internship with P&G will expose you to real projects and challenges, backed up by your P&G coach and collaborating in teams. All year around and all around Europe, we invest in short term and long term internships for students. While developing and learning on the job, see for yourself what P&G is all about – face to face with us! Read more

Employer Top Tip:

"Include up-to-date contact details on CVs. Ensure candidates apply for jobs they really want, not blanket applications with standardised CVs."

Working for a small to medium sized company

GJS works with regional employers, with a particular focus on small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs). There are many definitions of a small to medium sized enterprise. The DTI definition states; a micro business is 0 - 9 employees, a small business is 10 - 49 employees and a medium sized business is 50 - 249 employees. In the UK more than 99% of all businesses fall into these categories. Statistics predict that there will be over 2 million jobs created in this sector over the next ten years. With traditional blue-chip recruiters downsizing their requirements and more students entering Higher Education this is the growth sector in graduate recruitment.

Small firms often suffer from misconceptions amongst graduates. There are however lots of opportunities to develop new skills, experience new challenges and make a strong impact on the success of the business.

Andrew Witham is a graduate from the University of Southampton who found his job at the company Symetrica through the GJS website:

“I was intrigued to work with a small company, because I wanted the experience where you could feel that you really knew what was going on in the whole company. I wanted to work somewhere I could contribute to the running and to how the company progresses and to really feel like you make a difference.”

FEATURE: GJS Business Directory

Wow, what an amazing feature of the GJS website! Over 600 regional employer contacts at the click of a button. Check out the information below to make sure you're not missing out on this great resource:

Use the business directory to research companies you may be interested in working for.

If they are not currently recruiting you could approach them speculatively with a targeted CV and covering letter.

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

Are you the next Richard Branson or Alan Sugar? Are you thinking about starting a business in the South?

Fish on Toast in the University of Southampton's Entrepreneur's Society. It doesn't matter if you're looking for a career or starting your own company, why not come and find out more.

Fish on Toast organised or affiliated events are always open to any member of the public.

Find out more...

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

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.

Find out more

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.

"The website was very good, perfect for graduates. Most of the GJS employers cater for graduates and do not ask for too much experience which suited me down to the ground!"

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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