It's that time of year again when we take a break to enjoy the festive season. The Careers Service, along with most of the University, w...
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Applying for jobs over Christmas
If you’re a final year student then we’re sure that you’re only too aware of the significance of the next few weeks. It’s your last Union Ch...
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Things you can do over Christmas
Over the Christmas vacation we’re sure that you’ll be looking forward to a well earned rest and the chance to catch up with family and frien...
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Creative Jobhunting
In the current climate, where many people are looking for work and there are too few jobs to go round, it pays to be creative in your jobsea...
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Telephone interviews
You’ve completed an application form, and you may even have had to do some psychometric tests; so what else might an employer expect you to ...
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Psychometric Tests: A student's perspective
Psychometric tests are increasingly being used by employers in their selection process. This is because they are objective measures by which...
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Psychometric tests
Psychometric tests are used by many graduate employers to weed out applicants during the selection process. If you’re faced with these tes...
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Help with interviews and assessment centres
Do you need some help with preparing for interviews and assessment centres? If so, you may find it useful to come along to one of our worksh...
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Difficult interview questions: the strange and obscure
The final post from our guest blogger, Ed Mellett, considers those particularly tricky questions that you may be asked in an interview. How ...
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Difficult interview questions: discussing your weaknesses
Here’s some more expert advice from our guest blogger Ed Mellet: Testing a weakness or vulnerability You need to be prepared for questions t...
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More difficult interview questions
Following on from our last post, here are some more interview tips from our guest blogger Ed Mellett: Where do you see yourself in...
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Dealing with difficult interview questions
For the next few weeks we will have a guest blogger, recruitment expert Ed Mellett, who’ll be offering some interview tips. So it’s ov...
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Interviews and Assessment Centres
Being invited to an interview or an assessment centre by an organisation may seem a scary prospect, but it means you’ve been successful with...
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Writing a CV: A student's perspective
I remember having to contemplate writing my first C.V. at the tender age of 14 in order to obtain work experience in my local area. During...
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