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Careers Calendar October 2019

It’s another big month for us in Careers, including two fairs focusing on exploring your options and broadening your horizons, the Graduate Jobs and Placements fair on Weds 16th October,…

Tuesday, October 1st, 2019 in career ambassadors, career planning, careers calendar 2019, Careers Fair, CVs, employability, graduate jobs, Job seeking, Mentoring, My Career and Employability Centre, opportunities abroad, Part time jobs, Work experience

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Welcome to Careers – here’s what’s new for 2019/20!

Welcome to a new year at the University of Bradford! We’ve been busy all summer preparing for the new term and we’ve got a few new and different things to…

Wednesday, September 18th, 2019 in CVs, employability, My Career and Employability Centre, Opportunities, Part time jobs, study abroad

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Careers Calendar September 2019

Here’s the first instalment of our new interactive calendar with suggestions on how you can get involved with Career and Employability Services, whichever year you’re in, to learn new skills and…

Tuesday, September 10th, 2019 in CVs, employability, My Career and Employability Centre, Opportunities, volunteering

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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…

Wednesday, August 21st, 2019 in Applications, Build My Career, career planning, covering letters, CVs, employability, Employers, graduate jobs, Interviews, Job seeking, selection tests, Skills

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Should you upload your CV to an online jobs board?

If you’re searching for a job online, you’ve probably seen the prompts from jobs websites suggesting that you upload your CV to their database, so that employers will be able…

Friday, August 9th, 2019 in CVs, graduate jobs, Job seeking, My Career and Employability Centre, Opportunities

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LinkedIn 101 – My experience getting started…

Our latest post is the second from our Intern, Eliška Dlabolová, who has just completed her placement year with us in Careers and will be finishing her LLB Law with Business…

Wednesday, July 10th, 2019 in employability, internships, LinkedIn, networking, Skills

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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…

Wednesday, May 29th, 2019 in Applications, covering letters, CVs, My Career and Employability Centre

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The importance of extra-curricular activities – Abdul-Wahab Mahmood

This week, Abdul-Wahab Mahmood, 2nd year Computer Science for Business student tells us why he decided to get involved with the Career Ambassador programme and the Barclays-SAS Tech Challenge… Career Ambassador: a voluntary…

Wednesday, April 17th, 2019 in Be more than your degree, career ambassadors, Careers Fair, Case studies, employability, volunteering

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How did I get to my placement? – Eliska Dlabolova

This week’s post comes from Eliska Dlabolova, our placement student this year who has been invaluable at both the Emm Lane Campus and City Campus Careers services. Here she tells us…

Wednesday, April 10th, 2019 in employability, internships, Opportunities, Placements, Work experience

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Why I became a Career Ambassador – Zbigniew Soj

Today’s post comes from Zbigniew Soj, a 2nd year Politics student who shares his experience of being one of our volunteer Career Ambassadors… Why and how did I become a…

Wednesday, March 27th, 2019 in career ambassadors, employability, Skills, volunteering

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Hallowe’en Special: 8 ghastly CV mistakes to avoid

This week, in honour of hallowe’en, we’ve resurrected this old post from the dead… It’s Hallowe’en today, and with that in mind we’ve created a horrifyingly bad CV. Don’t be afraid…

Wednesday, October 31st, 2018 in Build My Career, CVs, Halloween, My Career and Employability Centre

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My trip to China – an amazing experience!

This week’s guest blog comes from Tariq Ashraf, a third year Chemical Engineering Student and one of our Career Ambassadors, who is sharing his experience of visiting China in summer last…

Wednesday, October 24th, 2018 in Be more than your degree, career ambassadors, Case studies, Opportunities, opportunities abroad, study abroad

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