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Written by Samantha Oates-Miller, Careers Insights and Graduate Support Assistant at the Careers Service If you are in your first year, you might not have thought about your career yet. However, it is never too early to think about what you want to do after finishing your course and the Careers Service is here to…
Written by Samantha Oates-Miller, Careers Insights and Graduate Support Assistant at the Careers Service The brand new event ‘First Insights Conference’ took place on Wednesday, 24 March and gave over 140 first year undergraduate students the opportunity to meet with employers and graduates from three sectors of their choice. The conference aimed to give students…
The good news: There are jobs available for students on campus. The bad news: There are not enough for every student at the University to work at the University! More good news: there are plenty of jobs near campus. Most jobs at the University are advertised on https://www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/ by the Central HR team not Careers. As you…
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 plan your time wisely over the next few weeks, you’ll still be able to fit giving your future a little consideration around your remaining lectures, deadlines and exams. I graduated last summer and by planning out my weeks during my final year and timetabling in when I would tackle essays or revise for…
Amy, an International Management student at Manchester, spent the final three weeks of last summer as a Welcome Week Intern for the Alliance Manchester Business School, as part of the Student Experience Internship (SEI) programme. Amy recently joined us to talk us through various aspects of her SEI 2015 experience… Why SEI I applied to…
Read more Welcome Week Intern at The University of Manchester – Amy’s Story
Although it may seem a long way off, the summer will come around quickly and the holidays are a great time to get in some work or volunteering experience while you’re not worried about next week’s reading or assignment deadlines. The key to getting your summer sorted is to plan ahead and organise things early…
The good news: There are jobs available for students on campus. The bad news: There aren’t 38,000 of these jobs so there won’t be enough to go round. Most jobs at the University are advertised on https://www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/ by the Central HR team not Careers. As you will see they range from: Academic – Professorships and lectureships Management…
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