Tips & Hints
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Assertive applications: How to use language to your advantage
Tiny tweaks to your wording can have huge implications on the impression you give. Here are some tips on how to create a confident appeal in your applications. It’s All About You There is a strong pattern that runs through...
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Not-so-secret tips for your super CV
We’ve had a busy time with our applications advice appointments this semester…410 CV/Cover Letter sessions and counting. If you had been a fly on the wall in the Careers Service you would have heard us say the following things quite...
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Why you need to consider values if you want job satisfaction
As part of the Universities ‘Skills and Employability week’ here in Careers we decided to focus our blog posts on the one dilemma that every one of us will be confronted by at some point in our working lives, “I...
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What is the difference between a graduate scheme and a graduate role?
What is the difference between a graduate scheme and a graduate role? In my careers appointments I often see students feeling stressed about graduate schemes, and the feeling that they need to apply for one as “everyone else is”. However,...
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Being your boss: A view from the other side of the desk #3
3. How to help your boss keep you motivated and in their organisation. Debbie Pye is our Application Adviser and has written this excellent series of three blogs looking at the viewpoints of business leaders hiring graduates and placement students....
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How to create a CV from scratch
For many students this can be a really daunting prospect. But actually, if you need to create a CV from scratch, or your old one needs a complete overhaul, this could put you at an advantage. This is because you...
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Being your boss: A view from the other side of the desk #2
Being your boss: A view from the other side of the desk #2 Debbie Pye is our Application Adviser and has written this excellent series of three blogs looking at the viewpoints of business leaders hiring graduates and placement students....
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Being your boss: A view from the other side of the desk #1
Debbie Pye is our Application Adviser and has written this excellent series of three blogs looking at the viewpoints of business leaders hiring graduates and placement students. The next part in the series will be published next Tuesday. Being...
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Welcome Freshers, Returners and Postgraduates - Autumn 2019
Welcome Freshers, Postgraduates and Returners - Autumn 2019 Ah, you found (or re-found) our careers blog, well done! Now, quickly, subscribe to our blog (link on the right hand side) and welcome to a wealth of careers resources, inspiring articles...