The latest career news and comment from the University of Manchester
Writing your CV can seem like a real chore but paying someone else to write it is not a good plan. Here’s why… 1 The Careers service offers a free service to help you write a CV There is a simple CV template to help you get started with formatting. A CV & LinkedIn guide…
Written by Sarah Mallen, Information & Guidance Coordinator at The Careers Service Employers tell us that one of the key reasons for applicants failing at the application and interview stages is not being able to answer the simple question – “Why do you want to work for us?” Why do they ask this? Employers are…
Written by Sarah Mallen, Information & Guidance Coordinator at The Careers Service Wouldn’t it be brilliant if you could find job advertisements for roles that specifically wanted you? Well, our careers portal – CareersLink – is the answer for you. It’s home to over a thousand vacancies, all checked for legitimacy by your Careers Service.…
Read more Find a job on CareersLink, employers want to hire you
Written by Sarah Mallen, Information & Guidance Coordinator at The Careers Service Welcome (or welcome back) to The University of Manchester. A part time job while you study is a great way to earn money, make friends and build valuable skills for internships & graduate entry jobs in the future. You’ve realised by now Manchester is huge…
Read more Beginners guide to finding a part-time job in Manchester
Written by Pranav Sivaramakrishnan, Chemical Engineering Graduate who will now be starting as a Graduate Manufacturing Engineer with Rolls Royce Any email starting with a ‘Thank you for your application! After careful consideration…’ used to throw me into a fit of anxiety and despair. Another rejection, what has gone wrong? I had relevant work experience…
Read more The job-hunt: an international student’s candid evaluation
Getting into the environmental sector can seem like such a puzzle – what’s the difference between a sustainability consultant and an environmental consultant? How do I get an entry level ecologist role when they all ask for previous experience? Do I really need a masters? As a recent graduate interested in this sector I was…
Success and doing well are obviously key goals, but oh the platitudes people come out with.. Hard work always pays off (but it doesn’t always, does it?) It’s not about win or lose it’s about how you play the game (if it wasn’t about winning why are there prizes for winning) Difficult roads lead to…
Read more If at first you don’t succeed… build your resilience.
STP 2019 – now open for applications from Wednesday 9th January at 1pm – Friday 8th February at 5pm. The NHS Scientist Training Programme (STP) is open for applications for September 2019. Thousands of scientists and engineers of all disciplines work for the NHS, and the STP is how they recruit most of their Clinical…
Read more Applying for the NHS Scientist Training Programme in 2019
Firstly can I just say how much I admire student’s whose first language is not English for taking the plunge and doing an degree in another language. I am currently learning Portuguese, so I feel your pain when you are rapidly translating and conjugating just to say something simple. So my first piece of advice…
Read more Advice for international students applying for jobs in the UK.
It’s obviously not good to make silly spelling mistakes like saying “I farted” instead of “I started”. But the realms of not ok go much further… Don’t tell people that you don’t have skills in …. The amount of applications I have seen where an applicant painstakingly tells me why not to employ them is staggering. If…
Read more What it’s not ok to say on your CV and cover letter.
