Saiyada Fazal
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Saiyada FazalDecember 2, 2015
How to ace Situation Judgement Tests
Situation Judgement Tests (SJTs) are multiple choice tests that consist of short descriptions of job-related scenarios. For each situation, several actions are listed that could be taken in response to it. Respondents are required to make judgements about the effectiveness of the...
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Saiyada FazalDecember 1, 2015
The futures bright, the futures green!
This week representatives from 195 countries are attending the Paris Climate Summit along with 138 leaders including US president Barack Obama, China’s Xi Jinping, India’s prime minister Narendra Modi and the UK’s David Cameron. The objective of the summit is for all...
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Saiyada FazalNovember 27, 2015
Get your graduate job hunt on track...
We know most of you are looking forward to the Christmas break and a bit of R&R at home. But picture this - every time you see your mum, dad, sister, granny, aunt, granddad, great uncle, next door neighbor, your cat,...
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Saiyada FazalNovember 26, 2015
5 essential skills for starting a student business
GUEST BLOG: written by Ruth Bushi, an editor at Save the Student. The site features everything you need to know about managing money without the migraines: student finance explained, insider info on careers, plus ways to save and scrimp without...
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Saiyada FazalNovember 23, 2015
Does 'Big Data' present big opportunity?
I caught a really interesting programme a few weeks back on Radio 4's PM about the Chinese governments plans to give every citizen a 'social credit score' by the year 2020. In fact this seemingly ambitious goal is very much on track...
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Saiyada FazalNovember 19, 2015
New Books in our Careers Library!
We have a small reference library of carefully selected career books in the Careers Service. Come in and have a browse and a read, or find a list of what’s in stock in our online catalogue. Newly purchased items are listed...
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Saiyada FazalNovember 16, 2015
Will a robot take your job?
Following the report by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills about the future of jobs in 2030; futurologists warn that it would be wrong to assume that today’s money spinning careers such as banking or law – will remain the best paid jobs...
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Saiyada FazalNovember 12, 2015
Asking for reasonable adjustments...
GUEST BLOG: Blind in Business is a charity set up to support students and graduates who are blind or have partial sight into employment Jessica Luke is their Graduate Coordinator and has shared her personal insights as a visually impaired job hunter...
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Saiyada FazalNovember 11, 2015
Gender Pay Equality - will we ever get there?
My colleague Sue Briault was talking to me about the film 'Suffragettes' which she watched a few days ago and it made me consider how far gender equality has come in the hundred years since the militant struggles for the right to...
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Saiyada FazalNovember 6, 2015
The dreaded "Do you have any questions for us?" moment in an interview!
It can be all too easy to get towards the end of a job interview and not ask any questions. Because, let's face it, all you probably want to know is 'have I got the job?' and 'how much will...