About Up The Scale: Your Careers Team
We launched Up The Scale because we remember exactly how confusing the jump from university to the workplace felt. As a careers blog built for UK students and graduates, we stand for clear, honest and genuinely useful advice — no jargon, no gatekeeping and no unrealistic promises. Whether you are hunting for your first graduate job, polishing your CV or preparing for an Assessment Centre, our editorial team is here to help you move up the scale, one practical step at a time.
Our Mission: Making Graduate Careers Clearer
Our mission is simple: to demystify the UK graduate job market so that no student feels locked out by jargon, deadlines or a lack of connections. From graduate schemes at employers like Deloitte and the BBC to internships at small startups, we break down how recruitment actually works and what employers are really looking for.
Why we started Up The Scale
We started this blog because careers advice often arrives too late, too vague or assumes you already know someone on the inside. We wanted a space where the application process is explained plainly — where you can learn what an Assessment Centre involves before you attend one, and understand what a graduate scheme application timeline looks like before you start.
Who we write for: UK students and graduates
Everything we publish is written for students in their final years, recent graduates and career changers across the UK. Whether you are applying to the NHS Graduate Scheme or searching for Internships UK opportunities at the BBC, our advice is designed to meet you where you are.
Our promise: practical, honest careers advice
We promise advice you can act on today, and honesty about what we do not know. If a tip has not worked for us or our readers, we will say so.
What We Cover: CVs, Interviews, Internships and More
Our editorial focus sits squarely on the milestones of the UK graduate job hunt: CV writing tips, interview preparation, internships UK and graduate schemes. We regularly reference real UK recruitment processes — from Assessment Centres used by UK employers to the structured stages of the NHS Graduate Scheme — so our advice reflects what you will actually face.
CV writing tips that pass UK ATS filters
We show you how to structure a UK-style CV, tailor it to a job description and avoid formatting choices that trip applicant tracking systems.
Interview preparation for UK employers
From competency-based questions to group exercises at Assessment Centres, we walk through what to expect and how to prepare with confidence.
Finding internships UK and graduate schemes
We cover where to look, when to apply and how to stand out. Our guides include:
- Graduate schemes at Deloitte and other large UK employers
- Internships UK at the BBC and across the media sector
- The NHS Graduate Scheme and public sector routes
- Startup internships and speculative applications
How Our Team Works: Research, Opinion and Real Experience
Our editorial team combines desk research with first-person experience. We draw on sources like Prospects and TargetJobs, then test that advice against our own applications to UK graduate jobs and against real employer expectations. Where we share an opinion, we label it as one.
Our editorial process
Every article is researched, drafted, checked against current UK recruitment practice and reviewed before publication. We update guides when processes change.
Meet the team behind Up The Scale
Our editorial team is made up of writers and researchers who have been through UK graduate recruitment themselves — and who remember how it felt.
How to suggest topics or collaborate
Got a question we have not answered? Want to collaborate? Email us or leave a comment — we read everything.
FAQ
Is Up The Scale free to use?
Yes — all our careers advice, including CV writing tips and interview preparation guides, is completely free for UK students and graduates.
Do you cover internships as well as graduate schemes?
We do. We cover Internships UK at employers like the BBC alongside graduate schemes at Deloitte and the NHS Graduate Scheme.
Can I suggest a topic for the blog?
Absolutely. Get in touch with your question or idea and our editorial team will consider it for a future article.
How do you research your advice?
We combine sources such as Prospects and TargetJobs with our own experience of UK recruitment, including Assessment Centres used by UK employers.
We are always learning from our readers, and the best articles often start with a question someone sent us. If you are a UK student or graduate with a query about graduate jobs UK, CV writing tips, interview preparation, internships UK or graduate schemes, please get in touch — your idea could be our next post.