Zero Gravity

A chance to swan around HSBC’s lush offices in Birmingham? Isabella Read and Lorenzo Pantani were on the train up there RAPID. 💨 And it was well worth the trip, as Izzy quizzed HSBC Brum branch employee Morgan Linfield about his beautiful office and his life at HSBC. Morgan showed us the vegetable gardens, ping pong tables, and rooftop balcony. He also walked us through the open culture at HSBC, his job as a Bereavement Support Officer, and introducing green policies to the UK with HSBC. Great gaff and a great job? Sign us up Morgan. ✅✅ From HSBC career mentors and masterclasses to job opportunities, stay up-to-date on our platform: https://lnkd.in/edwSGSri #hsbc #workinbanking #gradjobs #graduate #worklife #careermentoring

“I genuinely don’t think my life would have been pivoted the way it did if it wasn’t for Zero Gravity. It honestly feels like a crazy fantasy that my life keeps on going on up and up.” 🚀 Meet Stephanie. 👋 She’s one of our fantastic members who has completed the full Zero Gravity journey - she’s been with us since school, nabbed a Zero Gravity Scholarship, and has recently been smashing our career opportunities - namely with the huge HSBC internship she managed to land through our platform. Stephanie Wamunuko popped into Zero Gravity HQ for a chinwag and we came away from the chat feeling pretty amazed at all the incredible things she’s done since she joined us at seventeen. From not knowing to apply to uni, through to being an Undergraduate of the Year finalist in 2023. 🤯 Stephanie, you’re a star! Keep us amazing us. You can read all about her huge internship with HSBC in the photo essay below. ⏬ Fancy getting a HSBC career mentor? Apply for a career mentor now! https://lnkd.in/edwSGSri

"Imposter syndrome disproportionately affects people from ‘Zero Gravity backgrounds’. I remember when I first joined, I was like, ’Is everyone else understanding this? Am I the only one that’s not quite grasping this?’“ We sat down with the fantastic Thomas Miles, one of our HSBC Career Mentors, to speak to us about the value of mentoring. As well as the social good of passing your wisdom back to the next gen, Tom mentors in part for his younger self - as he says, “there is an element of, ’I wish I had that!’“. Having been in the exact shoes as many of our members, he talks us through imposter syndrome, sitting in meetings and freaking out that you don’t know what’s going on, why HSBC has been the perfect place for someone like him, and how he’s hustling as many opportunities for his mentee as he can. Tom, it’s been a joy having you as part of our mission. You’re a star. Fancy feeling confident whilst looking for a job? Sign up to get a career mentor like Tom here: https://lnkd.in/edwSGSri #gradjobs #socialmobility #careermentoring #socialimpact

Can I wear clean trainers to my interview? What jobs can you actually get with an English degree? How can I make my time as social sec for the footie team relevant on my CV? How do you do small talk with an interviewer before an interview? How much personality should I bring to work? These are some of the questions we’ve had on the Zero Gravity community about the world of work. We’re so fortunate to have professionals in our Community who are on hand to answer these questions. But sometimes, you just wish you could have an hour-long chat about this with someone who can give you advice specific to YOU and YOUR DEGREE and YOUR JOB APPLICATION. Kinda sounds like career mentoring, no? 👀 Thank goodness we have that available for our Access All Areas members on our platform, eh? Get yourself signed up. Career mentoring is officially relaunching and we’ve got loads of incredible mentors from cool companies who want to help level up your career. Do it. Let’s be real - what do you have to lose? It’s free, after all 🤑 Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/gRZUE7Ew #gradjob #internship #graduate #socialmobility #career #careermentoring #mentor

ENTRY LEVEL GRADUATE JOB. ONLY FIFTEEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND A PHD REQUIRED TO APPLY. Why, why, WHY does this happen whenever you go to apply for any internship or grad job? 😶 Well, at Zero Gravity, we don’t actually require you to have been in full-time employment since you were age 12. We actually want you to get a job, so we’ve designed a simple three-step process for you to get to where you need to be. 💻  Stream 🔗  Connect 🗣️ Ask 💻 Stream: Watch our in-depth application and industry insight masterclasses delivered by the UK’s top employers - from HSBC to Snap Inc. This will help you figure out which industries and roles you might be interested in. 🔗 Connect: Next step is to link with our 20,000 strong online student community. With thousands of the UK’s top students, you can ask ANY questions about internships and applications to get ahead in your industry - chances are, someone in our community has been there, done it, got the badge - and can give you actually honest advice. Plus, we have industry professionals in our community to answer any other questions. 🗣️ Ask: Third step is to talk to someone currently thriving in their industry and get the dirt from them. Your career mentor is a professional assigned to you to answer every question you might have about getting the edge in the working world. There are no stupid questions - this is a safe space to explore, make connections, upskill, or perfect your applications. And whenever you’re ready to apply, we’ve got exclusive job opportunities with our partner companies. And they’re actually entry-level roles. 😱 Check your eligibility here: https://lnkd.in/edwSGSri #gradjob #internship #graduate #socialmobility #career #careermentoring #mentor

Would you be happier working at a startup, or at a corporate? 👀 Someone has to know you pretty well before they can help you answer this question. Someone who knows your short and long-term career goals, understands how you work best, ideally has experience of both industries, and gets the sector you’re interested in. Sounds impossible, doesn’t it? Nah. Not with us. Here at Zero Gravity, we have a huge range of career mentors looking to give YOU, our Access All Areas members, actual targeted advice to allow you to make the right choices about your career. 💪 Swipe ➡ to see some of our brill career mentors Lucy Davies-Kumadiro, Ziyad Ibrahim Alison Gardner Uni students, what are you waiting for? Get to know someone who can actually help you out and start putting some stuff on your CV! Apply for a career mentor today here 🖇️ https://lnkd.in/edwSGSri #careermentoring #gradroles #startup #jobhunt #gradjobs #jobsearch

OPPS DROPS ROUND UP 💼 A Levels are in. Now what? Some of you will be jetting off to uni. Some of you might not quite have planned that far ahead. That's where we come in... Not only can we help you choose a career, but we've actually got boatloads of opportunities available on our platform for you to sink your teeth into. We’ve added some highlights for August - from getting to meet the CEO of Morgan Stanley to learning how to land a grad job with forward-thinking companies like Octopus Energy ⚖️ And we’re constantly adding more, ready to help you find your dream internship or job. We've got your next step covered. 👏 Head over to the Zero Gravity Platform and bag a spot on one of these fab opportunities: https://lnkd.in/edwSGSri #gradjobs #graduateopportunities #worklife #jobopportunities #career

"A-level students are celebrating an increase in top grades this year – with almost one in 10 awarded an A* – but inequalities have widened between private and state schools" This article from The Independent came out on A Level Results Day and it contained within it a bitter pill to swallow - that despite all of the celebration of day, the playing field is not yet level. And don't think for a minute that is because state-educated students are less talented. Chris Zarraga, director of Schools North East, pinpointed the issue by pointing out that "the most disadvantaged children have been hit the hardest by the cost of living crisis and the Covid pandemic." If you read the article, you might spot our very own Joe Seddon, CEO of Zero Gravity, calling for a "serious overhaul" in the uni admission systems, rightly showing up the injustice of the situation: “When it comes to university admissions, students from underperforming state schools have their grades compared to those from elite schools without any context about the challenges they’ve faced. How can universities judge potential if they have no sense if students achieved the same outcome from different starting points?” Well said, our Joe. With Zero Gravity and other fantastic organisations like us working to solve this issue, positive change is coming. Join our mission to level the playing field today - whether that's as a school or uni student, professional, or business: https://lnkd.in/gYiMnCQ3 Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/gZFj7fTE #socialinequality #socialmobility #universityadmissions

"Zero Gravity has enabled our students to realise their dreams and ambitions.” A quote from one of the most important videos we’ve ever received. Jackie Johnson, one of the legendary teachers at our partner school Barnwell School sent us a video update about Results Day. Barnwell is a school we've partnered with for three years and so the whole team was really anxious to hear how their A Level Results Day had gone. Opening the video and hearing that the average A Level performance at Barnwell had risen by a whole grade since working with Zero Gravity was extraordinarily humbling. To know that we’ve been able to unlock doors for some of the most talented students in the country? It’s an unbeatable feeling. Jackie sums it up more beautifully than we ever could - “For us and our students, opportunity is now here.” Jackie, Barnwell School and all of our incredible members, the pleasure has been entirely ours. And we can’t wait to see what the class of ’24 will be up to next. We’ll stick with them until they’re in a fantastic job - that’s a promise. Become a partner school here: https://lnkd.in/grapTrFN #alevels #ukstudent #socialmobility #resultsday

Back in March, we asked school member Ben how he was feeling about Results Day. Now, six months later, we’ve finally found out how he did. And it’s all good news 🥹 Turns out Ben has received all the grades he needed - meaning that he’s off to UCL to study Natural Sciences. When our members get wins like this, it just really hits home why we do what we do at Zero Gravity. Ben, my goodness, you have deserved every bit of this win. So gassed for you, and all the other students over at our partner school Barnwell. Lots of good news in the post for you lot, we’ve heard 📩💙 Guess we’ll see you on the platform as a uni student! 👀 This will unlock a whole new set of job internship opportunities exclusively for our Zero Gravity uni members. Already at uni and not cashing in on our opportunities? What are ya waiting for! Check them out here: https://lnkd.in/eW55VRpk #alevelresultsday #alevels #ucas #UCL #ukstudent