Inspiring Women, Building Britain
May 29, 2015
By Chris Jones, Senior Careers Adviser – Faculties of Science and Engineering Are you a female student? Are you interested in working in a people industry that requires creativity and the ability to communicate and collaborate with others? Do you want to join an industry that makes a difference to society and have the opportunity …
My eMentoring experience
May 8, 2015
By Charlotte Lambert, student blogger You may have heard about some of the mentoring schemes offered within the University – I took part in the in the career-focused scheme. The eMentoring scheme runs from November through to March and offers the chance for students to be paired with University alumni professionals from a wide range …
Spotlight On… Magazine Publishing
April 17, 2015
By Mary Strickson, student blogger Last term, I attended the Spotlight On… Magazine Publishing event organised by the Careers and Employability Service. The event was very inspirational and I learned a lot about the different roles in media – it was hugely popular with a large number of attendees. The event consisted of talks by …
Spotlight On… IT Consultancy
April 1, 2015
By Bety Mehide, student blogger As a part of the Spotlight On… series I got the chance to get to know a little more about the work of an IT consultant from representatives of Accenture, KPMG, FDM Group and Rittman Mead Consulting. Given the companies attending, we were given insights into the role from a …
Spotlight On… Feature Writing Workshop
March 27, 2015
By Mary Strickson, student blogger During the spring term careers events programme, I attended the Spotlight On…Feature Writing Workshop. The workshop featured Dave Wellford, former journalist and now senior lecturer at the Centre for Broadcast Journalism, Nottingham Trent University. Part one: his job experience and skills The first half of the workshop was about the …
Careers and employability on the road!
March 17, 2015
By Oyku Ataman, student blogger This week the Careers and Employability Service are out and about with their Careers Roadshow at popular sites across the University. Yesterday they were in front of the George Green Library, and if you walked past there, there’s no way you could have missed them because they had a bright …
Careers in clinical research
March 13, 2015
By Katie Bonner, Employability Officer Clinical research is a branch of healthcare science that determines the safety and effectiveness of medications, devices, diagnostic products and treatment regimens intended for human use. These may be used for prevention, treatment, diagnosis or for relieving symptoms of a disease. The types of products range from pills to creams, …
Five Tips for a Career in Communications
February 24, 2015
By Clare Stafford, Senior Public Relations Manager at Boots I can’t actually believe it’s been 20 years since I started university, where has the time gone? I also can’t believe that I’m now one of those people who is asked to give career talks, so being asked for my thoughts on starting out on a …
Look no further than Nottingham, stay local!
February 17, 2015
By Sharon Bell, (previous) Associate Director Surely all the best graduate vacancies are in London? Not at all – when you start looking, you might be surprised at what Nottingham and the wider East Midlands area has to offer. From small companies with a handful of employees, to large global organisations and everything in between, …
The rise of the video interview
February 13, 2015
By Joe Ward, Website Officer Offering a fast, cheap and efficient way of interviewing candidates, video interviews are steadily becoming a more popular way for employers and recruiting managers to conduct their interviews. While interactive interviews through programs such as Skype, FaceTime or Google Hangouts have been popular for some time, the non-interactive video interview …
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