The Graduate Training Programme
Are you looking for the practical skills and business acumen to back up your degree discipline? Quest’s Graduate Training Programme is the ideal conversion programme for those university graduates seeking to gain the missing business skills from their CVs. In some cases, a degree simply isn’t enough to enable progression along the career path that you would like to take. Perhaps you have been told at interviews that you lack confidence or the technical expertise, or perhaps personally you don’t feel quite ready yet? If this sounds familiar, then take a look below.
Quest’s Graduate Training Programme is fast-paced, only 12 weeks long and ideal for graduates seeking to develop some commercial and corporate skills before heading out into the workplace. However, it is not only skills training that you will receive at Quest. We have a team of experienced recruitment consultants working alongside you and your training schedule to help you secure a role that fits you. You are able to continue using Quest’s recruitment service long after you have finished The Graduate Training Programme, and secured your first job. With weekly CV clinics and an open-door policy, you are welcome back at any time. Employers are regularly looking to recruit graduates with previous work experience, so when the time comes for you progress up the career ladder, don’t forget to come back and see us!
The Graduate Training Programme Contents:
- Introduction to the marketing mix (the 7 'Ps')
- Digital/social media and corporate communications
- SWOT analysis
- Macro/micro environment
- Segmentation, targeting & positioning
- Professional qualification
- Introduction to leadership
- Identifying learning styles
- Building a team
- Developing yourself and others
- Professional qualification
- Planning, implementation and time management
- Budgets and organisation
- Project Management theory & event evaluation
- Understanding and exploring global financial markets
- Corporate finance
- Key issues in world news and politics
- Understanding and creating solutions to business problems
- Analysing case studies to further understand industry sectors
- What is PR and why is it used
- PR in different industries
- Writing a Press Release
- Writing for business (letters, reports, professional layout)
- Planning business travel and itineraries
- Meetings and preparing the appropriate documentation
- Touch Typing and speed development
- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
- Applying IT in a business context
- Creating and managing an advertising campaign
- Presentation skills – delivering a business pitch
Providing the tools needed to find your next job role. Includes:
- Writing a professional CV
- Targeted covering letters
- Competency-based interview techniques
- Recruitment agencies
Need help deciding which course is best for you?
We can help you decide.
Contact us on 020 7233 5957 for more information
Start Dates
The Graduate Training Programme- September
- January
- April
- June
Entry Requirements
The Graduate Training Programme
Professional and exam charges
Institute of Leadership & ManagementPaid by student (currently £75)
To cover:
Management – Introduction to Leadership, Building the Team and Developing Yourself and Others.
Marketing – Marketing for Managers, Giving Briefings and Making Presentations in the Workplace and Understanding the Communication Process in the Workplace.
To see the dates that the courses start on and the course fees, please visit the Dates & Fees page:
Dates & Fees