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Hi there, I am in a bit of a situation right now. I'm currently working a full-time job with a somewhat long commute (2.5 hours a day both sides). I want to get on a graduate scheme for 2020 and they open in the upcoming September however, the application process for them is quite long so I'm not sure if there will be enough time for me after work in the evenings + weekends to apply myself fully to graduate scheme applications. Should I consider leaving my FT job, get a part time job (if I can get one) and look for graduate schemes full time?

Hi there,

Thanks for your post.

Two and half hours either side of your working day is considerably higher than the average (58 minutes) so I fully sympathise with your situation.

Do you get a couple of days off a week either at the weekends or during the week? Or are you able to plan in a few days of annual leave that will allow you to focus on your applications?

Look forward to hearing back from you.

Thanks - Sophie.

Ok so I have thought about that, I have 25 days annual leave allowance from now to end of April. Can possibly buy 10 holidays extra which gives me 35 days off. But will that be enough? I am not sure. I graduated in 2018 so really would like to get on to a good graduate scheme and not take risks however, maybe I am over estimating the work to get a graduate scheme? Interested to hear your and other peoples' opinions.

Thanks for getting back to me.

It depends on how many you are thinking about applying for.

I would have thought that over the space of a week or even a few days you could do a fair few applications. People spend between 1-2 hours on a job applications (generally speaking).

It would be great to hear from other graduates about how long they tend to spend on the applications.

You could organise this in way that is more time efficient by narrowing down the positions you know you definitely want to apply for and try to read up on the organisations in your free time before sitting down to do the application process.

The hard truth is this question is a little bit like 'how long is a piece of string'

My advice would be to try and set aside some time (maybe take a week off) to focus on your applications, get yourself organised so you know exactly which ones you want to apply for and in your free time in between tasks do your organisation research.

I hope some other graduates are around tonight to help you out too!

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I’m going back to university after a gap year to finish my final year. I want to get a banking job but I don’t have any experience or internship in banking. However, I have done some volunteer work at my university and the local community centre. Could you please advice me on how can I make my application better and how can I stand out?

Hi there!

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I hope this helps!

Thanks-Samrita.