LATEST OPPORTUNITY : SLDP Training : CVs, Applications & Assessment centres

Posted by on Feb 21, 2012 in Blog, Latest Opportunities | 0 comments     Are you finding it difficult to get to the interview stage of a job? Not sure how to stand out on paper or in person?   Do you want a guaranteed interview ? Well we will be hosting a “CV, Applications & Assessment Centres” workshop as part of our Student Leadership Development Programme, in partnership with the fantastic people at Teach first. Hurry we only have a few...
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LATEST FEATURE: Pearson Previous Summer Interns

Posted by on Feb 20, 2012 in Blog, Latest Features | 0 comments       Listen to how previous Interns felt about there experience… Dami Olugbode - Damilare worked in Editorial for Dorling Kindersley, part of the Penguin Group. Check out Dami talk about her time on the Pearson Diversity Summer Internship :  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI0b7CdhXFE&feature=related    Barbara Njau -a political scientist by training and now a...
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LATEST NEWS : Women and young bear brunt of rise in unemployment, says think tank IPPR

Posted by on Feb 20, 2012 in Blog, Latest News | 0 comments Women made up two thirds of the rise in unemployment over the last quarter, with the number of young people out of work risng to more than one million, an analysis of the latest figures by a left-leaning think tank has found. The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) says women and young workers have born the brunt of rising unemployment over the last year. Joblessness has now risen for...
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LATEST FEATURE :Pearson Diversity Summer Internship Programme – Intern stories

Posted by on Feb 17, 2012 in Blog, Latest Features, Latest Opportunities | 0 comments   Introducing some of PDISP’s previous interns..   Mr Sagar Amlani, Financial Times, Legal Intern, 2009     How would you describe your internship experience? Working at the Financial Times was an unparalleled opportunity of a lifetime. I was given a good flavour of Finance, Legal and Company Secretariat during my internship. Can you outline some of the tasks you carried out as...
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LATEST FEATURES : About Pearson Diversity Summer Internship Programme

Posted by on Feb 14, 2012 in Blog, Latest Features, Latest Opportunities | 0 comments What is the Pearson  Diversity Internship Programme? The Pearson Diversity Internship Programme is a paid eight (business) or twelve week (journalism) placement within one of Pearson’s leading companies for bright and talented graduates from black and other visible ethnic minority backgrounds. The internship runs from June to September each year and we have over 25 spaces in a variety of...
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LATEST OPPORTUNITY : Google’s Zeitgeist Young Minds

Posted by on Feb 13, 2012 in Blog, Latest Opportunities | 0 comments Young Minds is a competition to find 10 pioneers, innovators, change-makers and leaders of tomorrow aged 18 – 24 across Europe, Middle East and Africa* to take their place alongside the greatest innovators of today at Google Zeitgeist 2012. Previous Young Minds finalists won an experience of a lifetime, from meeting Chelsea Clinton and Will I Am, to taking part in panel discussions with...
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