Why Purpose is Now the Competitive Edge in Early Careers Recruitment

By ECOPSUK 06/05/2025

In the past, early careers candidates made decisions based primarily on salary, job title, and the prestige of the employer’s brand. These factors were seen as the keys to a successful start in their career. But today, everything has changed. The next generation of candidates, particularly those from Gen Z, have made a fundamental shift in what they expect from their employers. They are no longer just looking for a paycheck and a title; they […]

Why AI Screening is Losing You Valuable Talent

By Websiteadmin 01/05/2025

The rise of AI-driven recruitment tools has promised efficiency, objectivity, and cost savings. However, when it comes to early-career hiring, these systems may be causing more harm than good. Automated screening processes often fail to recognize potential beyond keywords and pre-set criteria, leading employers to overlook highly capable candidates who don’t fit a rigid mold. If your organization relies heavily on AI screening, you may be missing out on top early-career talent. The Flaws of […]

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Early Careers Recruitment: Hire Better with Character Insight

By Websiteadmin 12/02/2025

Why Character Matters More Than Ever in Early Career Hiring Hiring early career talent isn’t just about ticking off qualifications anymore. Employers need hires who can adapt, collaborate, and think long-term—but too many are struggling to find candidates who fit. Our latest research reveals why character is the missing piece in modern recruitment. We analysed 4,190 survey responses using the VIA Character Strengths Assessment, a globally recognised tool for measuring key character traits. These responses come […]

Understand the Early Career Culture and you’ll be at an advantage.

By Websiteadmin 27/10/2023

Knowing something about the culture of an organisation before you apply could make the difference to your choice and your application. A particular early career pathway or employer may be attractive to you, but what about the culture? Is there support, is there progression and what is it really like to follow that path? These are great questions that need to be answered to feel secure in your choice and competitive in your application. Lloyds Banking Group […]

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Early Career Programme Matcher from Sky

By Websiteadmin 27/10/2023

With opportunities in the UK and across Europe, find your match in media, entertainment or technology with the Early Career programme matcher from SKY. As you might expect from Europe’s leading media company, the SKY Early Careers site provides brilliant resources for anyone interested in an Apprenticeship, Graduate Programme or Internship in the media, entertainment, or technology sector. With so many different teams and opportunities at SKY, we decided to try out the SKY Early Careers Programme Matcher and […]

Applications and Interviews – It’s not easy to get it right first time!

By Websiteadmin 27/10/2023

https://earlycareers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Employabilty-Hub.mp4 Employability Hub – a place where you’ll find useful tools to support you to develop key employability skills. The best place to look for advice on applications, assessments and interviews is direct from the people doing the hiring. PwC are a global employer with a purpose to build trust and solve problems. Its not just about accounting but also a company where you can build a career in many industries. We love the Employability Hub […]

Early Career ESG Checklist

By Websiteadmin 20/09/2023

Do you expect Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) to be a central aspect in your career and a primary objective of your employment? Our ESG Early Career checklist helps to evaluate the credentials of your Early Career options. Environmental and social jobs in a big company used to be about recycling, carbon footprints and inclusive recruitment. Small teams in big offices. But environmental and social is no longer about issues that are getting worse. We […]

How to find purpose and use it to give you direction!

By Websiteadmin 13/09/2023

Making decisions about your early career with any sense of purpose might seem like an impossible task. You might hear advice like “be practical,” “do what you enjoy,” “follow the money,” or “you need to be x, y, or z.” It’s easy to feel pigeonholed before you’ve had a chance to figure things out for yourself, and that can be stressful. Phrases like “It’s the rest of your life we are talking about here” can […]

How to make your personal statement more competitive

By Websiteadmin 05/09/2023

You may never get feedback from an employer or a university about your personal statement so how can you make it better if you don’t get selected? Experts reveal the steps they take to help strengthen personal statements. Understand exactly what is being asked in the instructions.The very first thing we do is study the application instructions and any guidance very carefully. Not what we think it says but what it actually says. The personal […]

How to Ace Your Interview

By Websiteadmin 05/09/2023

Landed an early career interview? Well done! You must be competitive on paper so now it’s about being competitive in person. There are so many tips and guides with sound advice, but what really works? Our top 5 tips for interview preparation will help you ace your interview and get selected. 1. Get even more prepared. Preparing for the interview is about becoming educated about the role, employer and sector in detail, in advance and better […]

How to choose a career. What every young person should know, and every parent should read.

By Websiteadmin 05/09/2023

Many young people face difficulty with career choice and can be left frustrated, sometimes for years, at seeing others advance while they remain undecided about the future. Do you know what direction to take? Which course to study? What career to choose? A leading independent careers adviser shares their formula for how to make early career decisions. Making a career choice seems to come naturally for some. For others, choosing a career with any confidence […]

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