University interview challenge
During the 2012 spring term we gave current students the chance to be interviewed by industry professionals, receive feedback on their interview skills and get some networking experience too. Our employer interviewers came from local businesses, with a wide range of experience and industry insight. See below for profiles of particpating employers.
The three winners (L - R) Nigel Mabvuure, Vicky Davis and Ed Bending
Participating employers
FDM Group is an international IT Services Provider with over 200 clients across multiple business sectors. FDM’s business model is both unique and robust, bringing people and technology together in the most effective way.
With offices in the UK, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland and the USA, FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years and has firmly established itself as the UK’s largest IT graduate employer and the 11th fastest growing company in Europe.
Capgemini is one of the world's foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, it enables its clients to transform and perform through technologies. Collaboration is a key word in our business. It sums up the way we work with our clients - and with each other. It's about sharing world-class expertise to apply cutting edge business and IT solutions, creating results that last. There's another equally important word that makes Capgemini a great place to work (but one which may come as more of a surprise). Fun. In fact, it's one of our core values. And how many other companies can truly say that?
You’re an individual and we’ll treat you like one. We’re a brand new team of highly experienced recruitment professionals, putting integrity at the heart of everything we do. Dedicated to getting to know you, we find out what makes you tick, what you’ve got to offer and what it will take to build your career.
Our clients range from international blue-chip organisations through to small, independent local firms across all industry sectors and all disciplines. This means we’re able to give you the best possible career choices.
We have graduate opportunities in the following areas:
- Administrative
- Marketing/Digital Marketing/PR
- Sales/Business Development
- Account Management
- PA/Executive PA/Secretarial
- Legal Secretarial/Legal Support
- Human Resources
- Language positions
- Customer Services and Contact Centre
- Office Management
- Accounts and Finance
- Purchase/Sales Ledger
- IT Systems and Support
It’s all about you and not just about jobs, so get in touch with the team at Classic Consulting and see for yourself!
Our people are the heart of Domestic & General. As a growing business, we are looking for people who display the commitment, professionalism and drive to work as part of a wider team.
We seek individuals who want to make a real difference to our organisation and contribute something great to a larger ideal.
We value and encourage everyone who works for us, so our customers and clients benefit from a workforce that is achieving its full potential.
Just as we work to ensure our customers are treated fairly, we believe everyone who applies and works for us must be treated fairly too.
We know from experience that if our people are appreciated and fulfilled, our customers will also receive first class service that drives their satisfaction and continued business with us.
That's why we reward our people with the support, motivation and career progression that they deserve. Without such efforts and perseverance, Domestic & General wouldn't be the successful organisation it is today.
Our team effort provides the very essence of everything that is great about Domestic & General. We recognise greatness and reward our people for it.
Enterprise is a huge - and hugely successful - international car rental company. From our humble beginnings in 1957, we have grown into the largest rental car company in North America. We have a turnover of $12.1 billion and employ more than 75,000 people in 7,500 locations across the UK, Ireland, Germany, the USA and Canada.
Join us, and you’ll learn about everything from sales, marketing and customer service to operations and finance, so you can make crucial business decisions and reap the rewards. And by the end of your traineeship, you’ll have learnt how to manage your own branch and support the entire business.
From day one, your responsibilities will be varied and challenging. So you get up to speed with how the business works as quickly as possible. As well as providing customers with a great customer experience, you’ll be marketing our business, selling our service and liaising with lots of business partners, including insurance companies, dealerships, auto body shops and corporations. Not to mention all the day-to-day stuff, like office management and administration as well as collecting and delivering vehicles and keeping them clean.
Graduate Recruitment Bureau (GRB) are a Brighton based, independent, graduate recruitment consultancy getting students and graduates jobs since 1997.
Set up by two Brighton Uni Business graduates our team of experts help students and graduates from all disciplines launch their career with FTSE100 and fast growing firms across the UK.
Register your CV to enable our experts to match you with suitable internships and graduate jobs today – for free!
At Hastings we believe in delivering quality service and fantastic products and offers to our customers, just ask the 800,000 customers who have a policy with us! We pride ourselves on being an agile, dynamic and fast paced organisation which enables us to react to changing market conditions and to identify and seize new market opportunities. It is this forward thinking and way of working that has made Hastings a true turn-around story.
At Hastings we believe in delivering quality service and fantastic products and offers to our customers, just ask the 800,000 customers who have a policy with us!
We pride ourselves on being an agile, dynamic and fast paced organisation which enables us to react to changing market conditions and to identify and seize new market opportunities. It is this forward thinking and way of working that has made Hastings a true ‘turn around’ story.
This fantastic company performance has been supported by a £15m investment programme in infrastructure but there is no doubt that its success is largely due to the passion, vision and dedication of the Hastings Insurance staff.
We believe it’s our passion for our customer and our staff, coupled with our entrepreneurial spirit, that sets us apart.
Did you know?...
That IBM invented the barcode over 40 years ago? That we created the processors that power your Wii, Xbox 360 and Playstation? That we invented the first personal computer 30 years ago? And that we developed the NASA technology which enabled man to land on the moon?...If you didn’t, then imagine what else there is to find out about us!
If you’re looking for a year out as part of your degree, a summer internship or a graduate job, we offer first-class opportunities for top students and graduates across our business – from consulting to technology, business operations to sales, finance to human resources. If you’re full of great ideas and the energy to bring them to life, this is your chance to expand your world with a genuine global leader.
We don’t ask for a specific degree, but you will need to have or be expecting at least a 2:1, as well as business and technical insight, and a flair for solving problems creatively. For our graduates and students a typical week doesn’t exist, so, you’ll also need to adapt to whatever situation you find yourself in.
In return, you’ll benefit from world class opportunities and exceptional training & development. You’ll get to work in a friendly but fast paced environment with talented and inspirational colleagues. You’ll get to experience huge variety in the work that you get involved with, and with our focus being on delivery, not so much when and where you work, you’ll also experience a level of flexibility that many other companies just can’t offer.
If you’re the kind of person who seeks out opportunities and takes charge of your own development, IBM is the place for you.
If you joined IBM, what could you achieve?
Apply at www.ibm.com/jobs/uk
MRL Consulting Group in an international recruitment company with offices in Brighton, London, Germany and the south of France. We run a biannual graduate training scheme which offers bright graduates (many from local Brighton-based universities) the chance to kick-start their career with us. The programme lasts six months and will teach you all the tools needed to work in recruitment.
Upon completion of the scheme there will be the opportunity to join us on a permanent basis and work from one of our UK or foreign offices. MRL is a market leading organisation featured in the recruiter’s hot 100 and proudly holds ISO 9001 quality certification.
OSTC is a Pan European trading company operating on regulated financial markets around the world. With state of the art offices in Bromley, Brighton, Swansea, Tunbridge Wells and a further five locations in Poland; OSTC has fast become a leader in the training and management of graduates who desire to become successful futures traders.
The dedicated management team has between them over 50 years experience trading global markets such as LIFFE, Eurex, CME, ICE and CBOT, giving them the know-how and experience to operate a specialised, fast, resilient, secure trading environment where graduates can fulfil their potential.
UK Power Networks may not be a name you recognise. But let’s have a think for a minute…
This morning you may have boiled your kettle to make your tea, turned on the lights while brushing your teeth or, recently, you could have jumped on a train or jetted off from one of the major airports in the South East? All of these events could not have occurred without UK Power Networks. As one of the UK’s largest energy distribution companies, a quarter of the population rely on us to go about their daily lives. So we’re responsible for keeping the lights on for customers regardless of whom they pay their bill to.
Operating in the East of England, London and the South East, we own and operate three public electricity distribution networks, otherwise known as DNOs. We’re also regulated by Ofgem. As a company we provide service alterations, upgrades and connections, full-scale networks connections for infrastructure, large commercial industrial and housing developments.
Our remit also encompasses the design, operation and maintenance of privately-owned electricity networks for clients in the rail, airports, defence and commercial sectors. This has seen us get involved in projects such as Heathrow and Gatwick Airports, High Speed 1 (Channel Tunnel rail link), Thameslink, Ministry of Defence and Canary Wharf. We also operate, maintain and renew the London Underground power distribution system.
We employ about 5,500 people. We’re striving to become an employer of choice. And, as a responsible and respected corporate citizen, sustainability and cost efficiency are key. Achieving such objectives means we have embraced a culture based on values of integrity, continuous development, diversity and inclusivity, respect, unity and responsibility. If you share these values and want to play a role in influencing the energy industry’s future, then we’d like to hear from you.
We Connect Students is the new online social community which places students in the centre of a well-connected, professional environment of employers and industry mentors looking to identify and attract graduate talent. WCS brings together students, employers and mentors in a focused, professional way.
Students create just one CV / professional profile. Once complete it enables the student to be found by employers, who using our detailed search facility, can find undergraduates and graduates who match their key hiring requirements. No more fuss or searching through lists and lists of job pages.
Student profiles can be searched by academic achievements, extra-curricular activity, work experience, languages, skills, societies and even interested. A general or bespoke video is also available, together with a psychometric profile. Employers can assign their own mentors, and can target students to invite them to careers events and to organise internships.
Students can use WCS from day 1, year 1 of their university career to create a professional profile and expose themselves to employers. Students can choose to be mentored by industry experts offering advice pertaining to the real world and be invited to events by employers. WCS provides students with the ability to network their way to success.
It is the CV that grows with you.
University Interview Challenge 2012 was sponsored by
