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Don’t worry if you’ve missed out on an internship – although helpful, an internship isn’t the be-all and end-all. There’s plenty alternatives. Go travelling Whether it’s Devon for a fortnight or East Asia for a year, travelling is great fun and gives you an opportunity to stand on your own two feet. A lot of…
Written by Humanities Careers Consultant, Helen Buzdugan If you’re making job applications at the moment, you will almost certainly encounter failure and rejection, if you haven’t already. It’s tough, but it’s normal. More than that, it’s actually a GOOD THING. As a society, we focus far more on success than we do on failure. A…
Because you can win a goldfish on the hook-a-ducks! No, not that kind of fair – I mean careers fairs. Careers fairs are the most effective ways of resolving any careers-related doubts, learning about paths for your future, and bagging work experience, internships, or graduate jobs. Here’s a little run through of things only…
I was the classic Humanities student who lived by the mantra “Humanities students can go on and do anything with their degree”. As true as this is, it can be frustrating to have so many options. Over the last three years I looked at every career under the sun, but in September I joined the…
Often I’m lying in bed watching YouTube videos of hidden messages inside Disney films, and I ask myself the question ‘why would I ever need to get out of bed?’ Maybe you’re the same (or a little less lazy than me) so I’m here to tell you why you should get up and get down…
I’ll get all the clichés out the way. It’s the ‘best three years of your life’, ‘time will fly by’, ‘you’ll miss student discount’, and ‘you’ll meet friends for life’. All are true for me – especially the student discount one. I swapped Urban Outfitters for Primark two weeks after graduation. As I’ve finished…
