I won’t sit down, I won’t shut up, and most of all I will not grow up!
Most students going into Higher Education follow a somewhat similar path. GCSEs at about 16, A-levels at about 18, perhaps a gap year and then on to University. It’s exciting…
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Application forms, online tests and interviews – is it really worth all the effort?
This blog post is about my experience with an employer before getting my 12-month placement. My first ever assessment centre After the long haul process of an application form, online…
Preparar – to prepare
Welcome to STM (student midwife) in Mendoza, where I will document some of my experiences and observations of a three-week placement in the maternity wing of a large public hospital in…
Year long interview, What to do on a placement
The placement year or year in industry is often termed ‘The year long interview’ by students or employers themselves. Why a year long interview? Well keep reading on and you…
My Placement Search – Using Blackboard
I think meeting employers at the careers fair was useful in some ways as I applied for a placement with an accounting firm there and got an interview with them….
Be the best at your Interview
The current job market is seriously scarce; it is almost impossible to get a job with 21% of graduates being unemployed once leaving university, check out this Guardian article. So…
Talking to strangers
I’m not here to lecture you about talking to strangers, I’m sure you got enough of that as a child. However sometimes in the workplace you can’t avoid it. Personally…
STOP-PRESS: 2032 Olympics to return to UK – Better (still) Never Stops
I’ve been selected to be part of a team who will organise the next Olympic games in the UK. Fantastic, I thought, but what do I know of how to…
Engineering Olympics of the Future
With just less than 100 days to go to the London 2012 Games it’s starting to get interesting – especially for me as an engineering student and a sports fan….