The Final Countdown!
March 16, 2018
By Kathryn Moss, Employability Officer, Jubilee Campus With spring term drawing to a close, your thoughts may be turning towards summer and the dawning realisation that there are only 14 weeks until you finish university. Had you already started thinking about your career plans before assignment deadlines loomed large? Maybe you’ve not contemplated life after graduation yet? Whichever camp you’re …
Why Your Personality Is the Key to Finding Your Ideal Profession
March 5, 2018
By Rebecca Heasman, Employability Officer, Sutton Bonington Campus Many people say that pursuing your passion is the key to finding career fulfilment and success. But have you ever stopped to think that understanding your personality preferences and characteristics could be just as important? Identifying your natural tendencies and patterns of thinking, feeling and acting is a …
What Is the Fourth Industrial Revolution, How Will It Affect My Career?
February 2, 2018
By Kathryn Moss, Employability Officer, Jubilee Campus If you aren’t aware of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) yet, the likelihood is that you are going to hear more about it over the coming months and years. We are in an exciting and progressive era with advances in technology, such as robotics, artificial intelligence and the …
ParliaMentors: Making a Difference in the Community
January 26, 2018
By Joshua Holt, BA Hons International Relations (2017) Parliament can often seem like a distant concept. You decide who you want to sit there on your behalf, but often that’s where your engagement ends. It’s not uncommon to start feeling pretty detached from the whole process. Among our generation, it’s even worse. Do you often hear people say they feel disconnected with Britain’s …
How I Landed a Dream Engineering Internship in Germany
November 17, 2017
By Edoardo Cocconi, second year, mechanical engineering Are you interested in undertaking work experience in another country, but worried about cost? The International Work Experience Grant can offer up to £750 to support you. Designed to help students take up work experience opportunities they might not otherwise be able to afford, the grant will support expenses …
Your Questions, Answered: How to Succeed at Teamwork
November 14, 2017
By Kathryn Moss, Employability Officer The ability to work well in a team is one of the most important things that a graduate recruiter is looking for. When you enter the world of work, you will find yourself working with people that you have never met before. More often than not, you will not get to …
The ‘I’ Word: Do I Need an Internship?
November 10, 2017
By Chris Colegate, Careers and Employability Placement Consultant At a recent careers fair, I spent the day talking to students about work experience schemes offered by the Careers and Employability Service. Time after time, these similar questions came up: “If I don’t get an internship is it going to affect my chance of getting a …
How to Make the Most of a Careers Fair
October 13, 2017
By Kathryn Moss, Employability Officer With lots of exciting recruitment fairs coming onto campus over the coming weeks, we thought that we would share some tips about how you can make the most of your time at the fair, and how to use your time wisely. If you have never been to a careers fair before or …
What Happens in a Careers Appointment?
October 10, 2017
By Jennifer Balloch, Employability Officer There are a whole host of reasons why you might decide to book an appointment to speak to a member of our team. Appointments vary in length and you can use them to get help and support with any aspect of your career planning. Whether you’re starting at the very …
Five Reasons to Join LinkedIn Before Starting Your Job Search
July 25, 2017
By Jennifer Tait, Marketing and Social Media Co-ordinator at Bridgewater Graduates LinkedIn can be an extremely valuable tool. However, many graduates still start their job search without setting up a profile. Sound like you? With 60% of employers using social networking sites to research job candidates, LinkedIn can be so much more than your online CV. You …
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