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Written by Max Ibbotson, Final Year English Language Student and Careers Service Student Blogger What I’ve Learned From Job-Hunting Well, it’s time. You’ve finally finished uni. Coursework submitted, exams buried, Big Hands roof garden visited. You were hoping this day would stay away forever, but it can’t. The day is here for you to actually…
Read more Student Blog: What I’ve Learned From Job-Hunting In My Final Year
Written by Max Ibbotson, Final Year English Language Student and Careers Service Student Blogger I like the pub: it’s warm, there’s little damp and the beer’s on tap. That makes it better than my student house. On all three counts. Even better, if you go during the afternoon, a beer is cheaper than a Taste…
Read more Student Blog: The End of Student Life and Finding a Job – What the Graduates Say
If you are leaving Uni soon there are some things you need to know…. Email & computer access Your email account will be turned off (usually after graduation) and you will lose access to computers on campus too. You normally get an email warning you about this from IT, (but it’s easy to miss), so…
Read more Things you need to know before you leave UoM this summer.
All good things must come to an end, and my MGT internship at the Careers Service is no exception. 12 months ago I was feeling lost over my future career; I felt like there was no clear path for me and my head was swimming with different options. While I didn’t really know what I…
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 Kareem Belfon, Student Communications and Marketing Assistant at the Careers Service. I have many regrets in my life. I regret not using a screen protector on my phone before bringing it on a night out and, inevitably, smashing it to pieces. I regret not learning another language as a child. I regret not…
Read more A masterclass in organising your time, from a UoM graduate who was awful at it
Congratulations to newly completed Masters students! You can continue to use the Careers Service for 2 years after the end of your degree, including CareersLink which advertises job vacancies. Your CareersLink student account will be automatically converted into a graduate account. Any data and alerts you have set up in your student account will automatically be transferred. If your…
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…
Guest blog post written by Avni Devgan, Law student at the University of Manchester The Law Fair is now less than a week away and for those who are interested in attending it, here is a list of things you should do before and after the fair to get as much out of it as you…
