"The Graduate"

For you film buffs out there, no we are not in fact refering to the 1967 film with Dustin Hoffman.... Today we'll tell you about a little radio programme we stumbled upon aired on BBC Radio 4 (which of course you all wake up to in the morning!) This two part programme tracks a year in the life of four students, from Leeds Universities, post graduation.

In this first programme we hear about the trials, tribulations and successes of their first 6 months.  They discuss the approaches they are taking, and review the effectiveness.

Hopefully you can take some ideas away from this and maybe try some of the approaches for yourself.

Quick recap, we see three key ideas for applications and speculative aproaches:

• Twitter - one grad finds success in landing unique positions posted only online for a dream role
• Face-to-face - an aspirational theatre technician shares her approach
• Contacts - 'it's not what you know but who you know' for one budding sales executive

Once you've listened for yourself, why not share your thoughts right here with us?  We'd also love to hear your personal stories... Post a comment, email or tweet and tell us how are you getting on.