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Success and doing well are obviously key goals, but oh the platitudes people come out with.. Hard work always pays off (but it doesn’t always, does it?) It’s not about win or lose it’s about how you play the game (if it wasn’t about winning why are there prizes for winning) Difficult roads lead to…
Read more If at first you don’t succeed… build your resilience.
STP 2019 – now open for applications from Wednesday 9th January at 1pm – Friday 8th February at 5pm. The NHS Scientist Training Programme (STP) is open for applications for September 2019. Thousands of scientists and engineers of all disciplines work for the NHS, and the STP is how they recruit most of their Clinical…
Read more Applying for the NHS Scientist Training Programme in 2019
Written by Kareem Belfon, Marketing and Communications Assistant. What do you listen to when you revise? What songs get you pumped before going into an exam? Sometimes all you need is a stone cold banger to help motivate you during a study session. We asked Careers Service staff what songs got them through their exams:…
Read more We asked the Careers Service team what songs helped them through their exams
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…
Read more Questions your relatives will ask you at Christmas dinner and how to answer them
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…
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…
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…
