Pathways for:

Business Analysts (non-technical)

Information Analysts (technical)

Project Analysts (non-technical)

Various locations outside London

You're a graduate with big ambitions in IT. You want to start as you mean to go on, with an organisation that offers all the support and responsibility you need to first find your way and then carve your own niche. You want great rewards from the beginning, and to look forward to building your earning and career potential year on year. You want to work with EDS.

A leading global technology services company, we've built our success on delivering a broad portfolio of IT and business process outsourcing. We now have a vast array of clients across many industries, offices in around 60 countries and generate $20 billion in annual revenue. But, like you, we have bigger ambitions.

Over 18 to 24 months, we'll help you to find your way, develop goals and maximise your career options. From the beginning, you'll be working in the business, gaining valuable, hands on experience. And while opportunities for learning are ongoing, throughout the programme and beyond, the rewards are immediate: including competitive salary and excellent benefits package.

If you're ambitious and proactive, and have a 2.2 or better in any discipline, it's time to apply. For the Information Analyst path, you must have a degree in Computer Science, Maths, Physics or Engineering (with significant IT content).

Current opportunities include those in the South East which require you to be eligible for DVA Security Clearance and a UK resident for at least the last 3 years.

We do not sponsor applications for work permits. Students with limited permission to work in the UK (e.g. 1 year) are not eligible to join the programme. An ongoing work permit or Highly Skilled migrant Program status is essential.
Closing Date: continuous recruitment

Management Trainees 
Scottish Water
Scotland
The main purpose of this role is to enable the Management Trainee to gain a broad overview of the business during their 3 x 8 month placements. Management Trainees should be operating over and above a function’s existing headcount – operating flexibly to enable learning and development to take place. Placements should prepare and groom the Management Trainee to assume a future management role, likely to be a Team Leader of people or change.
Closing Date: 12 noon on Wednesday 3rd September 2008

The British Energy Graduate Scheme 
British Energy
UK
As a graduate, you’ve got a lot to offer – and a great deal to gain.

Which is what makes the British Energy graduate scheme so

impressive. You see, you’ll be challenged, questioned, developed

and, naturally, supported throughout your entire two years with

British Energy.

Not only is British Energy the UK’s largest producer of electricity,

but we’re the lowest carbon emitter of the major UK electricity

generators, focused on delivering clean, affordable energy for the

long-term. Long-term also applies to the skills and knowledge you’ll

gain on our flexible two year scheme, whatever area you choose to

work in, be it eNuclear Generation, Information Management,

Supply Chain or HR.
Closing Date: non stated

Data Analyst 
ORC International
London (inner or outer)
ORC International is at the forefront of integrating research and

technology. We conduct customer satisfaction and employee

research, and develop state-of-the-art IT systems.

We are seeking self-motivated, enthusiastic graduates preferably

with experience of data and databases to work within our data

analysis department, responsible for producing on-line surveys,

processing data and manipulating databases. Our requirements

are a good honours degree (numerical subject essential),

excellent attention to detail and the ability to understand and

interpret data. Experience of MS Excel and SQL server would be

an advantage.

In return we offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits in

our dynamic working environment based at our Manchester or

London offices.
Closing Date: non stated

Sales Opportunities 
MICROS-Fidelio
UK
£35,000 OTE, plus car/PCP and company benefits.

MICROS is the world's leading provider of enterprise applications for the hospitality and retail industries worldwide.

General Description of role:

Maximising sales opportunities for the company by carrying out the sales process from sourcing and initial contact through to the signing of contracts. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a highly successful company. Being self motivated, proactive and professional approach is required. You will have the ability to develop sales and grow new business. You will be trained in sales and our products.

? To proactively identify and generate new business

? To build a good knowledge of our EPOS systems and to be able to demonstrate them to clients

? To meet or exceed agreed sales targets

? To maintain a professional relationship with new and prospective clients and to act as an ambassador for the company

Skills & Experience:

? Must be able to display excellent communication skills at all levels with the potential ability to close sales consistently

? Candidates must have a highly ambitious personality with a desire to constantly over achieve and deliver new business

? Candidates must be articulate, be an excellent negotiator and well presented

? Key to this position is a self starting nature and the ability to identify opportunity within the market and then develop this to a viable prospect.
Closing Date: 31/12/2009

Volunteer Internship Scheme 
Barnardo's
London (inner or outer)
Barnardo’s NCWE ‘Highly Commended’ Volunteer Internship scheme has a huge range of exciting volunteer internships across the UK.

This Autumn we have a number of fantastic opportunities in Retail, Policy and Research and Fundraising Marketing.

Barnardo’s Volunteer Internship Scheme has been ‘Highly Commended’ in the category of Best Work Experience Provider ‘New Placement Schemes’ at the National Council for Work Experience (NCWE) Awards 2008
Closing Date: See website for details

Graduate Sales Executive 
Cathedral Hygiene
West Midlands
Cathedral Hygiene provides washroom services to organisations throughout the UK. This includes the provision of sanitary bins, air fresheners, soap dispensers, and hand driers.

The role involves visiting new and existing customers to promote the company's services. You will receive full training, management support and appointments made by our telesales department.

We are currently looking for recruits to look after the following territories; Bath, Birmingham, Bristol, Durham and Darlington, Gloucestershire, Hereford and Worcester, Oxford, Reading, and Swindon.
Closing Date: 19/09/2008

Advisors 
WorkDirections UK Limited
UK
Engage, Challenge, Advise, Listen, Guide, Communicate, Inform, Support, Motivate, Change, Empower, Drive, Empathise, Create, Inspire, Encourage, Assist, Negotiate, Stimulate . . .

You need all of these skills and more to be a WorkDirections advisor.

Are you ready for the most challenging and rewarding job of your career?

WorkDirections is a private company that successfully supports thousands of unemployed people each year to find work through Government-funded employment programmes. We support people who are long-term unemployed, those on incapacity benefits and single parents to find lasting jobs, and have vacancies in our offices in London and Birmingham.

We are recruiting for exceptional individuals. you will work with many different clients, each with very different circumstances and needs. It will be up to you to decide how to challenge, support and inspire them to succeed in finding a job.

All of our advisors are high achievers and many have a degree. Most have no previous experience in this field, and we recruit for attitude, intelligence, creativity and resourcefulness. Common to all advisors is the ability to achieve challenging outcomes within a target-driven environment.
Closing Date: 26/08/2008

Field Sales Academy 
Neopost
UK
Our Academy ensures that graduates entering our sales force become professional experts in their field and through support, development and training enables them to provide the correct solutions to meet our customer needs.

Intensive 10 Day Training Programme

Product Range

Leasing

Selling Skills

With Onoing Mentoring

26 week activity schedule

Follow up day every 6 weeks

Graduate to Sales Executive

Trainess benefit from the support of Sales Managemet, the Academy Staff and Training and Development to ensure every opportunity for success is available to them.
Closing Date: non stated

Graduate Opportunity Operations Management 
University Of Brighton
South East England
Afriso Eurogauge Ltd, in collaboration with the University of Brighton, is looking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated graduate to play a major role in a two year strategic change management project.

The project is to implement organisational and cultural change in Afriso Eurogauge to enable it to move from a product focused paradigm to become more competitive through an improved customer focus promulgating throughout the business.

Afriso Euogauge is based in Crawley, West Sussex and is the English subsidiary of the German company Afriso Euro-index. The company's current focus is on the engineering application of level measurement and control equipment for liquids, powders and granular materials for industry and environmental protection, based on a comprehensive range of level measuring products. Key market sectors include marine applicatioins and separator manufacturers.

This post, as part of the government's Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) scheme, will offer the successful candidate the oportunity to gain experience of working in the level sensing design and manufacture industry and to obtain specialist training in market and business analysis, culture change, continuous improvement methodologies and technology management.

Key attributes: Bachelors degree at 2:1 or above in Operations Management or similar subject, an ambition for and ability to take ownership of a significant change management project. A postgraduate qualification in a relevant area such as business management would be an advantage, as would a relevant industrial placement or other industral experience.

The package: Early responsibility for a high profile change management project in a leading company, a generous dedicated personal development budget and the opportunity to register for a funded higher degree such as an MSc by work based learning.

Working for equality of opportunity.
Closing Date: 04/09/2008