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Written by Max Ibbotson, Final Year English Language Student and Careers Service Student Blogger I wonder how many people woke up one morning, realised what they wanted to do, and ended up doing it. Can’t be many. The first job I remember wanting to do was to be an F1 driver. Travel the world, do…
Read more Student Blog: footballers, astronauts, and F1 drivers – what will I be when I grow up?
Written by Max Ibbotson, Final Year English Language Student and Careers Service Student Blogger What I’ve Learned From Job-Hunting Well, it’s time. You’ve finally finished uni. Coursework submitted, exams buried, Big Hands roof garden visited. You were hoping this day would stay away forever, but it can’t. The day is here for you to actually…
Read more Student Blog: what I’ve learned from job-hunting in my final year
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…
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!
If you’re just about to start your final year and you’d like to get something sorted career-wise by the time you graduate, you might think there isn’t really much you can or need to do at this stage, but you’d be wrong. You’ll be so busy with academic work once the semester starts that it’s…
Read more Gearing up for final year? 3 things you can (should!) do now towards your career plans
