The latest career news and comment from the University of Manchester
It’s February and with it comes a flurry of festival announcements. There’s been Parklife but there’s also the announcement of our very own My Future Festival – so what exactly is it? In short, its two weeks of events made to boost your employability, offer you some unmissable opportunities and help you find your perfect…
Written by Callum McAvan, Student Communications and Marketing Assistant at the Careers Service It’s a new year, a new decade. In the spirit of that, everyone will likely bring back the same old clichés – “New year, new me” and New Year’s resolutions aplenty. Although the more cynical of you out there (myself included) may…
Written by Callum McAvan, Student Communications and Marketing Assistant at the Careers Service The Postgraduate Study Fair will be taking over Manchester Academy on the 19th of November. Whether your heart is set on a particular course or you don’t have any idea what the future holds beyond your graduation, this fair is absolutely worth…
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 –…
Written by Max Ibbotson, Final Year English Language Student and Careers Service Student Blogger This is it. You’re at the end. You made it through pre-school, primary school, high school, sixth form and now nearly university, the zenith of your Magical Mystery Educational Tour. Just. One. More. Year. You need to utilise everything your last…
Read more Student Blog: the opportunities to utilise while you’re still at University
Next week (9 and 10 October), we’re hosting the Big Careers Fair at Manchester Central Convention Centre. Maybe you know this already – you might have seen our adverts around campus, someone may have mentioned it in a welcome lecture, or you’ve scrolled past a post on social media. Maybe though you’ve see it and thought…
You’ve probably heard or seen quite a bit about The Grad Fair happening next week. It’s one of The University’s biggest Careers Fairs and this year there will be over 140 exhibitors attending, offering local and national graduate jobs, further study courses and other opportunities for students graduating in 2018. Yes exams and deadlines are…
Read more 3 reasons to attend the Graduate Recruitment Fair (GradFair)
The Grad Fair 2018 is on Wednesday 9 May 2018 10:30am – 3:30pm At The Armitage Centre in Fallowfield (yes right behind Owens Park) This is the big mop up of graduate recruitment for large to medium size employers for this year. Why do I need to go? If you haven’t got a job lined up…
Read more The Grad fair is coming and this is why you should go!
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?
The Romans called April Aprilis. No one is sure the exact meaning of the word. Some scholars think that it may be related to an old Italic word meaning “the following, the next”, in a sequence of events. Old folk interpretations link it to the Latin aperire (think ‘aperture’ on a camera – the bit…
