The latest career news and comment from the University of Manchester
Traditionally it’s the time of year we all try to make ourselves feel better by making plans for summer holidays. You definitely need a break from studying over summer but there are lots of options depending on what you want from your time off. Here are some places you could start… I need to earn…
Read more What can I do this summer? Volunteer, work, travel the choice is yours.
Some degrees are vocational, some are not, but whatever you study there are always more options after Uni than just literally using your degree. You may be a scientist but you don’t have to work in a lab! Let’s face it a degree is a piece of paper that says you studied a subject for…
Read more You are more than your degree, step outside the box.
You may or may not have already seen adverts for, or been told about various Careers Fairs that are taking place over the next two months at the University. For many people the fairs seem to come along quite early in the semester when you aren’t really in the head space to be thinking about…
Read more Why attend a University Careers Fair – by someone who didn’t.
Off you go to University full of excitement and dreams for the future. But have you really considered what you will do with the degree you chose? You might expect that if you are doing a vocational course like engineering, law or medicine, your career decisions would be easy, and that options with lets say…
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
