Obviously it’s important to know something about a company before you apply for a job there, let alone go for an interview. Two represent...
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Negotiate yourself into a job
I recently attended a Skills for Success session delivered by two members of the management team from Enterprise Rent-A-Car. The sessio...
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Going to an assessment centre? You may need to work your business brain!
Recently, I was given the opportunity to attend a ‘Skills for Success - Surviving Assessment Centres ’ session delivered by PwC. Pricewate...
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Plan, Prepare, Practise, Present!
Very few people find themselves undaunted by the prospect of giving a presentation. However, being able to present confidently and eng...
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Get LinkedIn with your future
Recently I went along to the Skills for Success session titled ‘Social Media in Employability’. It was delivered by two members of the rec...
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‘Chance favours the connected mind’
Creativity and innovation are two much-talked about concepts which are difficult to pin down and define, let alone teach, so I was intrigu...
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Healthy options
Ever fancied a career in the healthcare sector but don’t like the sight of blood? Then a career in health economics or lifescience consultan...
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Quantitative Skills with YouGov
Presenting an entertaining and amusing Skills for Success session on quantitative methods, Joe Twyman, the YouGov representative, provided...
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Skills for Success: Communication Skills
This session, run by IBM, was part presentation and part interactive workshop, and gave a very important and useful overview of what repre...
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Decisions, decisions and more decisions
I attended my first ‘Skills for Success’ session last Tuesday which was run by a representative from John Lewis. It was based on decision ...
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Be yourself at assessment centres... just yourself on a good day!
On the 17 th of October Network Rail, the second largest landowner in the country, delivered a Skills for Success session on how to manag...
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Experience Sheffield - don't leave with regrets!
In my first year of study every stranger I met had the same response when I told them I studied Mechatronic and Robotic Engineering…”Oh! W...
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Do what you love
These days we are bombarded by countless blogs, viral videos and other social media to ‘do what you love’, ‘follow your passion’, or however...
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Shaping a career in medicine
From a very young age I knew that I wanted to be a doctor, but I was aware that training was no small commitment. In order to succeed, I fel...
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