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Written by Samantha Oates-Miller, Careers Insights and Graduate Support Assistant at The Careers Service Your final semester is a great time to plan for your next steps after graduation. There are lots of things you can do now to ensure you finish your degree career-ready. Here are our top 7 to get you started. Think about what…
Read more 7 steps to getting career ready in your final semester
So you’ve landed a graduate job. Congratulations! Celebrate, reward yourself for your perseverance and hard work, and rest before starting your new job. When your start date does come around, don’t worry if you feel a little apprehensive about starting your new job from your bedroom, shared flat or family home. There are many advantages…
Written by Jenny Sloan, Careers Consultant at The Careers Service In the time of Covid-19, we find ourselves in challenging and uncertain times. But final year students face a unique set of challenges, with many of you feeling worried about your future and what’s next after you finish university. The Careers Service is here for…
Written by Max Ibbotson, Final Year English Language Student and Careers Service Student Blogger I like the pub: it’s warm, there’s little damp and the beer’s on tap. That makes it better than my student house. On all three counts. Even better, if you go during the afternoon, a beer is cheaper than a Taste…
Read more Student Blog: The End of Student Life and Finding a Job – What the Graduates Say
Written by Zofia Rozalska, Student Engagement Consultant at the Careers Service In your final year of study and wondering ‘What next?’ It’s totally fine to feel overwhelmed with the amount of important decisions you have to make in your final year. So we’ve come up with a handy checklist that will hopefully help you take…
There is a lot of talk about graduate schemes and you will see big employers on campus a lot! BUT they are not the only option for graduate employment in fact most graduates do not do a graduate “scheme”. Whatever you decide to do – start early so that you can identify the time of…
Exams typically finish late May early June so if you do want a job starting in Summer or September then you are going to need a strategy and to work fast. In May & June vacancy numbers go up as recruiters look to fill those last minute opportunities. By August however opportunities are lessening as many…
Read more Are you planning on leaving your job-search until after your exams?
From guest writer and former Careers Service MGP, Jenny Sloan. So you’ve managed to bag a few hours every week working in an administrative post in an office? That’s fantastic, you’ve got essential office-based work experience that employers value so highly! But what if, like the majority of the working student body, you’re slaving away…
It’s not uncommon to meet dejected-looking students coming to The Careers Service filled with anxiety that they don’t have “relevant” experience or the “right” experience to put on their CVs in order to apply for jobs in their final year. If this is a concern you share too then fear not – it can be…
Read more How my “wrong” experience was actually just right…
Not got a brilliant job or internship lined up for the summer? Not a problem! You haven’t blown all chances of getting some work experience to stick on your CV and help you when it comes to applying for jobs in your final year. While “relevant” work experience (i.e. work that is directly related to…
Read more Don’t be so afraid of getting the “wrong” experience that you don’t end up getting any!
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