Why You Should Come To The Graduate Careers Fair
Our latest Careers Fair, The Graduate Recruitment Fair 2014 is coming up on Wednesday October 22nd in Student Central. If you’ve never been to a careers fair before, here’s a…
Best practice?
Best practice has never been more important in an age of accelerating technology, globalisation and rapidly changing economy. Almost every business has a best practice guide in order to reduce…
My placement journey
I can’t believe how quickly my placement is going. The time is absolutely flying by. My experience with Hewlett Packard has been invaluable to me in so many different ways….
On the other side of the fence – conducting my first interview
Have you ever prepared a long time for an exam -reading books, understanding theories, and thinking about examples- but forgotten to think about a way of introducing the subject you…
Postgraduate progress
Spring and jobs have arrived. We are now 7 weeks in to the course and it is great to see that students are getting placements and also have some job…
Job seeking was so easy wasn’t it – what happened?
About 15 years ago getting a job was a piece of cake. After a glance in the newspaper job ads or a good word put in by your dad you…
From an introvert to a ‘part-time extrovert’
When I first started my placement year with Cummins Power Generation I was a complete introvert, minding my own business, doing my work in my corner, dealing only with my…
Unemployment after graduation
How it felt to be unemployed after graduating The day of my last university exam was one of the best days of my life but at the same time it…
Graduation
The day had finally arrived! Three years of hard work, dedication, and sleepless nights had come to fruition in what was going to be such a proud moment for both…
My Internship: We’re half way there
Having finished the fifth week of my ten week internship, I have now crossed the threshold of the half way mark, and now growing ever closer to the finish line,…
Starting work
Entering the workforce may be an exhilarating and daunting experience all snow balling at the same time. Many employees have the tendency to mirror other workers performances. The key element…
From the student’s point of view
The first few weeks of the Postgraduate Certificate in Employability and Entrepreneurship have been very interesting. I have learnt a great deal about myself and the skills I possess in…