The latest career news and comment from the University of Manchester
Did you know that we have 400 mentors ready this Spring, all waiting to help someone – maybe you? And did you know that 50 of them have PhDs, and are particularly keen to to help our current PhDs? Our Manchester Gold mentoring programme is now recruiting for our Spring intake, and this time, we’re…
You’ve found someone you think could help with your career, your degree or your research. You’ve steeled yourself to approach them – and you’ve been knocked back, or simply ignored. What do you do? “Networking” can be daunting for many postgraduates but it’s an important skill which can improve your chances of finding specialist jobs…
Read more Networking – how to persevere without being a pest
Postgrads are really starting to take to LinkedIn. Not surprising, really, given that there are over 110,000 PhDs already listed on LinkedIn, and over 410,000 Masters postgrads in the UK alone. I’ve started picking up tips on using LinkedIn from our current postgrads – here are three uses I’ve heard of in the past week:…
Ever heard the phrase it’s not what you know it’s who you know well I think it should be changed to Its not what you know it’s who your connected to. I’m of course talking about social media and how it can be used to help you both network with prospective employers and find out…
Our two big Autumn recruitment fairs are taking place on Wednesday 17th October (Engineering, Science and Technology) and Thursday 18th October (Finance, Business and Management) at Manchester Central (G-Mex as it used to be called). Time is tight … but it’s a difficult job market, so should you go? Here are my views, the short…
Most postgrads are very internet-savvy, so when anyone asks me about finding jobs, the normal request is “which websites should I look at for jobs in X?”. They look a bit nonplussed when I start talking about using their contacts, developing their networks, making a list of who you know – isn’t that all just…
