“Don’t lose heart”: My graduate job hunting journey
Today’s guest post is from Steven Cheeseman, a 2016 graduate who is now studing for the Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Career Management in Practice. Here he describes the challenges he…
Posts Categorized: employability
Our FOUR BIG CAREERS TIPS for 2017!
HAPPY NEW YEAR! So here we are. Another new year, and it’s fair to say that big changes are on the horizon for all of us. But, whatever happens in the…
Alumni Stories – Ben Bisco, Head of Digital at JD Williams
For this week’s blog, we ask #teambradford alumni Ben Bisco about his story, from studying at the University of Bradford and the path his career has taken up to becoming the…
The five steps to getting a part-time job
“How do I get a part-time job?” is the question we hear most at this time of year, and it’s something that we can definitely help you with here at…
Celebrating our Career Ambassadors
Our Career Ambassadors ended the year on a high note as they attended the Student Leadership Awards at Student Central on Tuesday 17 May. The event was a celebration of…
Balancing part-time work with full-time study
Today’s article is written by Ravi Bakshi, BSc Clinical Sciences student and one of our Career Ambassadors who help to spread the word about our services. Here he describes how…
My Summer Experience placement
For this week’s article, Rachel Hogg, a final year Medical Engineering student tells us about her Summer Experience placement last year (which is good timing, as we are currently looking…
Graduation day and life after uni
This week, Tehseen Bibi, who graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Sociology last year and has gone onto to our postgrad PGCEMP course, talks about her experiences of the graduation…
How can you be more than your degree?
For today’s post, Subira Ismail, the UBU Community & Welfare Sabbatical Officer tells us about the ‘Be More Than Your Degree’ initiative, and how you can get involved to improve your employability…
PGCEMP – My hopes for the course
This week, Joseph Lee talks to us about his Life After Uni, and starting on the Postgraduate Certificate in Employability and Entrepreneurship course (PGCEMP). Having graduated in 2015 with a 2.1…
Fitting Salt & Eggs in a Jar- My Work Life Balance
Our next guest blog comes from Chris Davey, a PhD researcher in Peace Studies at the University of Bradford. He has a busy life balancing his research and publications, working part-time (including…
Your CV: Profile or no profile?
Your CV can be a valuable tool in helping you secure a job, placement or internship but there is a lot of conflicting information available about the best way to…