The latest career news and comment from the University of Manchester
Written by Yvonne Lau and Homirah Mullah, UoM Students and Diversity and Inclusion Ambassadors For BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) people, it’s important to have people you admire and look up to that look like you. So, we went around campus asking students which BAME people they thought were doing amazing things. Dorcas, 1st year,…
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…
Written by Kim Bailey, Careers Consultant at the Careers Service What are the main routes into working for the Civil Service? Fast Stream The Fast Stream is described as the ‘fastest route to real leadership,’ and is typically a three year programme where you move round departments, working on varied projects. Sadie graduated from the…
By Jannine Thomas, Employability Consultant (Placements), Careers Service Searching for a placement is a very personal journey but, don’t fall into the annual trap of thinking you’re the only one returning from Christmas break without a placement. You are not the only person still waiting hear back from the opportunities you applied for months ago…
Written by Johnny Dixon, Employability Assistant at The Careers Service . Applications for Spring 2019 are NOW open! Register your place on the programme before Monday, 18 February. As a recent graduate from The University of Manchester, I know how hard it can be to find a job after studying. Not knowing any proper adults…
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Graduates and final year students have a dilemma to face, where do you want to work after Uni? Going back home is an option if the jobs you are interested in exist there. If they don’t and you really want to be near family you have to be realistic about what is available in the…
Read more How do you choose a job when you could work anywhere, but don’t know anywhere?
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.
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.
This November is all about taking action, and while applying for a job is one of the biggest actions you can take, it’s just as important to research the role, company and application process before applying. Getting into a graduate scheme with the biggest graduate recruiters is a multi-stage process, and gamified assessments are becoming…
