When I come to the end of my degree, in June, I shall most likely be pursuing a job. Hopefully I’ll have the luxury of choice so that I can do something that I want to do and with a company who I respect and admire the operation of.

Unfortunately, without getting to an interview, finding out what some job roles entail is becoming increasingly difficult. Some companies seem intent on shrouding their job descriptions in a haze of what can only be described as bullshit. Myself and Matt have been browsing various graduate employment directories to discover that a sizeable handful of companies don’t seem to grasp that their pitch is being directed at fresh graduates - we don’t understand what “supporting the successful operation of international business practices” means, nor do we care that every role you’re offering us has “manager” in the title - everyone knows a graduate is very very unlikely to be plunged into a managerial role, we simply don’t have the experience or knowledge.

I can’t get my head around why multi-nationals, who must be doing something right to reach such status, can’t sort out graduate recruitment techniques - how these companies are going to recruit the necessary individuals to keep their company running in several years is beyond me.

It would be nice if all companies could be honest and clear with their descriptions - we do them the service of concise and to the point CVs and applications; I do Software Engineering, not “A complex understanding of the precise involvements of multiple components and policies through their implementation and review into small-large scale computer system programs.”