Now the time has come to start searching for jobs here are 16 tips which will aid you in your job search. 1 Use LinkedIn Linkedin is essential for personal and professional branding. Over 95% of recruiters use LinkedIn so if you don’t have a profile you will more than likely miss out on potential opportunities. Contact recruiters, write posts, articles and stand out from the crowd. I have been headhunted twice thanks to LinkedIn. Writing articles have boosted my ...
16 tips for finding a job using foreign languages after graduation
How to manage your time better: Time Management and Meeting Deadlines
Employers are constantly fine tuning their application process to identify unique students from the rest of their cohort to employ powerful, well organised students into their work force. Thus, it's important to equip a bank of desirable skills, behaviours and habits to excel their potential in receiving your dream job. One of the key skills to have is Time Management; this could be implemented in a wide range of activities within the student daily routine. Every student has a 24 hour ...
Alumni reflection: Making The Move to University
It’ll be 36 years this year since I was accepted at NTU, as I look back now, it’s strange to think about the indecision, nerves and fear that affected me and no doubt, many of you also. Nottingham was only some seventy miles from home, so really only just down the road, though it felt much farther at first. I’d applied to study Interior Design, which was a four-year sandwich course that I felt would be a great advantage as only one other ID course in the country including work experience as part ...
Dissertation data collection at the zoo; a step-by-step guide.
So you want to do research at the zoo? During my undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, I collected data across three UK zoos for my theses related to animal welfare. Now as the research and conservation administrator at Twycross zoo, I receive and process research project applications and arrange data collection for university students. I wanted to create a step-by-step guide to ensure you, and the zoo, get the most out of collecting your data in a zoo environment! Why ...
Tips for working in another country
Personally, I love being in another country and culture. There are a few different aspects to keep in consideration when you are looking to move to a new country. I have personally found the move to Sweden to be as straight forward as it could be, but this is not always the case. Accommodation One area that is important to have in place is that of accommodation. Ensuring that you have some accommodation already in place when you move somewhere new is so important. The last thing ...
Things you’ll learn about uni after graduation
You will wish you did so much more It's only after you graduate that you start to realise just how many opportunities there were at university, especially when it came to getting involved in new hobbies, meeting new people, and all sorts of freebies and discounts. While I was involved in the Pole Dance society and contributed to Platform Magazine, I still don't feel like I did enough to branch out and try something completely out of my comfort zone. If I were to go back I would ...