Wisdom Wednesday: Why you should go to the Careers Fair
On the 18th of March, from 10.30-3.30, we are holding our Spring Careers Fair in Student Central on City Campus. Here are a few reasons why you should attend!
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Wisdom Wednesday: you have to be in it to win it!
Last month, we were thrilled when one of the employers who work very closely with the University of Bradford, providing students with work experience, were nominated for a prestigious award. Alison, our Employers Services manager, attended the awards ceremony. Here is her report, plus details of how you can get involved with Summer Experience.
Resource of the week: local opportunities
Every week, we highlight a resource which you may find useful in your job hunting. This week, we show you how Pinterest can help you locate local graduate jobs.
Resource of the week: Build My Career
Every week, we highlight a resource which you may find useful in your job hunting. This week, we show you how Build My Career can help you develop your career plans and employability.
Resource of the week: Social Media
As well as a place to chat to friends and upload selfies, social media can be a useful resource to help you to further your career aims.
Hence, this week, our ‘resource of the week’ for this week is Facebook. Here we introduce the weekly themes and suggest ways in which you can use digital networking to develop your future goals.
New Year careers resolutions
Eat less chocolate, go for a run each morning, get up at 6.30 am every day… many New Years resolutions fade over a couple of days. Instead, why not make your New Years resolution to be to do more things you’re scared of? It may get your career off to a flying start!
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…
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…