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First, a short quiz. Which of the following are not businesses? • The University of Manchester • IBM • The Whitworth • RSPB • Elsevier Publishing • The Big Issue • GSK • Church of England Hopefully you answered “none of them” because that is the correct answer. They are all businesses. In fact, last…
So we hear this term banded about by employers or recruiters at fairs, online and in articles and even in class but what does it really mean and what do employers really want? It is not as complicated as it sounds, simply put commercial awareness is understanding the business as a whole that you are…
Read more What is Commercial Awareness? What do employers mean by this?
Guest Blogger Post Judi Roo, Senior Resume Writing Consultant, Roo Resumes. Times are so tough. With so many graduates and so fewer jobs, graduates are facing a really challenging and very frustrating job market. Since the Global recession more and more businesses are limiting their graduate recruitment, and in today’s market having a Degree that…
I love Pathways, our annual PhD careers options mega-event – and it turns out I’m not the only one. Here’s a great guest post from Chris Manley, Senior Careers Consultant at Warwick University who visited Pathways this year, gratefully reproduced from The Careers Blog at Warwick. Life after the PhD – by Chris Manley The…
If I asked you ‘what is commercial awareness’ would you understand what this is? Perhaps you have heard this phrase at careers talks, or on a job description for a role you want to apply to? Maybe you are not entirely sure? If this is the case or even if you think you may know…
Read more What is commercial awareness and why is it relevant?
Christmas holidays are finally here, a time to catch up with friends, family, as well as completing assignments and exam revision for the next term. But it is also an opportunity to do something to invest in yourself and your future, here are a few ideas: Time to invest some time in yourself and explore…
Read more Christmas holidays: time to rest and time to move forward
Students from all schools, and subject areas are interested in going into the media and related areas. It’s an area that is notoriously hard to break into so we set up the media club to help you make the most of our connections to explore the opportunities and find out about the routes in. This…
We have a catalogue like any other library so you can find out what books and resources we have before you come in. We are currently buying loads of new stock. We have just had a big trawl through all our resources and thrown away loads of books and other materials that are out of date…
This year two University of Manchester students reached the final of the Undergraduate of the year awards. There are lots of these student award competitions around and we know that sometimes there are few good applicants. Perhaps they seem like a lot of work or you feel that you couldn’t possibly win? We asked George…
Read more Student competitions – could you be a winner and what’s involved?
Getting work experience is a competitive business. It’s a vicious circle; often you can’t get work experience without already having some work experience. Something for Your CV is a FREE 2-day workshop for undergraduate students, to help you start building up your CV. The workshop will offer you the opportunity to: Work in a team Problem solve…
Read more Something for Your CV – 2 day team challenge 29th and 30th Oct
