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Save the date: 1-5 March is Be More Skilled Week

Employers are asking for transferable skills, and recruiters always want to know about more than just your qualifications. How will you tell them what they want to hear? Be ready, be more skilled. This week is here to help you to identify, develop and communicate your skills to employers. Visit the Be More Skilled page for further details. Book your… Continue Reading Save the date: 1-5 March is Be More Skilled Week

15-19 February: Join us for Further Study Week

Exploring your postgraduate options can be tricky, so we have organised a range of webinars and virtual open days for you. They feature practical support, advice, and your questions answered regarding your postgraduate options by both careers and academic experts in postgraduate study. For more details visit our webpage. Book your places now for the following… Continue Reading 15-19 February: Join us for Further Study Week

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STEM Placements CORE Workshop Series

The STEM Placements Team have devised a Pilot workshop series for February with the aim to repeat these regularly. This is for any student looking to obtain a STEM Year in Industry either in their second year or in their first year (if they want to make an early start). The STEM team support students… Continue Reading STEM Placements CORE Workshop Series

SASS: Your Future employability event on Wednesday 17th February 2021

The School of Applied Social Science cordially invites you to the second annual SASS: Your Future employability event on Wednesday 17th February 2021 from 9am to 1pm. The event will feature talks from local professionals from the NHS, Sussex Police, KSS CRC Probation Services, the Institute of Development Studies, Active Student Volunteering, and Aviatrix Strategy… Continue Reading SASS: Your Future employability event on Wednesday 17th February 2021

Brighton Bar Society: CV and Cover Letters Talk

One of our newest student societies is hosting a careers event this week. Join the Brighton Bar Society on Tuesday February 9th at 12:00 for a practical applications talk on law CVs and cover letters. Law students, if you are thinking about applying to placement schemes, jobs, vacation schemes, mini pupillages, pupillage, or postgraduate courses this… Continue Reading Brighton Bar Society: CV and Cover Letters Talk

How to Impress in an Accounting Interview

Job interviews are daunting no matter which sector you are in. As a growing accountancy firm, we’ve interviewed our fair share of nervous candidates. Here’s a few words of advice from the people on the other side of the table, to help you become a job interview aficionado. We’ve been interviewed for accounting jobs, too!… Continue Reading How to Impress in an Accounting Interview

beepurple FOUNDER STORIES series: pandemic-proof startups

Ignite your entrepreneurial creativity with beepurple’s first founder story panel of 2021 – pandemic-proof startups beepurple FOUNDER STORIES series Wednesday, 10 February 2021, 5:30pm – 7:30pm, Zoom To kick off the new season, we have invited three Sussex-based entrepreneurs from the food and drink industry who have all had to redefine their businesses and pivot in… Continue Reading beepurple FOUNDER STORIES series: pandemic-proof startups

beepurple is back

beepurple is back! Ignite your creativity in 2021 with our fresh training line-up Hello! We trust you are all well and navigating this really tough period. We hope we can help support and champion your talent and help you spot opportunities during this disruptive time. Whether you are a student or graduate with a startup idea, taking… Continue Reading beepurple is back

Graduate Internships with Social Republic

The social media agency Social Republic (Manchester) are looking for two graduate interns, to join them for their renowned 8 week internships in Account Management (Social Media) and Graphic Design, starting in February 2021. Here is a link to the page with further information: https://www.social-republic.co.uk/social-media-agency-internship/ There is also likely to be another internship programme in… Continue Reading Graduate Internships with Social Republic

Competency Questions Advice

Competency-based questions are a really popular type of question used by employers during both applications and interviews. These are questions which ask candidates to describe when and how they have demonstrated a particular skill or attribute. You might be in a position where you’re reading the person specification for a vacancy you’re interested in applying… Continue Reading Competency Questions Advice

Siemens Kick Off Gradcracker Webinars for 2021

Gradcracker is an essential source of vacancies for ALL STEM disciplines and every Thursday they host a live webinar with a STEM employer. The employers talk about their company, what they do, and what opportunities they have for both placements and graduate jobs. Employers have mentioned that if you watch the Gradcracker webinar they it… Continue Reading Siemens Kick Off Gradcracker Webinars for 2021

University of Brighton (virtual) Carol Service 2020

The Universities of Brighton and Sussex joined together to bring to the world ‘The Universities of Brighton and Sussex Christmas Carol Service 2020′ via Zoom. The Faith & Spirituality Team put together 90 minutes of seasonal joy entitled ‘Christmas Hope: Carols and Readings for a Very Different Christmas’ for us all to enjoy from the comfort… Continue Reading University of Brighton (virtual) Carol Service 2020

Fancy A Non-Medical Career in NHS?

Considering a career in logistics, HR, finance, training, strategy or information? Introducing the NHS… Did you know that the UK NHS, after the US Department of Defence, the People’s Liberation Army China, Walmart and McDonald’s, is the 5th largest workforce in the worldwith 1,7 million people? The NHS has over 350 different job roles and is… Continue Reading Fancy A Non-Medical Career in NHS?

Illustration Residency at Cluster

Cluster, the creative platform tailored to the needs of artists and young collectors, launches the Cluster Residency programme created to support illustrators with creative space, mentoring and an exhibition. Working from a studio in East London with specific equipment provided in response to the illustrator’s desires, residents will be given a custom designed programme of… Continue Reading Illustration Residency at Cluster

PWC invite you to their ‘Virtual Park’

PWC are one of the world’s leading professional services organisations with 22,000 employees at offices UK-wide. Attracting the right talent is vital to them, and they have found an innovative way to invite you right in to their world. Create your own avatar and walk around a virtual reality world in PWCV’s Virtual Park. It… Continue Reading PWC invite you to their ‘Virtual Park’

Applying for placements or graduate schemes? Increase your psychometric test skills

Online tests can be a daunting process but evidence shows that practice can increase your success rate by 10%. With this in mind, the university has established a partnership with Graduates First who specialise in practice online tests. https://www.graduatesfirst.com/university-career-services/brighton/ This gives you free access to premium psychometric tests and job preparation tools, including: 7 verbal… Continue Reading Applying for placements or graduate schemes? Increase your psychometric test skills

Job Searching and Applications: Are you Ready?

We hoped you enjoyed Brighton Works Week. A week full of events, webinars and Q&As with our specialist careers staff and employers. All sharing advice and ideas of how to be more employable, make great applications and enter the world of work. With my colleague Liz Vassilakes, our events officer we ran a session: Job Searching… Continue Reading Job Searching and Applications: Are you Ready?

Action Tutoring Opportunities: Presentation and Q&A

Tuesday 8th December, 12.30pm If you missed this session, you can view the presentation here: Action Tutoring Presentation. The presentation also contains contact details at the end so please feel free to get in touch with them for more details. ——————- Kellie, the Volunteer Partnerships Coordinator for Universities, will be hosting a short presentation and… Continue Reading Action Tutoring Opportunities: Presentation and Q&A

You’re invited to the ‘Ask Us Anything’ webinar: 25 November 2020

Date Wednesday, 25 November Time 12:00 – 1:00pm Click HERE to register Grant Thornton have contacted the careers service to invite University of Brighton students to a webinar chat. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn more about their trainee career opportunities. The Webinar is for one hour on the 25th November where attendees will… Continue Reading You’re invited to the ‘Ask Us Anything’ webinar: 25 November 2020

How to differentiate between different types of graduate jobs

There is lots of terminology for graduate jobs. How do you work out what is the right path for you? Firstly, it is good to understand the recruitment cycle. This article covers the basics: https://www.graduate-jobs.com/gco/Booklet/graduate-recruitment-calendar.jsp Although most big players in an industry have deadlines for graduate scheme applications closing by Christmas, there will still be grad schemes… Continue Reading How to differentiate between different types of graduate jobs