Welcome to the summer edition of Careerscope, your guide to all things study, careers and gap.

If you need a break from all that revision, or some inspiration on how to relax when it’s all complete, then read about some of the amazing gap year experiences our readers are having. This term Laura Hogg writes about her 3 months spent teaching in Romania and tells us why the place where east meets west is a cultural gem.

This term we can't wait to tell you about a new service we’re adding called Careerscope NewsFeeds. This is a free personal information tool that will alert you to relevant articles and send you special invites to our ever popular career insight days at businesses and universities. The beauty of your NewsFeed is that you can customise it, selecting study, careers and gap choices that you want to hear about. Careerscope NewsFeeds is a totally free service to all readers and its quick and easy to setup so we recommend you turn yours on now, click here to get started.

If, like us, you've been glued to the TV watching this years Apprentice then you'll know how hard it is for those wannabe recruits to land that amazing job. But behind all the boardroom tantrums what is Sir Alan, and other business leaders like him, really looking for? John Botten, former head of Eduation Business Partnerships, starts off a new series for us called "You're hired...".

Our summer careers feature takes a look at the amazing opportunities for those thinking about a career in the Built Environment, including interviews with 2 recent grads at Davis Langdon and Amey. For those of you completing GCSE's or Scottish standards then you'll be about to plan your application to uni's. To help, our friends at UCAS have written a 'simple guide to applying' and we've chatted to the admissions team at the University of Bath who have given us some pointers about how to write yourself a place winning personal statement.

As always there is so much more in this edition, too much to write about here, and don't forget to look through our ever growing careers media library for free films about career sectors and interviews with recent grads. We hope that whatever you have planned for this summer you have a great time and best of luck for your GCSE's, Standards, 'A' Levels or Highers.

Richard