Dear all,

Katherine Whittaker, an Employment Advisor in the Careers Service, and I are running a seminar on how to talk about your skills. You can use these skills at all stages of the recruitment process.

The workshop is this Thursday (21^st) at 11am in Mithras House.

Katherine is a superb speaker and Tutor and I really strongly advise you to attend.

Open to all years, undergraduate and postgraduate.

To book, please email me at l.rush@brighton.ac.uk

Dear all,

Enterprise Rent-a-Car is coming to Mithras House to hold a mock assessment centre on Wednesday 27^th November, 1 till 3pm.

Enterprise Rent-a-Car was voted Graduate Employer of the Year at the 2016 TARGETjobs National Graduate Recruitment awards – the largest student-driven graduate recruitment awards in Europe.

This is a great opportunity to learn how to succeed at an assessment centre! Feedback on Enterprise’s previous sessions has been very good. 

If you would like to attend, please send me an email at l.rush@brighton.ac.uk  

Thank you!

Thank you to those who attended my cover letter workshop yesterday.

Amongst other things, we discussed how to talk about your skills in a cover letter.

Here is a document which might give you some further thoughts about the language you use when discussing these:

The Language of Skills

I hope it helps.

If you need further help, please book an appointment with me via JobTeaser.

Thank you

Leigh

Dear all,

Do you need help writing a cover letter?

Get that help by attending my ‘Cover Letter Workshop’.

The seminar will be today (30th October) for an hour at 1pm in room 153.

Book by emailing me at l.rush@brighton.ac.uk, using the heading ‘Cover Letter Workshop’.

Thank you

Leigh

Date: Wednesday 6 November 2019
Location: American Express Community Stadium, Falmer

Staged in collaboration with the University of Sussex, the fair attracts thousands of students and graduates keen to meet the employers who may hold the key to their future.

Whatever your year of study or degree subject, the fair will give you opportunities to network with key people, learn about careers in your field and even apply for jobs on the spot.

You can find a list of those companies attending here: https://app.careerfairplus.com/uofb_uk/fair/2067/employer/213967

You can find advice as to how to make the most of careers fairs here:

https://www.brighton.ac.uk/careers/looking-for-a-job/meeting-employers-on-and-off-campus/making-the-most-of-careers-fairs/index.aspx

You can download apps for the event here:

https://www.brighton.ac.uk/careers/looking-for-a-job/meeting-employers-on-and-off-campus/careers-fairs/index.aspx

Can I just help you search for suitable placement roles on JobTeaser? Some of this is not intuitive!

Here is my guide:

• Click ‘Jobs’ on the top toolbar
• On the toolbar below, click ‘contracts’ and ‘Internship’ not ‘Work Placement or Sandwich Placement’
• Choose what type of role that you want under ‘job Category’ on the same toolbar
• Below left, have the button ‘Exclusive to our students and Alumni’ set on the right hand side

You should then find lots of opportunities.

Hope this helps!

If you need help with your CV, why not book onto our first Event of the year? Come to this short hour long CV Workshop in Room 153 on Wednesday 16th October at 13.00.

We will discuss what makes a good CV and how to improve your own.

Please book via email to l.rush@brighton.ac.uk, using the heading ‘Book CV Workshop’.

You will also find details of this event on JobTeaser.

If you are not attending, you can find lots of CV help under the ‘Resources’ tab on the top toolbar of your homepage on JobTeaser.

Or take a look at this video from Aimee Bateman at Careercake: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/cv-success-master-class/the-importance-of-your-cv-curriculum-vitae

You can gain free access to this by registering using your Student Central details.

I cannot recommend this video too much!

Hopefully, see you on Wednesday!

Leigh

Hi all,

Welcome to my first blog posting of this year!

This year, we have some tremendous new initiatives to help you get that placement role. I will be sharing these on this blog as they approach.

But, first things first….

Please register on our placements job system here: https://brighton.jobteaser.com

On the site, you can:

• book an appointment with us in the Placements Office
• search for placement opportunities
• load up your CV and create a profile
• find lots of helpful hints to gain a placement (via ‘Resources’ on the top tool bar)
• find information about our large number of events

Get booking those appointments for us to see your CVs!

Leigh

I know that some of you like football and some of you like to support the lesser teams. So, here are four placements with Liverpool FC.

The first has more general appeal and a finance angle. The last three are more Marketing.

12 Month Student/Graduate Placement – Ticketing & Hospitality: https://recruitment.liverpoolfc.com/vacancies/jobs/view/MjMw&jId=133

12 Month Social Media Placement: https://recruitment.liverpoolfc.com/vacancies/jobs/view/MjIw&jId=133

12 Month Marketing Placement – Supporters Clubs: https://recruitment.liverpoolfc.com/vacancies/jobs/view/MjI4&jId=133

Marketing Placement – Membership: https://recruitment.liverpoolfc.com/vacancies/jobs/view/MjI2&jId=133

If you need help, get in touch.

#PUSB (Play up Sky Blues) or #YNWA (You’ll Never Walk Alone), if you insist.

Now is a great time to be applying for a placement. 

• There are over a 140 placement jobs on JobTeaser.
• Many other students have stopped looking.
• We are still here all through the summer to help you make an application.

So, take a look on JobTeaser. Get in touch if you help.

56 students have currently got a placement for next year. Make sure you are next!