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Cover letters: the importance of linking back
If you have lots of relevant experience for a role, it can be really tempting to highlight all of this in your cover letter – but sometimes this can do more harm than good if not done correctly. This has...
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Play a game, win a job - gamification in recruitment!
Games-based assessments - a brief guide We now have games - based assessments to practise for free in our Graduates First package - go and have a try! If you have applied to any of the larger organisations the last...
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Application tips: Answering the "Why Them?" question
Cover letters and personal statements both need to cover that key question: why do you want to work for THAT organisation, or study at THAT institution? Not addressing this question in cover letters and statements is one of the biggest...
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Navigating Assessment Centres as an Autistic Graduate
As part of our Careers Celebrate Diversity, Challenge Discrimination week on Disability and Mental Health, we focus today on finding a job as an autistic graduate. Our guest blogger, Chris Ellis who recently completed his MSc in Biosciences first blogged...
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CVs: One page or two?
We get asked about CV length for non-academic, UK-based roles a lot in Application Advice appointments, so I thought it was worth tackling here. There are all sorts of rumours about which types of employers prefer a one, or a...
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Placement at Edwards Vacuum: my experience in the semiconductor industry
Placement at Edwards Vacuum: my experience in the semiconductor industry Interested in the semiconductor industry or want to know more? Have a read of this excellent blog by one of our placement students! My name is Samad Anjum and I...
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Networking for Careers (4): Twitter for academic networking
As part of our series on career networking for researchers, our colleagues Katie Evans, Research Analytics Librarian, and Hannah DeGoff, Scholarly Communications Librarian, have written a guest blog post on making the most of twitter for academic networking. Twitter for...
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Rejection: is your CV letting you down?
At this time of year we see plenty of students who haven't yet secured their ideal internship or graduate role. We all know that competition is fierce, so building your resilience is really important. Take a look at these great blogs on dealing...
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Careers Panel: Being LGBT+ at Work: Part 2
This blog is part 2 of our LGBT+ careers panel event and was held as part of the LGBT+ careers week where we welcomed four wonderful speakers to Chancellor's Building to discuss their experiences of being LGBT+ at work. Part...
