How to land a graduate scheme with no relevant experience

About this episode

Megan Taylor shares her journey from healthcare to securing a competitive graduate scheme at TransPennine Express.

Want to land a competitive graduate scheme with no rail experience? In this episode, Megan Taylor shares how she went from studying psychology and working in healthcare to securing a place on the TransPennine Express graduate scheme, beating 1,500 applicants. We cover: The full graduate scheme application process (psychometric tests and assessment centre) What it’s like day-to-day How transferable skills helped her stand out What happens after the graduate scheme ends --- 📝 Unsure what to do? Take the Prospects job match quiz: https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-match?utm_source=Podbean&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_campaign=Job+Match_transpennine+ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/futureyou_pod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@futureyou_pod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ProspectsJisc 📜 Episode transcripts: https://www.prospects.ac.uk/podcasts/future-you-podcast-transcripts

People in this episode

Guest: Megan Taylor

Topics covered

• graduate scheme
• career transition
• transferable skills
• application process

Keywords

• psychology
• assessment centre
• psychometric tests
• day-to-day experience

Mentioned in this episode

Products: TransPennine Express graduate scheme

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