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Be more (connected, skilled, employable)

Lots of different experiences will help you in your future life and career. Boost your skills, potentially earn some money and make connections by getting involved in a wide range of university activities outside of your course. Find out more at www.brighton.ac.uk/BeMore

Interview with Leanne Northcott, founder of DLE English

Leanne Northcott studied Education at the University of Brighton, graduating in 2014. She recently founded DLE English, providing English language programmes to international students. Describe your business English language courses for international students. Offering bespoke course content, we try to follow the level the student has learnt previously and work from there. Our target market… Continue Reading Interview with Leanne Northcott, founder of DLE English

What should I be doing – a guide for final year students?

Welcome back to everyone but in this particular blog, a huge welcome goes to our final year students. Well how did this happen, one minute you are a fresher wondering where everything is and then suddenly boom, the final year looms. It can be a shock to suddenly end up in the final year but… Continue Reading What should I be doing – a guide for final year students?

The Pharmaceutical Industry Is About So Much More Than Just Science

The UK’s pharmaceutical industry is made up of some 600 enterprises, who employ around 70,000 people, according to the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry. And yet, of those 70,000 employees only about 25,000 are based in roles associated with research and development. Far from the cliché of mad scientist in white lab coats experimenting… Continue Reading The Pharmaceutical Industry Is About So Much More Than Just Science

New series of beepurple startup podcast released

The second series of the beepurple podcast, Founder Chats with beepurple, has just been released on Spotify, iTunes and Anchor to name a few. beepurple is the University of Brighton’s entrepreneurship support service. In this series our focus is on business growth, and we’ve interviewed the founders of some well-established businesses. First up is Darren… Continue Reading New series of beepurple startup podcast released

Interview with self-employed landscape photographer Matt Goddard

Matt Goddard studied Computing – Information Systems at the University of Brighton, graduating in 2000. After a career in IT, he changed direction and launched Matt Goddard Photography last year. See his work at www.mattgoddardphotography.co.uk Describe your business in a few sentences Sussex landscape photographer offering premium prints to the 30-65 demographic. Sole trader with… Continue Reading Interview with self-employed landscape photographer Matt Goddard

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 at what you need to know before you go, what to do when there, what to wear etc. Beforehand… If you are offered… Continue Reading Getting ready for the interview

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 hire you? How to answer an interview question about communication How to address more ‘unusual’ interview questions If you go back to the Advice section you will find more… Continue Reading Dealing with difficult situations and how this can help with interview responses

Interview with green entrepreneurs Student Plus

Mei Chun Huang and Moosun Yoo are two University of Brighton international graduates (2017). They are currently taking part in the Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) Visa programme, endorsed by the university to develop their business and make a local impact. Here they share some of their tips and experiences learned while working on their recycling… Continue Reading Interview with green entrepreneurs Student Plus

Interview with Darren Burn of OutOfOffice.com

Brighton-based entrepreneur Darren Burn shares his business tips with beeepurple. Darren is co-founder of LGBT+ travel firm OutOfOffice.com Describe your business in a few sentences OutOfOffice.com provides tailor-made luxury travel with a focus on the LGBT+ community. Our sister company, Travel Gay, is an information resource for gay travellers all over the world. We are… Continue Reading Interview with Darren Burn of OutOfOffice.com

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 resource to help our students prepare for this part of the recruitment process. Practice, practice, practice is the key. Research shows that this can… Continue Reading Free psychometric tests online for UoB students

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 relation to the job being applied for. You are also very likely to be asked why you want to work there. We have covered these… Continue Reading Questions to ask the employer at interview

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 and how to answer more unusual questions. All of these are covered in earlier blog posts so go back if you need more details on… Continue Reading Why do you want to work for us?

How to address more ‘unusual’ interview questions

The third in the series of how to address interview questions offers a slight change of tack. The last blog showed how to answer a question on ‘communication’ using the STAR method. You can use this method to dissect situations that could answer questions on your own skills such as leadership, problem solving, team work etc.… Continue Reading How to address more ‘unusual’ interview questions

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 about these with confidence no matter what the questions are. Number 2 in the series approaching interview questions covers a skill needed in all jobs – communication. Examples involving good communication… Continue Reading How to answer an interview question about communication

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 how to devise answers to these. It is impossible to plan and prepare for every scenario in an interview. That is good… Continue Reading Why should we hire you?

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 add on new skills gained from the course, work, volunteering and other interests. https://www.brighton.ac.uk/careers/looking-for-a-job/cvs-applications-and-interviews/how-to-write-a-cv/index.aspx Check your digital footprint – what comes up when you… Continue Reading Hatch a plan over the break

Preparing for the ‘Unknown’

Preparing for the ‘Unknown’ is probably a paradox. However it is important to consider this when attending any recruitment event such as an interview or assessment centre. Recruiters will ask you to respond to questions and tasks that you know the answer to and can prepare for ( the Known), but then they will surprise you with questions and… Continue Reading Preparing for the ‘Unknown’

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 on one, despite applying. Do not despair! Whilst graduate schemes are really good opportunities they are not the sole entry point into a graduate level… Continue Reading What to do when Graduate Schemes have closed

Preparing for the NHS Scientist Training Programme interviews

Applicants for the NHS Scientist Training Programme ( STP) will start hearing the outcome of their applications this week and some will be receiving invitations to interviews. If you have applied and need help with interviews there is some useful information on the NSHCS website that could help with interview preparation: http://www.nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/join-programme/nhs-scientist-training-programme/the-interview-process Ben via Compfight