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Interested in a graduate scheme but want something a little different? Interested in the Higher Education/public sector? The Ambitious Futures Graduate Scheme could be for you! This unique programme will give you the opportunity to gain real experience in the business of how universities operate in a diverse and fast-paced sector. The scheme is 15…
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Your graduate friends all seem to be posting on Facebook about amazing new careers and colleagues. Your student mates are back at uni scoffing free Welcome Week pizza. How about you, have you been looking for a job but getting nowhere, or maybe you’ve been procrastinating getting started? How are you feeling? Scared, worried, daunted,…
Do you have a LinkedIn profile? Do you have a profile but are not really sure what you are supposed to do with it? LinkedIn is useful for: Developing a professional online profile to complement your CV. Helping ensure that potential employers are impressed by what they find if they Google you. A well-developed LinkedIn…
Here’s a selection of immediate start vacancies that have recently been added to CareersLink. If you use the advanced vacancy search in CareersLink you can look for the vacancy ID number quoted. As a graduate you can of course also apply for 2015 graduate schemes if you wish, but these posts start January at the…
Have you ever thought about what it takes for a university to operate? The University of Manchester is a massive business! It has an annual income of over £800 million, over 11,000 staff (of which about 5000 are non-academics/researchers), and over 300 buildings on over 700 acres of estate. It’s a great place to start…
Read more Ambitious Futures: a graduate scheme for university leadership
I recently read two interesting articles which looked at different problems with the graduate job market. From the Telegraph: ‘Why do 1 in 4 graduates quit within a year of starting work?’ From the THE: ‘Underemployed graduates stay in stepping-stone jobs too long’. Both are from employers point of view with recommendations of how they…
City firms are amongst the companies which traditionally recruit earliest in the academic year for graduate schemes and placements. We are in the process of compiling a list of deadlines for city firms which will go on our website to help you plan your applications for 2015. It won’t be ready for a couple of…
If you would love to take a masters degree but the only thing holding you back is finance don’t miss this generous scheme of funding available this year. This is the first time these scholarships have been available and I have no idea if they will be available in the future so do apply if…
Read more Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme – funding for master’s students starting September 2014
University of Manchester student Celine Dischamps, who is studying for an MEng in Chemical Engineering, has won a TargetJobs Undergraduate of the Year Award, in the category of Low Carbon Undergraduate, sponsored by EDF Energy. Her prize is a paid internship, a visit to a nuclear power station in France and an exclusive lunch with…
Read more Manchester student wins TargetJobs Undergraduate of the Year award
Last week The Guardian published an interesting article Top tips for Skype interviews. We have also noticed an increase in queries about video/online interviews in Careers Service. According to the Guardian article, 18% of candidates have experienced a video interview in the past year, so it seems timely to discuss them. These interviews fall into…
