17th August 2008, 07:20 PM
If you are generally interested in staying and in working in the area that you are in it helps if you've got any particular experience or knowledge of that area. If you've got minimal or little fieldwork experience (as already pointed out Uni work is probably going to be discounted by most employers) then emphasise anything you've done in the area. However, this is only likely to be any help if you're applying to smaller companies as the larger ones would probably just send you on a job on the other side of the country, which would make any local knowledge pretty worthless. It might make you stand out from other applicants otherwise.