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Top tips for new graduates

If you have just graduated then you may feel euphoric and so you should… getting to the end of several years of study is worth celebrating. But then back into sharp focus comes the question ‘What do I do now?’ If you haven’t got a job as yet then here are some tips to get started with the next… Continue Reading Top tips for new graduates

Promoting your work experience – Making things happen

We are at the end of this current series of blogs and if you have read all nine of them so far then well done. If you have identified your skills and examined your experience you should have some rich evidence to talk about in your applications and interviews. Even if you have only dipped in and out… Continue Reading Promoting your work experience – Making things happen

Promoting your work experience – Creativity

We are nearly at the end of the series of 10 blogs on digging deep into your work experience to find good evidence of key skills employers seek. The penultimate one we are looking at is creativity. If you have worked in a setting where you have produced something tangible or helped others produce something and also encouraged their… Continue Reading Promoting your work experience – Creativity

Promoting your work experience – Analytical skills

Right we are back with the 8th blog in the series of promoting your work experience and identifying your skills. You should be thinking of how you can evidence skills and show them to a future employer in all kinds of contexts. So by keeping records of these you can address the skills section on… Continue Reading Promoting your work experience – Analytical skills

Promoting your work experience – Organisation

If you have been following the blog posts on ‘Promoting your work experience’ and answering the questions posed then you should be building up some really good personal evidence to put on your CV, an application form or in readiness for answering questions at an interview or assessment centre. So far we have covered the following skill areas: Communication… Continue Reading Promoting your work experience – Organisation

Promoting your work experience – Leadership

Number 6 in our series of blogs about skills and we turn our attention to leadership. Leadership is a skill often asked for and can be relatively easy to show if you have worked in a management or supervisory role or even through leisure interests, led a sports team for example. Firstly though what springs… Continue Reading Promoting your work experience – Leadership

Promoting your work experience – Commercial Awareness

Welcome back to our series of blogs on promoting your skills gained via work experience. These blogs aren’t trying to ignore the excellent skills gained on your university course but are designed to try and get you think of other ways in which you are getting skills. Using skills from education and any other experience will enrich your… Continue Reading Promoting your work experience – Commercial Awareness

Looking to kick-start your Engineering career? Meet industry-leading employers at NECR18, 20-21 April.

Don’t miss out on your chance to meet leading companies from across the globe that are actively looking to recruiting students and recent graduates into engineering roles. Discover which companies would be a good fit for you, what opportunities they have to offer, and what they are looking for in an ideal applicant. You will… Continue Reading Looking to kick-start your Engineering career? Meet industry-leading employers at NECR18, 20-21 April.

Promoting your work experience – Communication

In the second of this series on breaking down key skills and providing evidence of them, we look at communication. On the surface this can look easy… we all communicate in some way or other. However it is how this skill can be shown to a prospective employer in the application process that concerns us, here in this blog. We are encouraging… Continue Reading Promoting your work experience – Communication

Daunted by Psychometric/Online Tests? Come along next week and practice with us.

Employability Fortnight #FocusOnYourFuture is well on its way now with many workshops and events still to come. Have you been asked to complete online tests as part of an application? Have you done them and found them hard or complex? Need some help and opportunity to practice? Well the Careers Service are here to help.… Continue Reading Daunted by Psychometric/Online Tests? Come along next week and practice with us.

Gaming and Television – What’s the Score?

Gaming makes up a significant portion of many media industries, including YouTube, Twitch and E-sports, but Gaming formats, are less frequent on Broadcast Television, even with formats alike ‘Dara O Briain’s Go 8 Bit’ (Dave), ‘Videogame Nation’ (Challenge) and ‘Charlie Brooker’s Gameswipe’ (BBC Four), which begs the question, why? In this event, the relationship… Continue Reading Gaming and Television – What’s the Score?

Finding the hidden job market

Many graduate opportunities are advertised through a variety of channels so if you are looking for these make sure you are registered on key websites such as the Careers Service vacancy database, Prospects, Target and others related to your profession. Make sure you are setting the right preferences for what you want and remember you may need to update these from time to… Continue Reading Finding the hidden job market

The Sky’s the Limit…take a look at the video produced by Gradcracker

Calling all STEM students! ‘The Sky’s the Limit’, is a video recently created by Gradcracker which has been downloaded over one hundred times since its release last year. You can download it at… https://www.gradcracker.com/for-university-contacts/media-downloads falko Lendzian via Compfight

It’s deadline day for some opportunities with Gradcracker

As we reported recently on this very blog, some opportunities are closing today – 31st January 2018 – on the recruitment website Gradcracker. The deadline for applying for some 61 work placements/ internships and 121 graduate opportunities with companies such as Atkins and Dyson is today. There are still some opportunities on the website and new… Continue Reading It’s deadline day for some opportunities with Gradcracker

To do or not to do a Masters course?

That is a question many students ask, especially this side of Christmas. Should I consider the option of further study following a first degree? What are the pros and cons? It’s fairly commonplace for students who are predicted a good degree, i.e. a 1st or a 2.1 or want to get into a particular career to think about studying for… Continue Reading To do or not to do a Masters course?

GRADCRACKER – 380 STEM opportunities closing before the end of January

GRADCRACKER advertise graduate and work experience opportunities in STEM careers and as of today the 18th January 2018 they have 380 opportunities that close before the 31st January 2018. Act quickly so you don’t miss out … Log onto GRADCRACKER to find out more. https://www.gradcracker.com If you need help with writing a CV or an application… Continue Reading GRADCRACKER – 380 STEM opportunities closing before the end of January

Have you considered a postgraduate conversion course?

Students often think about popular career areas offering good opportunities and wonder how can they break into them when they don’t have a relevant degree. One way of doing this is a via a postgraduate conversion course and Prospects has an excellent section on these on their website. https://www.prospects.ac.uk/postgraduate-study/conversion-courses These courses are designed specifically… Continue Reading Have you considered a postgraduate conversion course?

2018 NHS Scientist Training Programme

Calling all final year scientists… information about the 2018 NHS Scientist Training Programme (STP) application process is now available at on the Health Education England Website There is a list of open days available (details at the link above). The link for the application portal will also appear on this page. Applicants can also… Continue Reading 2018 NHS Scientist Training Programme

Here come the weblinks – a round up of new resources on the Careers pages…

2018 has hit the ground running, as have we. Here’s a round up of the new resources we’ve dug up and added to the spiffy new Careers Service pages for your infotainment. Without further ado… Creative arts and design The ‘Design: 3D, product, interior’ section now links to Designers/Makers, an agency for contemporary design offering business… Continue Reading Here come the weblinks – a round up of new resources on the Careers pages…

Technology’s largest careers fair for women

Technology’s largest careers fair for women, Tomorrow’s Tech Leaders Today, returns to London on 31 January 2018 at the spectacular Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane. The free-to-attend event, organised by business-technology magazine Information Age in partnership with YOOX-Net-a-Porter, has grown in reputation as an unparalleled and exclusive opportunity for women to connect with… Continue Reading Technology’s largest careers fair for women