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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…
This November is all about taking action, and while applying to jobs is an important action to take, researching the role, company and application process is just as important. Getting into a graduate scheme with the biggest graduate recruiters is a multi-stage process. I graduated this summer and as part of one of my many…
Written by Kim Bailey, Careers Consultant Haven’t studied Law but considering a legal career? Firstly you are NOT at a disadvantage! Legal careers are open to all degree subjects, and law firms value a diversity of thinking. Secondly you need to have a good hard think about the question why you are interested in the…
Written by Anna Lomas, Employability Consultant at the Careers Service. I could take this opportunity to reel off the sensible reasons why postgraduate study is definitely something you should consider – because you’ll demonstrate that you’re tenacious, capable of self-managing and working independently or because you’ll develop your critical thinking, analytical and research skills –…
Read more 8 Reasons to Consider Further Study That You Won’t Get Told at the Postgraduate Study Fair
Written by Kareem Belfon, Communications and Marketing Intern at the Careers Service. “I don’t want to do any work experience just yet, I don’t even know what job I want to do!” “I can’t apply for that, my CV is empty.” “Shall we go to Factory tonight?” These were all things that First Year Kareem…
Read more No Placement? No Problem. Alternative Ways to Gain Skills for your CV
Written by Sarah Davison, Phd Student and Freelance Writer Being an undergraduate student comes with the cheerful stereotype that you live in your overdraft, and in 2015, an Endsleigh survey found that up to 77% of UK university students work part-time alongside theirs studies to fund necessities. Unfortunately, the jobs available to students – who…
Read more How to succeed in Freelancing, from a Student Freelancer
Cue spooky music…… What makes a good thriller or horror movie? Fear of the unknown. Mistakes leading to jeopardy. Unexpected turns of events. Fear of the known! You know the monster is there, do you fight or flee? Your life does not have to be this way While I can’t promise a Disney style happy ending with…
