Five minutes with the employer – Solenis
We recently had the opportunity to sit down with Lucy Parr from Solenis, a leading speciality chemical supplier, to gain an insight into the company, advice on the application process…
Posts Categorized: Placements
My Erasmus+ Work Experience in Brussels – Yuko Hanada
For today’s guest post, Yuko Hanada, MA Advanced Practice in Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution, describes her experiences at the Quaker Council for European Affairs (QUNO) in Brussels. How did you find the…
Careers Calendar February 2020
We’re back again with another reminder of what’s going on this month, and what you can be doing to improve your skills. At the moment, it’s all about sorting yourself…
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…
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…
How A Part-Time Job Helped Me Discover My Passion
It’s our first post of the year (welcome freshers and returning students!), and as part-time jobs are a popular query at this time of year, we asked Bianca Drotleff, a…
Employer Insights: Elaine Teal, Learning Director at Day One Technologies
Following on from last week’s interview with Jordan Colclough, today’s employer insight is from Elaine Teal, Learning Director at Day One Technologies. Based in Batley, the company creates interactive e-learning…
Nine Reasons To Do A Placement Year
Today’s guest post is written by Vanya Encheva, a final year Human Resource Management student and one of our receptionists here at Careers. Here she shares her thoughts on why…
My Summer Experience placement
For this week’s article, Rachel Hogg, a final year Medical Engineering student tells us about her Summer Experience placement last year (which is good timing, as we are currently looking…