Six Things I Wish I’d Known Before I Started Searching for a Placement
November 25, 2016
By Alice Foxall, BSc Hons Plant Science This summer I completed a research placement within the University’s Plant Sciences department. For two months, I was researching a subject that I’m interested in and being paid for it. It was great! There are lots of different types of summer placements, and it can be quite overwhelming when …
Can’t Decide on a Career? Three Reasons to Apply for an Internship
November 15, 2016
By Claire Kilroy, Inspiring Interns Some people have their whole lives planned out; they know what they want to do, how they’re going to get what they want, and by the time they get to university they’re already halfway there. Then there are the rest of us, who arrive at and sometimes even leave university with …
How I Maximised My Experiences at Nottingham To Accelerate My Career
November 8, 2016
By Alan Chan, BSc Economics (2013) and MSc Entrepreneurship (2014) When I look over my university experience and career development to date, I always find it interesting how one thing led to another. As I connected the dots, I began to recognize patterns that reveals my entrepreneurial traits that were shaped during my time at …
How I Went From an Arts Degree to a Career in Social Work
October 28, 2016
by Anna Halsall, BA English and Philosophy, graduated 2011 After leaving university, I was unsure where my next chapter would lead me. I knew I wanted a career that provided challenge, variety, and was fulfilling. I toiled with the idea of commencing postgraduate social work study, but held off initially to build up my work experience. After …
How to Get More out of An Employer Presentation
September 30, 2016
By Grace Pownall, student blogger Last year, I attended employer presentations by two engineering consultancies, Arup and Atkins. These presentations are designed to attract potential applicants for the company’s graduate schemes, however they are equally useful for someone searching for a summer placement or work experience, like I was. Here are five reasons why employer presentations …
Why Working for a Small Business Can Lead to Big Opportunities for Graduates
September 23, 2016
By head of BusinessComparison.com, Philip Brennan By the time you graduate, you will have attended lectures, swotted for your finals and managed to survive years of financial hardship, so it’s hardly surprising that you might covet a City job in swanky offices with a thriving social scene and plush canteen. However, not all graduate jobs yield …
Guanxi, and 4 Websites to Kickstart Your Advertising Career in China
September 16, 2016
by Gianluca Fracasso, MSc Tourism Management and Marketing, 2011 I started working while I was still at university, which was a great choice. I used Google to identify advertising companies I wanted to work for, and approached them directly to enquire about opportunities, even if none were advertised. At one point I even kept an …
What Skills Do You Need to Succeed in Accounting?
August 23, 2016
Wondering whether you’re a good fit for accounting? Whether you’re studying accountancy now or it’s something you end up picking up later in life, you will always be apply the skills and experience you gain at university. If you’re not sure you have what it takes or if you’ll enjoy it, read on. Here at The Accountancy Partnership, we …
Not for Profit: What It’s Like to Work for a Charity [Part Two]
August 12, 2016
Ever thought about working for a charity, but not sure what it would be like? In the second part of my series on careers in the charity sector – read part one here – I caught up with Mark Colliass, a graphic designer for the charity Open Doors, to find out. Here’s what we talked about. What …
Five Most Important Things I’ve Learned Since Graduation: The Story of a Life Coach
July 8, 2016
By Rachael Redgate, BA (Hons) Geography (2011) I graduated from the University of Nottingham in 2011 with a BA Hons Human Geography. I was excited to get out into the world and start my career. So I did. I found myself a job in a law firm, spent some time travelling around Peru and even tried …
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