BUILD MY CAREER – Five Great Features You Need To Know About
If you’re reading this blog, then presumably you have some interest in employability and your career planning, so hopefully you’ve already had a look at our online resource centre Build…
Posts Categorized: Applications
What’s the point of a covering letter?
So you’ve spent ages on your CV – you’ve made sure it’s presented really well and covers all the key points of the job description and you’re pretty happy with…
Four Key Things To Remember When Writing Your CV
Don’t worry if you’re a bit daunted by producing a CV – it’s a very specific way of writing that’s unique to job applications, so it’s unlikely you’ll have done…
My Placement Year as a Consumer Product Marketing Intern
This week’s guest post comes from Jasmine Chue, an International Business and Management student, currently working as a Consumer Product Trade Marketing Intern in B/S/H Home Appliances. Applying for the…
I did loads of practise psychometric tests – here’s what I learned…
Our post today is by Steve Tillotson, one of the Information Advisers in the Career and Employability Services team, who delves into selection tests… Our advice to students who are…
Careers’ Useful Mnemonics For You
Careers advice can be complicated, so to make things easier to remember it’s often presented as acronyms made up of the key words and phrases. This is known as a…
FINAL YEARS! The 5 things you should be doing NOW, and how Careers can help you…
Below are a few things that you should definitely be thinking about If you’re completing your studies this year, so consider this a gentle reminder to get cracking if you haven’t already (and…
From History to Cyber Security- My story so far…
Today’s guest post comes from Suhail Mohammed, who is currently studying for a Masters in Cyber Security here at the University of Bradford, and he’s also one of our student…
Finding and applying for placements
This week, Amnah Nadeem, a final year Business & Management student and one of our student receptionists in Careers describes her experience of finding and applying for placements… During my second…
Advent Calendar Day Eight
Click the image to reveal today’s surprise, but don’t be a pudding like that guy – come and see us if you need any help with your CV or applications…
Tuesday: Resource of the Week
This week’s resource of the week: what do employers think of the front on your CV?