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…
Posts Categorized: Placements
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….
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…
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….
Slaying the beast (finishing a project)
One of the projects I’m currently working on is scanning A5 20-year-old record cards by hand as they won’t run through the feeder on the photocopier. The copier machine is now my…
Life is uncertain, Eat dessert first. The Placement experience
So another month has gone by and I am have been fairly busy and really enjoying the new responsibilities and work I have been doing. I don’t know if I…
You are hired! (How I got my placement)
I am sure that most people could relate to that awesome feeling you get when you hear the words ” You Are Hired” especially after a long job hunt. Yes that was me…
Asking never hurts
Every week I change my mind as to which part of archaeology I want to go into. That’s one of the main reasons I wanted to work in a variety…
Dinosaurs, treasure and mummies
My name is Alice and I’m an archaeologist. I study a BSc in Archaeology and I’m currently working with North Lincolnshire council in the historic environment record, which is a…
The more you learn, the more you realise how little you knew
Audit So where do I start with Audit? I am an external auditor with some fairly substantial experience in auditing high profile audits in local government, housing and the health…
A first time for everything
Hello, My name is Katie and I do BSc Archaeology. I am currently in my placement year based in Cardiff, having decided on doing the 4 year course. I’m originally…
“Did the Egyptians used to crucify people? I’ll ask you because you will know”
This is just one of many ridiculous questions we have been asked on the site I am currently working on. I am currently studying a BA in Archaeology. I have…