Five Ways Your Year Abroad Can Maximise Your CV
May 31, 2019
By Imogen Daldy, final year French and History student blogger That’s all very well, you might be thinking, if you work in a corporate position on your year abroad. What about if you study? What about if you do a teaching assistantship? Or do au pairing? Or work in a less “business” type job? As …
My Career Mentoring Journey to Break Into the Translation Industry
May 23, 2019
By Joanna Tyler, MA Translation Studies with Interpreting I am currently studying for an MA in Translation Studies with Interpreting and my goal is to become a translator or to find a job within the translation industry. I learnt about career mentoring through emails that the university career service sent out. This would be a …
Part 2: How are you getting on in your first graduate job?
May 20, 2019
By Rachel Curley, Careers Consultant You’ve landed your first job after university but how can you get on, get noticed (for the right reasons), and demonstrate your potential? Hopefully, you saw Friday’s blog with a people and relationship focus and have been applying some of the tips. Today we focus on proactivity, performance, and politics. Read on for …
Part 1: How Are You Getting On in Your First Graduate Job?
May 17, 2019
By Rachel Curley, Careers Consultant You’ve landed your first job after university; but how can you get on, get noticed (for the right reasons!) and demonstrate your potential? This blog is the first of two that give you advice on how to get on in your first job after graduation. Today’s focus is on people …
Postgraduate Students: What’s Next?
By Julie Blant, Postgraduate Careers Manager, Business School Whether you are new to the university or returning to us, you’ll know how time flies during your studies. Hopefully you’ve already given some thought to what your next step might be. If you haven’t? Don’t panic. It’s not too late to start thinking about it. As …
Use MyNottingham App to Find Your Graduate Job
May 13, 2019
By Katy Johnson, Marketing and Communications Officer On MyNottingham, you’ll find all you need to know about the Graduate Jobs Fair – one of our biggest events of the year. It takes place on Monday, 10 June 2019 between 11:30am and 3:30pm at East Midlands Conference Centre, University Park. The Graduate Jobs Fair is an …
How Can I Use Sport to Further My Career?
May 10, 2019
By Emily Bateman, Sports & Alumni Relations Officer The Alumni & Sport Speed Networking Evening in April was an opportunity for students to hear from alumni who were involved in sport during their time at university. The students listened to how our alumni applied the skills they gained in their career. You may not realise it, …
Nothing Lined Up? No Stress.
May 7, 2019
By Caroline Nolan, Employability Officer If you’re quickly closing in on graduation with no plans yet, rest assured that your future is not over, in fact, it has only just begun. It’s totally okay to not have a great job lined up right after you graduate. In fact, I think there are a lot …
First Year Students Should Plan Ahead to Build in a Placement Year
May 3, 2019
By Chris Colegate, Careers and Employability Placement Consultant Did you know that students on a course without a work placement year or year in industry can now build one in? The University introduced a new approach in 2018 that allows students to add in a full year work placement in their penultimate year of study. This …
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