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In fact, it’s been five years since I graduated and I still don’t have one of those magical things called a “career plan”. Coming from someone who works for The Careers Service, that might surprise you. Back when I graduated, my lack of masterplan was something that filled me with panic. I nearly started down…
Read more Graduating and don’t have a career plan? Been there, done that.
Guest blog post written by current student and Manchester Gold mentee, Judith Scholes “Now students, we have Jane from The Careers Service to talk to you…” During my first two years at university, my mind would drift at the mention of these words. ‘I don’t need to think about this yet’, I would reassure myself naively,…
A lot of interesting things happened in May 2016. Leicester City won the Premier League at 5000-1 odds, Sadiq Khan became the first ever Muslim mayor of a major Western city, and I turned 21 years old. It was a pretty good month, if you ask me. May 2016 was also the month that I’d…
Easter vacation is coming to an end and some of you will be handing in dissertations soon. Does it feel like it’s all over bar the exams? Obviously exams are uppermost in most minds but use your time well and you could still secure a graduate job or internship starting in summer or autumn. To do list…
Read more And so the end is nigh.. Nearly finished your degree what next?
So that’s it, semester one is almost over and many of you are getting ready to head home (or elsewhere) for the winter break. Whether you’re a first year student that’s just made it through your first ever semester at uni, or a seasoned postgrad that knows these winter breaks like the back of your…
In Semester 1 it all kicks off: The search for internships, graduate schemes and your future career direction. Each year we get some interesting and quirky career options that students want to pursue (running an airline, circus performer…) but we also get some familiar favourites. So here are the things you need to know about the most frequently…
Read more Popular career options for UoM students. Your questions answered
I am certain that a lot of graduates will agree with me when I say that the final year of your degree is full of blood sweat and tears (metaphorically speaking that is). It is the year that you pull your socks up, knuckle down and really give it your all so that when June…
Read more Some simple steps to calm the final year flusters.
Have you had That Conversation, yet? The one that goes something like: ‘So! What are you going to do when you’ve finished Uni’ I don’t know, yet ‘You don’t know yet? I see’ No, I don’t know yet ‘Well, have you got any ideas?’ Well, some. But no, not really. I’m waiting until I’ve got…
Read more Calling all Humanities students who don’t know what they want to do after Uni….!
Do you worry that you don’t know what you want to do for the rest of your life? Do you feel you would be trapped by taking a graduate job, and panic about not making the right choices? Don’t panic a job is not for life (unless you want it to be) No one really expects you to have a crystal…
Read more I don’t want a job for life, I just want to try something out.
Some people plan everything – I’m sure you know someone who lives their life by lists and makes a revision time table and sticks to it. We all behave in different ways, so if you are the type of person who lets life unfold why would you suddenly change your behaviour because you are planning…
Read more Do you need to plan your career or can you just let it happen?
