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…
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…
Making the most of the graduate recruitment fair
Ahead of the Graduate Recruitment Careers Fair tomorrow in Student Central, graduate trainee Mahriya Saleem has shared her thoughts about how everyone can benefit from the event… My name is…
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…
What I learned from networking
This week’s guest post comes from Bianca Drotleff, who has been a fantastic intern for us this year at Career and Employability Services. In her second post for us (see…
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…
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…
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…
Study Abroad Photo Competition Winners 2017
For the last few years, the International Opportunities team have run a competition to find the photos that best capture the experience of studying abroad. The competition was open to…
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…