The latest career news and comment from the University of Manchester
The truth is out there, but where should you look for information and how can you be sure it’s accurate? Looking for a job vacancy with a specific company? Fairly obviously you would start with the company website. But what if what you are looking for isn’t there? If they simply don’t have a jobs website –…
Read more What careers information can you trust – is Google your friend?
Some people plan everything – I’m sure you know someone who lives their life by lists and makes a revision time table and sticks to it. We all behave in different ways, so if you are the type of person who lets life unfold why would you suddenly change your behaviour because you are planning…
Read more Do you need to plan your career or can you just let it happen?
Business and management, 2 words that either appeal to you or strike fear into your heart! There seems to be a great deal of confusion over what these mysterious business and management job things are though. So how can you know if you would love or hate something if you don’t know what it looks…
Read more Working in management and or business. Love it, hate it, what is it?
We’ve all heard this statement before, be it from disgruntled friends or the media, and despite the frequency with which it’s uttered, it just isn’t true. There are currently (at the time of writing) 1,020 full-time roles being advertised on CareersLink, and that’s just one vacancy database – and, as the graph below shows, employers…
Read more Myth #4: There aren’t any jobs out there for graduates in this economic climate.
Alright, heading over to Manchester Central Convention Centre may seem like a bit of a trek. But there’s plenty to gain from coming along to one of our upcoming fairs, whatever your degree subject and whether you’ve given your future some thought or not. So why should you make time to attend a fair? To…
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…
Going to University is a unique experience and we hope you enjoy it. It can be a little bewildering when you first start, meeting new people, settling into a new home and a new city plus getting to grips with your studies. It’s easy to get swept away on a tide of new experiences and before…
Read more University 101: Starting Uni this year – things you need to know
Many of you are young(ish), free and mobile, able to travel wherever you want with no mortgage and family ties. So you might go anywhere after graduation, right? Apparently not! Graduate employment data tells us that when looking for jobs after graduation, students are remarkably conservative in their behaviour. Typically choices are in this order…
This week I want to stress how and why you should be joining groups on LinkedIn. Groups are an important networking tool that will show up in your profile. There are many groups on LinkedIn (over a million!), focused around sectors, professions, themes, industries, etc. Recent graduates and students may find useful to join alumni…
The good news is graduate recruitment is up again this year So no more excuses to say there are no graduate jobs! Go out there and get one! No, you are not too late, June is actually our top month for vacancies each year 🙂 Check out our website for jobsearch sites Go to the…
Read more Loads of graduate jobs available – good news and bad news
