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Retail – the changing image of a fast-moving sector

Retail experience? Don’t think it counts for much? Think again. If you’re dusting off your CV and giving it a shine for that placement or graduate application, don’t forget that summer or weekend job in a supermarket. Or car hire centre or any other retail setting you can imagine, for that matter. Retail experience can…

Have you considered a postgraduate conversion course?

Students often think about popular career areas offering good opportunities and wonder how can they break into them when they don’t have a relevant degree. One way of doing this is a via a postgraduate conversion course and Prospects has an excellent section on these on their website. https://www.prospects.ac.uk/postgraduate-study/conversion-courses These courses are designed specifically…

My final year journey to a graduate job with ISS. Advice from a recent graduate.

My name is Joseph Osborn, I have just turned 23 years old, and I studied Sport Business Management at Brighton University during a thoroughly enjoyable three years on the Eastbourne Campus from 2014-2017. During my time at uni I played for the Panthers’ cricket team and would’ve played football had it not been for an…

Here come the weblinks – a round up of new resources on the Careers pages…

2018 has hit the ground running, as have we. Here’s a round up of the new resources we’ve dug up and added to the spiffy new Careers Service pages for your infotainment. Without further ado… Creative arts and design The ‘Design: 3D, product, interior’ section now links to Designers/Makers, an agency for contemporary design offering business…

Five top tips for final years

For final year students the year of graduation has begun. If your career plans haven’t started yet or have stalled for some reason here are some top tips to get your career ideas moving again… Are you signed up for job alerts? if you aren’t getting ones that appeal you may need to revisit your preferences and…

Trade secrets giveaway for Law students and graduates – and anyone who isn’t but might be interested…

Welcome to our new strand ‘Careers Information Wonk puts himself out of a job’ wherein I hook you up with some of the key places we go to get the hot tips, great advice and industry gossip. He must be mad (but that’s another story). Now read on… Law types – it’s all about The…

Meet Lucy Jamieson – textile design entrepreneur at Artemisia Designs

Graduate Lucy Jamieson studied Visual Culture at the University of Brighton. She is now based in York and is in the early stages of establishing Artemisia Designs, a textile design startup. Here she shares with beepurple the story of her entrepreneurial journey so far… Tell us about your work leading up to the creation of Artemisia…

Are you stuck for ideas?

We often get enquiries from students and graduates unsure what to do and don’t know where to start. Even those on vocational courses can find themselves thinking I don’t really want to go into this occupation or industry now, but what else can I do ? So here are some ideas to get you thinking……

Employer’s top tips from the Careers Fair – Part 5

Thank goodness its Friday you might think. Well save a bit of studious brain power to check out our top tip of the day before you disappear into weekend mode. Today is our final day to learn from employers about what they are looking for in applications and help you get one step closer…

Employer’s top tips from the Careers Fair – Part 4

Happy Thursday! I hope you’ve been finding this weeks blogs of interest. For those of you who haven’t seen what I’ve been doing this week, where have you been? Anyway, to get you up to speed, at this years Careers Fair at the Amex stadium at the beginning of November I spent time talking to…

Employers top tips from the Careers Fair – Part 3

So we are half way through the week with two top tips under our belt. If you didn’t make it to our Careers Fair on 8th November, don’t worry, as Employment Advisor at our Moulsecoomb campus I did some homework for you by chatting to our exhibiting employers and am sharing the top tips I’ve…

Check out the Careers coffee table for some quality reading matter, including…

…September’s Friday Ads? Nope. Copies of Empire with the good bit torn out? Nope. A hundred consecutive issues of the Daily Express, each with the word ‘Migrant’ in the headline? Nope times infinity plus one! As the new term flood of careers titles abates it’s time to give you a round up of what’s available….

Employers top tips from the Careers Fair – Part 2

Hello, it’s me again with all things applications! If you didn’t make it to our Careers Fair on 8th November, don’t worry, as Employment Advisor at our Moulsecoomb campus I did some homework for you by chatting to our exhibiting employers and am sharing the top tips I’ve gathered from the event this week in…

2017 Careers Fair….. A Retail students experience

The day started off with a briefing by our Careers Advisor, Jayson Short, who gave an informative overview of what the fair would be like and what to expect. He also gave very sound advice on how to approach employers and gave examples of questions that you could ask them. We were greeted at the…

Employers top tips from the Careers Fair – Part 1

It is Careers Fair season! Did you get to our Careers Fairs on 8th November? If you did, we hope you got a lot from it and had chance to chat to the employers about what they’re looking for and how you can make your application stand out. As an Employment Adviser, my job is…

Need help finding your way after graduation?

We may not have an app for that, but we do have a blog post! If you are reading this, you probably know that we provide careers help for our students. But did you know that you have access to FREE CAREERS SUPPORT FOR LIFE!!!! We don’t boot you out when you graduate… How can…

Free accountancy advice from professionals – book your place

Image credit: CC by WOCinTech Chat To mark Global Entrepreneurship Week, beepurple is offering a free one-to-one consultancy with a qualified accountant from top local firm Plus Accounting. We have a limited number of appointments to offer to students, graduates or University of Brighton staff who are involved in developing a business, charity or social…

Careers Fair – train times alert

We are very much looking forward to seeing you at this year’s Careers Fair. Train Time alert: Please note that there is a conductor’s strike on Southern Rail on 08 November. However don’t worry – they will be running a near normal service on relevant routes. Just check http://www.southernrailway.com/your-journey/plan-your-journey/live-running-information/ for a live…

Careers Fair 08 Nov 2017: how to prepare and save your CV from the recycling bin!

Picture the scene – you’re helping an employer clear up at the end of a Careers Fair and there are two piles of CVs on the table, one noticeably larger than the other. You offer to bag up the larger pile of CVs only to be told ‘that’s okay, they’re for the recycling’… Now…

How To Write A Great CV

Whether you’re a student in university, or a recent graduate, writing a CV can be difficult because you’re just starting out in your career. But there are some tips and tricks that can help paint your skills in the best light and make you a desirable hire. And you ought to follow them if…