University of Manchester Careers Blog

Written by Samantha Oates-Miller, Careers Insights and Graduate Support Assistant at the Careers Service

Every day from Monday, 18 to Friday, 22 October 2021, the Careers Service will be focussing on individual steps you can take to achieve graduate success, whatever they means for you. Stay tuned across our social media all week for posts with tips, resources and advice on all things graduate careers and look at this blog post for more information! You can also find the links mentioned in our posts and videos below.

Monday

• Employability Audit
• I Don’t Know What I Want To Do
• Book a careers guidance appointment

Tuesday

• Building your network
• Building an effective LinkedIn profile
• Connecting with alumni
• Meet the Professionals alumni panels
• Graduate Careers Stories

Wednesday

• CareerConnect
• Job search strategies

Thursday

• Applications and Interviews
• CareerSet (CVs)
• CareerSet (Cover Letters)
• Blog Post  – application mistakes (and how to avoid them)
• Application advice appointments

Friday

• Psychometric tests
• Assessment centres
• Interview practice
• ShortList.Me

We will be sharing more advice and resources for each step on our social media channels all week! Look out for posts each day to get more information and support. Remember, you can use the Careers Service for up to two years after you graduate, so whatever step you are on, we can help you achieve graduate success!