While the Autumn term was all about CV writing, attending company presentations and getting your head around the horrors of psychometric tests, the period between now and Easter will be when things really start to happen for placement students.
Coming up on your horizon will be telephone interviews, assessment centres, group exercises, face to face interviews, and hopefully you'll be looking at offers after that. To get there though, you will need to follow up the hard graft put into you applications and ensure you prepare fully for meeting employers.
Preparation can take many forms and combinations. You may want to thoroughly research a company and their competitors, or read up on their recruitment practices via Wikijob. Talking to your Careers Consultant or Placement Officer can secure you valuable interview practice, or if there is an opportunity to attend a mock assessment centre, sign up straight away. Try to network with current employees of the companies, particularly their existing interns, who will be best placed to offer insight on what it is like to work there and the responsibilities given to student employees.
There will be some of you who perhaps aren't through to the interview stage just yet. Don't be disconsolate, there is a long way to go yet for your placement search. I'll still be placing students come September, so don't be giving up on yourself.
#PlacementChat returns at 9pm on Thursday 17 January (not 10 January as previously advertised!) If you have interviews coming up and have some some questions, or just want to know more about placements, ask away.
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