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Spring recruitment and networking event frenzy starts NOW(ish). Grab your diaries, stuff’s occurring…

Here comes the first of what will doubtless be many spring events roundups. Time to spruce up your CV, get your networking skills up to speed and give your student railcard a workout (Southern permitting)…London is calling, not to mention Manchester, Oxford, Worthing and various points east… 28 February: Sussex Community NHS Foundation Careers event,…

How to get a job in Marketing – according to two graduates who nailed the dreaded assessment centre. Guest post from Chris Taylor, twentysix

Our latest guest blog post comes from Chris Taylor at digital marketing agency, twentysix. In it we get the step-by-step lowdown on the interview and assessment centre process (which saw two UoB graduates get snapped up by retailer Victoria Plumb) from the successful applicants themselves. Over to Chris, Joe and Josh… How to get a…

Hala Jawad is a Brighton’s Titan. You could be too.

With our Brighton’s Titans campaign, we are looking to highlight the achievements of just a few of our notable alumni. Coming from all kinds of backgrounds and a wide range of subject areas, our Titans have one thing in common: they have all made the most of their time at Brighton and used the university…

Here comes your Next Big Thing – don’t miss our latest opportunities roundup…

The jobs, grad schemes, competitions, conferences and courses are *still* flowing in bigly – as no-one would like to be overheard saying, I’m sure. Enough of my agenda shoveling (buy me a coffee and I’ll explain that last bit to you. Maybe). Time’s a-wasting… Closing 19 February! Google are offering graduate Sales, Customer Experience and…

Boost Your Job Prospects with a Summer Internship – guest post from Inspiring Interns

The vacancies are coming in, and so are your enquiries. What are we talking about? Summer internships, of course. What better time to hand over to our other new BFFs (we’re so popular it’s getting embarrassing) at Inspiring Interns to get the lowdown, hints and tips from their own Beth Leslie… * NB. Not a…

Meet Sussex Prisoners Families to find out more about their Volunteering Opportunities

As part of Student Volunteering Week 2017: Spotlight Stand with Sussex Prisoners Families at 11.30am to 1pm on Thursday 23rd February in Checkland Foyer (Falmer campus). Come and chat to Denis Bryne of Sussex Prisoners Families about their work and their two volunteer roles: Prison Visits Hall and Court Support. Just drop-in, no booking necessary….

Copywriting: a creative career for graduate writers. Guest blog from Dan Ramirez at Rule of Three.

Continuing our ‘guest blogger’ thread we’re off to Mayfair 2017 by way of 1960s Madison Avenue to get the inside dope on careers in copywriting courtesy of Daniel Ramirez, Creative Director and Senior Copywriter at Rule of Three. Without further ado… Copywriting: a creative career for graduate writers Image: Peggy and Don, copywriters Passionate about…

Training, networking, recruitment, open days, more networking – here come the events…

Might not feel like it but spring is not *that* far off – and the events season is in bud, even if the trees have a long way to go. Look at us getting all lyrical. Blimey. Read on… 8 Feb: Webcast – InFocus: Women In Innovation – Ready to make an impact? Innovate UK’s…

Coming February/March – Get clued-up for job and internship interviews at a BBS Development Centre. Open to all students!

Our good friends in the Brighton Business School have a fantastic opportunity to learn about research and prepping for job and internship interviews – and it’s open to students from all courses and at all levels. How sweet is that? Over to the BBS Massive for more info… In an ever more competitive job market…

Spring forward to the Spring Graduate Fair in London, 15 March

Attending a careers fair is a great way to find out who is recruiting, meet employers face to face and get feedback on your CV. Even if you can’t attend in person follow the link below to see who is attending and therefore recruiting. The Spring Graduate Fair at the University of London, sponsored by…

How to Perfect a Cover Letter for Accounting – guest blog from The Accountancy Partnership

Introducing our new BFFs, The Accountancy Partnership who have kindly stepped in to offer their advice and insight into Accountancy careers over a couple of guest blog posts. First up, Kara Copple offers advice on… How to Perfect a Cover Letter for Accounting Cover letters are no one’s favourite thing to write but they are…

Teachers, Lawyers, Financiers – Lend us your ears…

Hamfisted appropriations from Shakespeare? Afraid so. Be kind, it’s been a long day. Meanwhile… Looking for teaching roles in London? Randstad Education works in partnership with primary, secondary and SEN schools across London and the surrounding areas that can offer extremely supportive teams and settings that will allow NQTs to flourish. All of our roles…

What are THEY saying about YOU? – a wee round up of graduate labour market news and views

Time for another round-up of sweeping generalisations/OMG the sky is falling/happy clappy career opportunity type stories from the world of constructing shaky arguments for a living. And also some interesting points here and there. You’re welcome… More than half of graduate employers struggled to fill roles last year – one to think about when someone…

Teacher training scholarships, PhD studentships and Post-Doctoral fellowships – ‘ships everywhere!

It’s been a while since we had a grab-the-cash round up, don’t you think? More politely referred to as ‘A summary of scholarships and bursaries’, but in these days of Government-by-Tweet is decorum even a thing? Ugh. Anyway. Onward and rise above… Next round of applications closes 8 February! Are you considering applying for a…

Writing a CV for a technical post?

There isn’t a huge difference between CVs for all graduate level posts and CVs for technical jobs in STEM areas, all CVs must be tailored to every job anyway. The main difference when applying for a STEM post is the importance of identifying and portraying your technical abilities and skills alongside your transferable skills and we will look at ways of…

IT/Maths/Physics finalists and graduates – Lighthouse Systems want you!

We’re all about Brighton’s very own Lighthouse Systems this week, their Software Project Engineer opportunity is our Vacancy of the Week (a great honour, let me tell you). It pays £25,000 per annum and is (quote) ‘an excellent opportunity for high-calibre software development orientated Graduates who are looking to join a Microsoft Gold Partner software…

Are you ready for a ‘Situational Judgement’ test?

You may have never come across the term, Situational Judgement before but if you have received an invitation to an Assessment Centre it is highly likely you will be asked to do a Situational Judgement test ( SJT) as part of the process. Employers are increasingly using these as another way to test your ability and skills. So…

What Is Working in a Startup Really Like?

Have you ever wondered what it is like working in a startup? Our friends at ClickMechanic thought they would give us the lowdown! Guest Post written by Austin Tran Hi, we’re ClickMechanic, an online marketplace for car repair that’s been running since 2012. Working in a startup is an option that is often overlooked by…

Is your CV wafer thin?

We recently ran a blog post on Unpacking Your Skills. You may have read this and either thought, yes I have most of that and can dig out some great evidence or you may have thought… ‘yikes what do they mean? ‘ or ‘I don’t have any of that!’ If you are in the latter group…