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So you’ve finished university and now you’re looking for your dream job. You’ve signed up to all the agencies and every day your inbox is being bombarded with potential careers. It's all too much... or is it?

We all need to blow off steam once in a while, and the holidays are the perfect time to do just that. You get to see friends and family, catch up and celebrate. But before you know it, it’s the New Year and you’re straight into exam season.

Ways of getting jobs, meeting friends and staying in touch with people have moved on with the progress of technology. Everyone’s online these days, profiles on various different sites updating the world about what they’re doing and who they’re with. And this can be said for job hunting as well.

Want to be a writer? Get into publishing? Become a bookseller or librarian? Join the (book) club. In the competitive world of book jobs, here are some things you can do to boost your chances while studying.

Sooner or later, your potential employer will want to see the proof in the pudding, and that's where the aptitude test comes in. While you won't find any answers to specific aptitude questions here, a few tips on tackling them in the general sense should suffice!

You've finally done it! You've got your degree, faffed around for a day in a cap and gown and experienced beams of gushing pride from your parents that you probably won't feel again for a very long time.

Are you finding that your first student loan has just vanished? Or perhaps you're struggling to explain what you've spent it on? The last few months of being credit card happy has finally caught up with you. You're poor. Oliver Twist poor.

Every now and then an internship comes along that seeks to exploit young workers; a waste of time that tricks the eager minds of youth. Luckily, there are a few red flags out there to suss out the fibbers and frauds.

Stepping out into the world of work can be an exciting time. There are so many possibilities and different avenues you can venture down - but have you considered an internship?

As an English grad, you may be keen on interning at a publishing house to gain some editing experience. And why not, if you feel most at home when surrounded by books?