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10 tips for dealing with a job offer

Our advice to help you get this last stage right

10 tips for your internship

Our top tips to help you make the most of the experience

Are you an illegal intern?

Doing an internship? Ben Lyons, co-director of InternAware, explains your position in employment law

Behind the City's walls Part 1: history

In the first of a new series, Finbarr Bermingham tracks the Square Mile's long development into the most economically powerful zone in the world

Behind the City's walls part 2: how it works

Finbarr Bermingham examines the underlying structure of one of the world's most powerful financial centres

Behind the City's walls part 3: culture

What do 300,000 workers do after they knock off? Finbarr Bermingham finds out

Behind the City's walls part 4: mystery

Conspiracy theories abound in the City of London. Finbarr Bermingham delves into some of the most startling

Can banking's long-hours culture change?

Hannah Langworth on attempts to ease the working lives of students and graduates in the industry

City life is a rollercoaster - can you take the pace?

There'll be highs and lows in quick succession working in the Square Mile. Hold on tight, and try The Gateway's quiz to see if you'll enjoy the thrills - and stay the course

Could you survive on £20 a day?

With intern wages in the spotlight, Mike Barnard asks how much you need to get by

Double life: Tokyo story

Hannah Langworth meets City lawyer Jonathan Lee, who was prompted by a secondment to Japan to write his first novel

Double life: fighting talk

The Gateway speaks to City shipping disputes lawyer Thor Maalouf, who also battles it out as a corporal in the Territorial Army

Dress without stress

Worried about what to wear during your internship? The Gateway's here to help!

Finding your strengths

What do employers want? Stephen Isherwood, Head of Graduate Recruitment for UK and Ireland at Ernst & Young talks to The Gateway.

Graduate salaries: what you need to know

How to make the most of an internship

You've done fantastically well to secure yourself an internship... but what now? Finbarr Bermingham spoke to a host of City insiders to get some top tips on making the most of this opportunity

Internships: what you need to know that no-one tells you

Our columnist Matthew Reeves on what he's learnt about internships from his own somewhat unusual experiences

Office dress code: what you need to know

Office dress code: what you need to know that no-one tells you

Our columnist Matthew Reeves on what he's learnt about office dress code from his own somewhat unusual experiences

Office politics

Don't make a David Brent of yourself. Finbarr Bermingham has some tips from insiders to give you an early heads-up on the City dynamic

Quiz: Surviving the Christmas party

Can you survive party season?

Salaries: what you need to know that no-one tells you

Our columnist Matthew Reeves on what he's learnt about salaries from his own somewhat unusual experiences

Social mobility: how the City is changing

Why recruiting from a range of backgrounds is crucial for the City and society as whole

Team work: what you need to know that no-one tells you

Our columnist Matthew Reeves on what he's learnt about team work from his own somewhat unusual experiences

The City: Why would you want to work here?

Alex Buchanan, author of Square Mile bible, The Game, gives The Gateway his thoughts for freshers

The National Internship Scheme

PR stunt or a graduate's knight in shining armour? The pros and cons of the national internship scheme.

The art of quitting

If you're found yourself with a job too many, Matthew Reeves can help

Under pressure

Will Hodges looks at the growing problem of work-related stress

Unpaid interns: modern day slaves?

Katie Morley outlines the scale of the challenges faced by graduates looking for their first break

Unpaid internships: here to stay?

Unpaid internships are illegal so, asks Lucy Mair, why are they largely unreported – and unpunished?

Waging war: What your job will pay and why

With the UK economy all over the place, Stephanie Quiet explores what you can expect to get paid.

Watch and learn

It can be a big leap from university to employment, but Accenture is keen to help you. Hannah Langworth finds out about a new initiative to educate you about the skills you'll need in the workplace

What is the City?

Why not work abroad?

Just after you graduate is a great time to get a job in another country, says Milkround's Abbie Baisden

Women on the board

Hannah Langworth finds out why the business world needs more female leaders and what it takes to get to the top

Work-life balance: what you need to know

Work-life balance: what you need to know that no-one tells you

Our columnist Matthew Reeves on what he's learnt about work-life balance from his own somewhat unusual experiences

Working abroad is awfully spiffing

Matthew Reeves manages to resolve a spot of bother on the border

Working in... Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi is a vibrant and rapidly expanding metropolis and financial centre on the Persian Gulf. Tim Jones worked for a professional services firm there and tells Katie Morley about the experience

Working in... Barcelona

Danielle Northcott tells Katie Morley how she found working in this laid-back harbourside city

Working in... Buenos Aires

UCL languages student Holly Lawrence tells Katie Morley what it's like to intern in retail banking in Argentina

Working in... New York

Business Management student Rhoda Egharevba tells Katie Morley her tales of interning in investment banking in the Big Apple

Working in... Tokyo

Tokyo is the place to go for unusual technology and excellent cuisine. Hannah Langworth shares her experience of working as a lawyer there

You're hired!

How can you build a successful career? Lucy Mair finds out from The Apprentice contestant and founder of InspirEngage International, Melody Hossaini