Welcome to Careers – how can we help you this year?
It’s that time of year again when we welcome new and returning students for a new and exciting academic year. There’s a lot to take in at the moment, but…
Posts Categorized: Job seeking
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 Business Administrator
Continuing our series of placement year stories, this week Jessica Berko, a Marketing student at the Faculty of Management & Law, shares her experiences working as a Business Administrator at…
5 ways to keep active on LinkedIn
This week’s post comes from our Career Consultant and resident LinkedIn guru Hermione Berry. Here she talks about how once you’ve set up your profile, it’s important to keep your account…
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…
Balancing my graduate job search with a young family
This week’s guest blog comes from Amy Johnson, who graduated from Health, Wellbeing and Social Care in summer 2016, and she’s now studying for the Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Career Management in Practice ….
Employer Insights: Elaine Teal, Learning Director at Day One Technologies
Following on from last week’s interview with Jordan Colclough, today’s employer insight is from Elaine Teal, Learning Director at Day One Technologies. Based in Batley, the company creates interactive e-learning…
Alumni Stories: Jordan Colclough, E-Learning Developer at Day One Technologies
Today’s Alumni Story is Jordan Colclough, who is currently working at Day One Technologies in Batley, along with quite a few other recent #TeamBradford graduates. Here he shares his experiences…
“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…
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…
Five ways to make the most of your careers fair experience
In this special Monday blog, Robert Furdui, a final year Marketing student and one of our student receptionists here in Career Development Services gives his top tips for getting the…