Term may be over but the events keep coming…
A petite roundup-ette of events kicking off just after the end of the academic year – nice timing or what?… 12 June – Equality and Inclusion Partnership Jobs Fair,...
Getting ready for the interview
In our current blog post series on interviews we have so far focused on interview questions and preparation for these. Now in the final one of the series we are going to look...
Dealing with difficult situations and how this can help with interview responses
So far in the series we have covered some questions that are commonly covered at interview and here are a sample of those. Why should we...
Free psychometric tests online for UoB students
Final year and placements application prep with Graduates First With increasing use of psychometric tests within both placements and graduate recruitment, the Careers Service have invested in an online...
Questions to ask the employer at interview
So far in the series we have covered the sort of questions you are likely to face in the interview. So testing your skills, knowledge and experience to date in...
Why do you want to work for us?
So far in this short series on answering interview questions we have looked at questions covering why an employer would want to hire you, how to show off your skills...
How to answer an interview question about communication
This series on interview questions the aim is not to find ‘word perfect’ answers but to help you identify scenarios demonstrating where, when and how you used certain skills. You can then talk...
Why should we hire you?
The interview season is now well and truly upon us and many of you are preparing as we speak. I am going to write a series of blogs over the coming months on interview questions and...
Hatch a plan over the break
Five quick top tips for career planning over the break… Update your CV– life can move very rapidly and you think you have a CV and then suddenly its ‘out of date’. So...
What to do when Graduate Schemes have closed
You may be finding out that the deadline on many graduate schemes has gone and you are concerned about having missed the boat. Or you haven’t managed to secure a place...
