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Potential employers Business and Management

OU qualifications are recognised and valued by many professional organisations and employers.

Having relevant experience can be vital in gaining a competitive edge in the graduate employment market.

As an OU student there are a number of ways you can find potential employers.

Combining work and study shows that OU students are ambitious and have a strong work ethic. They are evidently keen to develop themselves and are managing to do this whilst juggling a busy work or home life which is no mean feat. The competencies which OU students therefore develop during their degree become invaluable to us.

Graduate Recruitment Manager for Unilever

From a firm such as KPMG, what we would see is some additional skills in an individual that has come through Open University and an absolute motivation to succeed. And that does come out in the Open University students that I have interviewed.

The Head of Recruitment for KPMG

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