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LinkedIn: Network Your Way to the Perfect Internship

By Darain Faraz spokesperson for LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network The summer break is a great chance to get your foot on the career ladder by interning. If you haven’t lined something up yet, don’t worry, there’s still time. LinkedIn’s Darain Faraz shares his top tips for using LinkedIn to get an internship. Don’t be …

How to nail your first day at work: seven top tips

By Laura Estrop, Social Media Officer  You did it! After writing an incredible CV and covering letter, you aced the interview and got the job, congratulations! But now you’ve finished celebrating and reality has sunk in; you start your brand new job bright and early on Monday morning. Before you start to panic, follow our …

LinkedIn Guide to Starting Your Career After Graduation

By Darain Faraz, spokesperson for LinkedIn If you have graduated this summer but haven’t got a job lined up yet, don’t worry. LinkedIn’s Darain Faraz shares his top tips for building your network and sussing out your first career move. Get visible It’s completely normal to find yourself surfing the net when you’re supposed to …

The Secret Interviewer – part four

By Jennifer Balloch, Employability Officer Looking for some quick interview advice? You’re in luck! In the final part of our Secret Interviewer series, our interviewers share their stories about the best and worst answers to interview questions. We hope their stories will help you with your interview research and show you some tips and advice …

Youth programmes: an invaluable experience

By Mary Strickson, student blogger I’ve been involved with various youth programmes and projects over the last year. The reason I started looking for voluntary roles was because I wanted to do something constructive with my spare time. Little did I know that these experiences would provide me with so much more than just something to …

The Secret Interviewer – part three

By Jennifer Balloch, Employability Officer Are you looking for the secrets to interview success? Well you’ve come to the right place. In this week’s blog, our secret interviewers share their stories around candidates’ preparation and presentation skills. We hope that their stories will inspire you to prepare and put your best self forward so you shine …

Five Things I Wish I’d Known before Applying for Internships

By Alexandra Batchelor, biology student Some of you will have just started or be some way into your summer internships in which case, well done, I hope it’s going well! If, like me, you applied but ended up spending the summer doing a different type of work experience, it’s really not something to be worried about! Applying for internships …

The Secret Interviewer – Part Two

By Jennifer Balloch, Employability Officer Looking for some expert tips and advice about job interviews? You’ve come to the right place. This week our secret interviewers share their best and worst experiences of candidates’ pre-interview researching skills. From researching the industry, to the location of the interview, we hope their stories will give you an …

Spotlight On… International Development

By Daniella Dutton, Employability Officer  As part of our events programme, we held a Question and Answer panel sessions with speakers representing a variety of international development areas. They answered a wide and diverse range of questions during the session, which we have summarised below. So if you are keen to work in international development, …