The latest career news and comment from the University of Manchester
Written by Callum McAvan, Student Communications and Marketing Assistant at the Careers Service It’s a new year, a new decade. In the spirit of that, everyone will likely bring back the same old clichés – “New year, new me” and New Year’s resolutions aplenty. Although the more cynical of you out there (myself included) may…
Written by Amanda Conway, Careers Consultant at The Careers Service It makes sense that our working world will operate online. It’s where we create and store information, how we make sense of things and where we communicate with customers and clients. From big commercial organisations to the health service, local schools or government bodies, employers…
Read more Digital CV makeover? You are savvier than you think
Written by Amanda Conway, Careers Consultant at The Careers Service It won’t cost you money, and you don’t need to be particularly savvy to get started, so investing in your digital know-how could be time well spent, particularly given employers’ increasing focus on employees’ digital capabilities. Whether you want to overhaul your digital know-how or…
Written by Callum McAvan, Student Communications and Marketing Assistant at the Careers Service It’s that time of year again –graduation! The time of year that holds the most potential for dominating Instagram feeds with cap throwing boomerangs and proud paragraphs of (well deserved) self-praise. However, once all of the ceremonies are over and the bottles…
Written by Callum McAvan, Student Communications and Marketing Assistant at the Careers Service Networking – it’s a scary word. For some it may come naturally, the conversation flows smoothly from the moment they are in the business environment, talking to someone new, they’re in their element. However, if you’re anything like me, that is certainly…
Written by Callum McAvan, Student Communications and Marketing Assistant at the Careers Service The Postgraduate Study Fair will be taking over Manchester Academy on the 19th of November. Whether your heart is set on a particular course or you don’t have any idea what the future holds beyond your graduation, this fair is absolutely worth…
Written by Anna Lomas, Employability Consultant at the Careers Service. I could take this opportunity to reel off the sensible reasons why postgraduate study is definitely something you should consider – because you’ll demonstrate that you’re tenacious, capable of self-managing and working independently or because you’ll develop your critical thinking, analytical and research skills –…
Enterprise Club’s Johnny Dixon interviews Patrick, a current student at The University of Manchester and ex-member of ‘Nine Mile River’ about how the band gained some success in playing events and the enterprise knowledge he has taken from it. Enterprise is not just about starting a business, it’s about developing skills whilst doing something you love.…
Read more 7 ways being in a cover band helped me to become more enterprising
Written by Callum McAvan, Student Communications and Marketing Assistant at the Careers Service Stop me if you think that you’ve heard this one before. For the first eighteen years of my life I was on a pretty set track. When I was in primary school, I knew I’d be going to a pretty decent high…
Read more Don’t know what you want to do? Top tips to get past it
Written by Phoebe Moore, Final Year Italian and Spanish Student This past year has definitely been an important turning point in my career plans and aspirations. After two years studying Italian and Spanish at Manchester, last September I embarked on my year abroad, first working as an intern in Madrid for five months, then studying…
Read more Italy, Spain & The Telegraph: a student's career defining year
