Go Global – employability conference part 2
December 17, 2014
By Bety Mehide In my last post about the Go Global conference, I wrote about other international students’ experiences and global labour markets. If you missed it and feel like it would be of interest to you, please read it. In this one, I will write what I heard about part-time jobs, global organisations and …
Go Global – employability conference part 1
December 11, 2014
By Bety Mehide As a non-UK student there are many questions when it comes to my future career, but one of the important ones is – where can I start my career and what are my possibilities? This is the question I took with me to the Go Global conference on the Tuesday 9 December. …
Celebrating #UoNambition
October 24, 2014
By Toby Cope Our annual Careers Roadshow is set to come to a campus near you from 27–31 October – don’t miss the chance to chat to our team about your ambitions and get inspired about your future. We’ll be giving out hot chocolate to warm up your day, along with three handy career tips …
Here, There and Everywhere! You Won’t Want to Miss Our Recruitment Fairs
October 17, 2014
By Pablo Costa, Careers Adviser It would be fair to say that we have more than our fair share of fairs happening this term. To avoid paying a heavy fare, companies are keen that they will need to attend our recruitment fairs this semester. And why wouldn’t they? We are the most popular university among top …
Who are you going to talk to?
October 3, 2014
With the Careers in Management and Business Fair around the corner it’s time to start thinking about which employers you want to talk to and what they can offer you. With over 90 companies at the event you’ll be spoilt for choice, especially as many welcome students from all degree disciplines. We interviewed Alice Brown, …
Engineering students — get ahead and polish your CV
September 26, 2014
To CV or not to CV, that is the question… Shakespeare would have asked if he had been a modern-day engineering student looking to impress employers. He may also have asked; is my CV ready for the world of work? Is it ready to be evaluated by the wide variety of companies that regularly recruit The …
Whatever your degree, there’s a role in business for you
September 16, 2014
Do you switch off when you hear the words business and management? You may have some doubts that we’d like to clear up so that you’re not missing out on some great opportunities coming up at our Careers in Management and Business Fair. Humour us for a moment so that we can demystify four common …
When your plan A isn’t for you anymore…
March 4, 2014
By Nicole Jones, BA English, Year 3 As an English student with a career in mind, I’d been feeling rather smug, up until recently You see, I had a plan. Having matured enough to realise I probably wasn’t going to be the next J.K.Rowling, I’d decided to go into teaching – I like my subject, I …
Cracking the glass ceiling: women in business
February 28, 2014
Did you know that women invented the coffee filter, the water heater, the windscreen wiper and the chocolate chip cookie? As our Women’s Networking Event approaches we’re looking at the contributions women are making to the UK economy and what can be done to ensure further workplace equality. “We are now moving to a place …
75 employers waiting to meet you!
October 21, 2013
By, Samantha Longe-Thomas, Events and Vacancies Team Leader You might assume that employers at our Management and Business Fair are only interested in business-related degrees. They are not! You may also assume that you might only get a free pen at this event, but again, you may be pleasantly surprised as there will be pizza …
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