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Tips From a Graduate on How the Careers Service Can Help With Your CV

By Saejin, a graduate from South Korea, now working in the UK as a Communications Coordinator Throughout my studies I was interested in working in the creative industries, and I think exploring the field that you want to work in is really important when planning your career. To clarify my career goals, I tried to …

Looking for a Creative Career?

By Leonie Farrar, religion, philosophy, and ethics student blogger Do you have a skill and interest in being creative? I know many people, including myself, love to be creative and would love to use this skill and passion in their future career. While looking into careers over the last few years, I’ve realised more creative …

I Want a Creative Career…but What Are My Chances?

By Cathy Sibley, Employability Education Projects Officer People often use the words, ‘creative’, ‘cultural’ and ‘arts’ interchangeably when talking about jobs or industries. These terms can cover working in TV and film, theatre, publishing, marketing, journalism, gaming, and much, much more. This blog will help you to think about what it is you mean by …

Creative Pathways internships – applications now open

By Cathy Sibley, Employability Education Projects Officer  Are you a University of Nottingham graduate interested in a career in the arts?  Interning at a theatre, international centre for dance or at the Nottingham City of Literature, means you definitely won’t be bored. You could be involved with anything from using social media, organising events, supporting workshop delivery, to reading entries for literature competitions. Plus, you’ll meet some great people along the …

Want to get a foot in the door? Send in a shoe.

By Steve McComish, MD at Nottingham PR agency Motive It’s boom time for Britain’s creative industries with the sector worth more than £100bn and growing at twice the rate of the economy as a whole according to the Government’s own website.  Many graduates of all disciplines, are being attracted to the sector by the promise of rewarding careers and job satisfaction. And there …

Online Q&A round-up part 3

Answers provided by careers consultants Andy Smith and Rachel Curley.  March is flying by and so are our Q&A sessions! If you missed this week’s session, get up to date with our compilation of questions and answers. If you want expert advice direct to your newsfeed, we’re holding the last in our online Q&A series …

The Faculty of Arts Futures Festival

Anna White, Employability Officer, Faculty of Arts These first weeks of term can be quite intense. You’re socialising with new flatmates and fellow students, exploring all the opportunities that university has to offer, and getting more flyers than you can read. You might also be starting to think about your career goals, wondering what you’d …