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Interview mistakes no-one should make – yet do
We all make mistakes, people who love us forgive us. But mistakes irritate strangers, and interviewers in particular do not have any reason to forgive. An interview is an opportunity to demonstrate your skills and capabilities, showing that you are incapable is a sure way not to get hired. Take some basic precautions to avoid…
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BBC 2013 Journalism Trainee Scheme Launch Event
Applications for the 2013 BBC Journalism Trainee Scheme will open on September 24th with a launch event to be held at Media City in Salford. See the poster below for details of how to register to attend the launch event. We are more concerned with your talent, potential and passion to achieve great things with us than…
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Part-time Masters
As the new semester approaches not only am I preparing the Careers Resource Centre for a new cohort I’m also preparing to go back to University myself, for the 2nd year of my part time masters. I’m studying Library and Information Management. Studying a masters part-time either alongside a current job or due to other…
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Get ahead in the graduate job market – choose career management skills
It’s that time of year again when many of you are choosing your modules for the next academic year. Decisions, decisions, decisions….What will I enjoy? What am I interested in? What am I good at? Have you thought about how your module choice will help your future career? Have you thought about choosing a career…
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Beatwolf – Manchester online magazine – volunteering opportunities
Love writing, keen to volunteer and contribute to a new music website, then read the info below from Beatwolf… Beatwolf is a Manchester based online magazine featuring a healthy mix of music enthusiasm and opinion bordering on irreverence. We are looking for volunteers to contribute to our website! Beatwolf.com has been live for about 7 months,…
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UK graduates sought after when returning to China
Please find below a recent press release about careers fairs in China for returning UK graduates. It includes some interesting news about the qualities particularly sought from UK graduate returners (so a useful hint as to what is looked for on your CV!) and some statistics on job hunting success from a recent alumni survey…
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Want some more postgrad careers posts?
Just a quick post to point out that there are over 500 posts still available on our old Manchester Postgraduate Careers Blog. I’ve collated an archive of posts which are still likely to have some relevance under “Previously, on the Manchester Postgrad Careers Blog …“. Hopefully this will avoid you turning up to an event…
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