The latest career news and comment from the University of Manchester
Written by Tahira Majothi, Careers Consultant at the Careers Service How to navigate the (uncertain) road ahead – the importance of upskilling The unprecedented times we are currently going through, affect all facets of our lives. Your individual circumstances may vary and I am sure there must be questions around the current hold on activities…
Written by Jenny Sloan, Careers Consultant at the Careers Service In these fast-moving and uncertain times, you may be feeling concerned about your future. In this way, it’s completely natural if you feel that you need some extra support. The Careers Service is here for you! You can access all of our staff and services…
Read more Recent Graduates: 5 ways you can reconnect with your Careers Service
It’s February and with it comes a flurry of festival announcements. There’s been Parklife but there’s also the announcement of our very own My Future Festival – so what exactly is it? In short, its two weeks of events made to boost your employability, offer you some unmissable opportunities and help you find your perfect…
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 –…
