The latest career news and comment from the University of Manchester
Student Engagement Consultant at The University of Manchester. Manage marketing and communications for The Careers Service.
Guest post by Anna Lomas, Employabilty Consultant, The Careers Service Having been manager of the Careers Service’s mentoring programme (Manchester Gold) for several years, I know first- hand how valuable a mentor can be. I was constantly surprised by just how generous our mentors were with their time, how genuine they were in their desire…
Read more Apply for a mentor – Nothing to lose, everything to gain
As The Big Careers Fair is fast approaching we’ve put together some tips to help you prepare and make the most of the fair (and any other careers fair you may attend this year). Do your research As much as we would all love the ability to be able to ‘wing it’ last minute…
Next week (9 and 10 October), we’re hosting the Big Careers Fair at Manchester Central Convention Centre. Maybe you know this already – you might have seen our adverts around campus, someone may have mentioned it in a welcome lecture, or you’ve scrolled past a post on social media. Maybe though you’ve see it and thought…
Guest post by Humanities Careers Consultant, Delia Goodwin. First things first- this is not the end of the world as you know it! After all the time you spent thinking about applying, deciding who to apply to, slaving over the application forms and possibly getting as far as interviews or assessment centres, it can be…
Read more So you’ve missed out on a graduate scheme – what next?
Guest post by Careers Consultant, Kim Bailey I vividly remember the first time I had to deliver a presentation to the class during my degree. It was a 10 minute presentation about Shakespeare to a small group of students, and it was by far the most terrifying thing I had to do since I arrived…
Let’s start from the beginning. I started my BA in Criminology in 2012 and graduated in 2015. The idea was to do a master’s straightaway, but things did not go according to plan. Unfortunately, I did not get funding to continue my studies and I found myself in a rather odd and confusing situation, not…
Read more Postgraduate Study – guest post by University of Manchester Alumnus Andreea Chirvase
You may or may not have already seen adverts for, or been told about various Careers Fairs that are taking place over the next two months at the University. For many people the fairs seem to come along quite early in the semester when you aren’t really in the head space to be thinking about…
Read more Why attend a University Careers Fair – by someone who didn’t.
