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Written by Callum McAvan, Student Communications and Marketing Assistant at the Careers Service Networking – it’s a scary word. For some it may come naturally, the conversation flows smoothly from the moment they are in the business environment, talking to someone new, they’re in their element. However, if you’re anything like me, that is certainly…
Written by Elizabeth Wilkinson, Postgraduate Careers Consultant at The Careers Service You know everyone tells you to network for your career, but you don’t like hassling people – what should you do? This is the piece of advice I give most often to postgrads – how to take the pain out of networking. Why is…
Make a positive impression with your headline The headline is the most visible section of your LinkedIn; it is displayed under your name when users search for you and it’s on top of your profile page. More to the point, it is the first thing a recruiter will see when they search for potential candidates.…
LinkedIn is a constantly-evolving and useful tool in pursuing any career, but it can seem overwhelming with its long list of functions. Over the next few weeks we’ll be creating a series of blog posts giving you all the ins and outs of LinkedIn and how to get the most out of it. To start…
You’ve probably heard or seen quite a bit about The Grad Fair happening next week. It’s one of The University’s biggest Careers Fairs and this year there will be over 140 exhibitors attending, offering local and national graduate jobs, further study courses and other opportunities for students graduating in 2018. Yes exams and deadlines are…
Read more 3 reasons to attend the Graduate Recruitment Fair (GradFair)
If you’re a science student who loves science, it can sometimes feel like all the jobs are for business students, engineers or computer scientists. This is to reassure you that there are ways of finding science jobs – if you know where to look. Two alternatives are: a) Look for science jobs which are being…
You are asking me a question and I have nothing to say, I’m just not that interesting! Does that thought sound familiar? When faced with questions like… Tell me about yourself Why are you interested in ….? What do you do? Tell me about a time when… You need to have something to say that…
Read more Telling your story. Interviews, applications and networking.
Investment banks help organisations, individuals and governments to raise capital, often by investing in the financial markets or selling shares. They also provide other services to organisations, for example performing large mergers and acquisitions. Investment banking is a very popular area with graduates looking for a challenging career and high financial rewards, however combined with […]
Read more Interested in Investment Banking? Seven tips on getting in
Guest blog post written by current student and Manchester Gold mentee, Judith Scholes “Now students, we have Jane from The Careers Service to talk to you…” During my first two years at university, my mind would drift at the mention of these words. ‘I don’t need to think about this yet’, I would reassure myself naively,…
The Romans called April Aprilis. No one is sure the exact meaning of the word. Some scholars think that it may be related to an old Italic word meaning “the following, the next”, in a sequence of events. Old folk interpretations link it to the Latin aperire (think ‘aperture’ on a camera) “to open” –…
