Get Ready for the Graduate Jobs Fair in Five Easy Steps
May 31, 2016
By Rajesh Ramesh, student blogger Exams are coming to an end and the summer is nearly in our grasp. Before you say goodbye to a year of coursework submissions, exams, projects, viva sessions, lectures, field visits and internships – phew, that was a long list – there’s one more thing you need to do. Get …
Five Reasons to Attend Engineering Employability Week
May 17, 2016
By Grace Pownall, student blogger Are you a student from the Faculty of Engineering? Want help finding a graduate job or industrial placement in engineering? If you’re reading this blog, it’s likely that your answer to both of those questions is yes! In that case, here are five reasons why you should go to the inaugural Engineering Employability …
Five Reasons Why I Hired An Intern
April 1, 2016
By Dean Boyle, EkkoSense As a business that is developing innovative products and services for some of the largest UK blue chips, at EkkoSense we are constantly looking for skilled people who can come in and add value almost immediately. Over the past couple of years, we’ve worked closely with the University and taken on a number …
Five Transferable Skills You’ll Gain as a Student Representative
March 18, 2016
By Alice Gould, student blogger It’s impossible to avoid elections at this time of year. Be it people blocking the entrance to Hallward with their campaigns for Student Union office or societies constantly asking for applications for next year’s committee. While these are both great opportunities, if campaigning isn’t for you, they are not the only option. I was the Publicity Officer for The …
Sorry Dad, Accountancy Isn’t for Me!
January 26, 2016
By Giles Bennetts, 2015 Graduate, BA French and History So there I was, approaching my finals, with one eye on my exams and the other eye on ski season, when my housemates started to secure their graduate placements. Reality struck. They were heading towards a good salary and the next exciting chapter of their lives, and I …
Understanding Your First Salary
January 22, 2016
By Jodie Dewberry, NatWest One of the toughest parts of searching for your first job is knowing what your first salary should look like. When you have no previous experience on which to base your expectations, knowing how much you can – and should – expect to earn after graduation can be harder than trying …
Insurance is interesting
October 30, 2015
By Amy Pearson, graduated in 2013 with a BA Joint Hons German and Politics To most an oxymoron, but to those that know the industry, these are words of truth. If we’re honest, the words ‘insurance broker’ aren’t particularly the most appealing when considering a career straight after university. But I’d argue that’s because insurance is …
A day in the life of an eFX Trader
October 13, 2015
By Lucy Emptage, Markets Graduate working for Royal Bank of Scotland I arrive at work by 6.30am and the first thing I do is check my emails. I want to know what happened overnight in Singapore, so I check in with one of our Singapore traders. I need to know what’s been going on in …
Supersized opportunities in small businesses
March 18, 2014
Did you know one in three graduates from The University of Nottingham goes on to work in a small and medium-sized enterprise (SME)? We asked Nottingham graduates Alex and Matt to share their insights about what it’s like working as analysts in an SME. They are both working for the HD Decisions, after graduating in 2013 with …
How I Got a Career Using My Pure Maths PhD, Outside of Academia
November 15, 2013
David Sim, Research and Development Engineer at Transversal Most people believe a career in mathematics will be confined to the four walls of a classroom or lecture hall and in most instances it probably is. What’s interesting though is that it doesn’t have to be! It wasn’t until I completed a PhD in pure maths …
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