Gaynor Henry
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How your placement experience can lead to #career fulfilment
There are many reasons why you may have chosen to go on a placement. Now you have returned to your studies you may be feeling a variety of things about your experience: I loved it and can’t wait to return...
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Checklist for graduates
Hello to all the students who are about to Graduate in 2021. Your final year at the University of Bath has been full of challenges, but your perseverance and determination during this pandemic has led you to this wonderful...
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Making a Career Change after the Covid-19 Pandemic
The shock and disruption the Coronavirus pandemic has caused, is prompting many to rethink their careers. But as a recent article in the Harvard Business Review mused “is this really the right time?” Before you go too far in your pursuit of new opportunities, it’s worth taking...
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How recognising your strengths can help your career
Increasingly, employers are using strengths-based interviews to recruit new staff. But recognising your strengths can do more than help you to succeed in a job interview. By knowing what your strengths are, you can look for ways and opportunities, to...
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Adding transferable skills to your CV
If you have created a CV and feel that it is a little on the sparse side, you can add more detail by writing about your transferable skills. You do not need to have completed paid work experience to have...
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I was on placement, but now I’m working from home – HELP!
Like thousands of people across the country, the Careers Team have had to quickly adjust their working practices to working from home. Here I outline how we’ve adapted to the situation and hope it will offer you some ideas if...
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Student Perspective: Working in Japan
In this blog, Bath student Nathan Roberts discusses his experience of working in Japan. The six months I spent in Japan working at NTT Basic Research Laboratories have been some of the most interesting, stimulating and enjoyable months...
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Skills You Need Now to Land the Jobs of the Future
A panel of employers recently discussed the future of careers and the aptitudes the workforce of the future will require*. Representatives from FDM, Virgin Media, SAP and the Institute of Student Employers all agreed that careers of the future do...
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Busting Graduate Myths!
Dr Charlie Ball Head of HE Intelligence Graduate Prospects* spoke recently at an Institute of Student Employers conference. He set about busting some myths around university and the graduate jobs market. Myth: “There aren’t any jobs for graduates” Truth:...