Tag: Applications and interviews
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Top 7 Most Common Application Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Written by Samantha Oates-Miller, Careers Insights and Graduate Support Assistant at the Careers Service Applying for a graduate job or placement? Many organisations require a CV or cover letter, but application forms can very popular as well. You can usually submit an application form online, by downloading a copy and returning the competed version via…
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To practise or not to practise? What’s the best way to prepare for an employer selection test?
Written by Amanda Conway, Careers Consultant at The Careers Service When it comes to applying for graduate jobs or internships, the chances are you will face a selection test along the way. Ranging from numerical or verbal reasoning tests, to some of the more recent developments like situational judgement tests and games-based assessments, graduate employers frequently…
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6 tips for finding a graduate job
Written by Samantha Oates-Miller, Careers Insights and Graduate Support Assistant at the Careers Service With Stuti Sethi, MEng Computer Science, 2020, Technology Graduate at Barclays Technology Centre Stuti Sethi graduated in 2020 with an Meng in Computer Science. She is now a Technology Graduate at Barclays Technology Centre. Here, Stuti tells us about her job…
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10 things you need to know about starting a career as a Solicitor or Barrister
It All Starts in 2nd Year (LL.B) or Final Year (non-LL.B)Start your research as soon as possible into Semester 1. Applications for Vacation Schemes or Training Contracts are open early in Semester 1 so draw up your timetable as soon as you can. Note that the routes to qualifying as a Solicitor and as a Barrister…
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The hardest easy interview question
Written by Sarah Mallen, Information & Guidance Coordinator at The Careers Service Employers tell us that one of the key reasons for applicants failing at the application and interview stages is not being able to answer the simple question – “Why do you want to work for us?” Why do they ask this? Employers are…
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What I learned at the Environmental Careers Event
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…
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If at first you don’t succeed… build your resilience.
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…
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Applying for the NHS Scientist Training Programme in 2019
STP 2019 – now open for applications from Wednesday 9th January at 1pm – Friday 8th February at 5pm. The NHS Scientist Training Programme (STP) is open for applications for September 2019. Thousands of scientists and engineers of all disciplines work for the NHS, and the STP is how they recruit most of their Clinical…
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Advice for international students applying for jobs in the UK.
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…
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What it’s not ok to say on your CV and cover letter.
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…
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