Follow Friday: Graduate Recruitment on Twitter December 3, 2010
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Active UK graduate recruitment accounts on Twitter
- Mercer – consulting, outsourcing, investments – @mercergradrecuk
- Teach First – @TeachFirst
- Centrica Grads – energy – @centricagrads
- Jaguar Landrover – @jaguarlandrover
- Unilever – @unilevergradsuk
- Addleshaw Goddard LLP – law – @AGgrads
- Linklaters LLP – law – @linklatersgrads
- Mishcon de Reya LLP – law – @mishcongrads
- Vodafone – @graduaterecruit
- Xerox Europe - @xeroxstudents
Online social networking – Follow Friday: Entrepreneurs November 19, 2010
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If you are a Twitter user, you will be familiar with Follow Friday (or #FF) – every Friday people tweet their recommendations about who to follow. I thought I’d pick up the idea, but broaden it to share the Facebook and LinkedIn accounts I’d recommend as well.
These will be useful for job-hunting, networking, sharing your questions, getting information, and tracking down events to attend.
I have been following Global Entrepreneurship Week, so in honour of that I have taken entrepreneurship as my first theme. Interesting to see how different organisations favour different networks.
For general tips on networking approaches (not just online) see our handout on Networking.
First of all, some of the strongest and most active groups are the student societies and careers-service-led pages. They are mainly sharing events and successes within their community, so you’ll need to search for the one at your uni. At the University of London we have Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs, UCL Entrepreneurs Society, King’s College London Business Society, Queen Mary Entrepreneurs,
For general interest, I’d recommend Starting your own Business, Flying Start and Global Entrepreneurship Week.
You will want to use LinkedIn to network with individuals you know, but I’d definitely recommend joining groups like these too. You can ask questions, join topical discussions, and build your network through finding other individuals to connect with.
- On Start-Ups – The Community for Entrepreneurs
- British Library – UK Entrepreneur Network
- Real Business Entrepreneur Network
- UnLtd – The Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs
Celebrities
- Duncan Bannatyne – http://twitter.com/DuncanBannatyne
- Peter Jones – http://twitter.com/dragonjones
- James Caan – http://twitter.com/jamescaan
- Richard Branson – http://twitter.com/richardbranson
Individuals
- Jack Smith – Young Tech-Entrepreneur – http://twitter.com/_jacksmith
- Dan Martin – BusinessZone editor – http://twitter.com/Dan_Martin
- Peter Grigg – Head of Policy & Research, Enterprise UK – http://twitter.com/pgrigg
- Jonathan Moules – Financial Times, enterprise correspondent – http://twitter.com/Jonathan_Moules
- Bill Morrow – Founder of Angels Den – http://twitter.com/BillMorrow
Organisations
- Business Link http://twitter.com/BusinessLinkGov
- Flying Start http://twitter.com/FSMakeItHappen
- School for Startups http://twitter.com/s4s
- NACUE http://twitter.com/NACUE
- Global Entrepreneurship Week UK http://twitter.com/GEWUK
- Virgin Media Pioneers http://twitter.com/vmpioneers
- Talent Scouts for NEA http://twitter.com/TalentScout_NEA
- UnLtd http://twitter.com/UnLtd
- Enterprise UK http://twitter.com/The_Enterpriser
News
- Business Zone http://twitter.com/BusinessZone/
University societies
- Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs http://twitter.com/rhentrepreneurs
- Queen Mary Entrepreneurs http://twitter.com/QM_E
- UCL Entrepreneurs Society http://twitter.com/UCLEntrepreneur
Anyone else you’d recommend?
