Written by Kareem Belfon, Marketing and Communications Assistant at the Careers Service. So, you’ve been away at Uni all year. Your aunts and uncles have been politely ‘liking’ all of your posts on Facebook, commenting ‘Looks like you’re having fun! Sending our love xxxxx’ every so often. Your family group chat is lit. ‘Look! We’ve…
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Written by Kareem Belfon, Marketing and Communications Assistant at the Careers Service Campus might seem slightly quieter over the winter break, as many students return home for Christmas. However, there’s still plenty of things you can be getting involved with in Manchester during the festive season. If you’re sticking around over the holidays, the most…
Read more What to do if you’re an international student staying in Manchester over Christmas
Firstly can I just say how much I admire student’s whose first language is not English for taking the plunge and doing an degree in another language. I am currently learning Portuguese, so I feel your pain when you are rapidly translating and conjugating just to say something simple. So my first piece of advice…
Read more Advice for international students applying for jobs in the UK.
Congratulations to newly completed Masters students! You can continue to use the Careers Service for 2 years after the end of your degree, including CareersLink which advertises job vacancies. Your CareersLink student account will be automatically converted into a graduate account. Any data and alerts you have set up in your student account will automatically be transferred. If your…
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It’s obviously not good to make silly spelling mistakes like saying “I farted” instead of “I started”. But the realms of not ok go much further… Don’t tell people that you don’t have skills in …. The amount of applications I have seen where an applicant painstakingly tells me why not to employ them is staggering. If…
Read more What it’s not ok to say on your CV and cover letter.
Written by Noeleen Jones, International Careers Consultant I was asked recently by a colleague to have a look at the Job Search FAQ I produced a couple of years ago and to update this. I have read through and updated the frequently asked questions that all careers advisers/consultants who work with international students get. Here are my answers to…
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This November is all about taking action, and while applying for a job is one of the biggest actions you can take, it’s just as important to research the role, company and application process before applying. Getting into a graduate scheme with the biggest graduate recruiters is a multi-stage process, and gamified assessments are becoming…
Read more Gamified assessments – A graduate perspective
This November is all about taking action, and while applying to jobs is an important action to take, researching the role, company and application process is just as important. Getting into a graduate scheme with the biggest graduate recruiters is a multi-stage process. I graduated this summer and as part of one of my many…
Read more Situational judgement – A graduate perspective
When you’re applying for quite a few jobs that ask for a CV, it’s tempting to send the same CV to each. It saves time and the CV describes you, that must be good enough, right? Wrong! You have your ingredients of skills, experiences and attributes, but you need to combine them in the right…
Read more Why writing a job application is like baking
Written by Sophie Cooke, Solicitor at Government Legal Profession and UoM Alumni. I studied English Law with French Law at the University of Manchester between 2010 and 2014. I had a fantastic time there and really enjoyed my degree, particularly the public law modules I studied. I knew I wanted to work in that area…
Read more What I Learned from my Training Contract with Government Legal Profession
