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How to answer the 'Why do you want to work for us' interview question.
Motivation questions explore your enthusiasm for the role, company and the sector. Interviews are expensive business and the employer wants to make sure they offer the placement or graduate job to the best and most suitable candidate. Typical motivation questions...
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How to answer 'Tell me about yourself' interview question!
You are bound to have an interview as part of your placement or graduate job search, interviews come in all shapes and sizes – from an informal chat over a coffee to pre-designed questions seeking to uncover strengths, competencies and...
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Lacking career inspiration - a cat is your perfect muse!
We have a lot of cat lovers in the Careers Service, I am shamelessly sharing a photo of my two cats - Sooty and Snowy. Like all cats, mine are incredibly tenacious, adaptable and know all the 'cuteness tricks' to get...
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Public Sector and Non Profit Graduate Schemes
Just a quick note today in response to some comments from students that all the jobs being advertised are for business roles. There are some great public sector schemes either open or about to open which are advertised in MyFuture: Civil...
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How to interview well when discussing a disability
GUEST BLOG: City Disabilities is a charity set up to provide support and advice for students and professionals with disabilities, as well as employers. Liz Dawes has very kindly written a guest blog post which contains excellent advice on how you discuss...
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Choosing between career options
I've spoken to quite a few people recently who have said something on the lines of 'I'm considering career option x, but I'm also interested in option y; how do I know which is right for me?' If you're feeling this...
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5 top tips for getting started on LinkedIn
We know many of you have LinkedIn accounts already, but some of you aren't sure whether it will be useful, or have an account and don't know what to do with it. This Wednesday we are celebrating our own "LinkedIn...
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Careers support for disabled students
The careers team are mindful this is a really hectic time for a lot of you - some of you may be considering placements, applying for graduate jobs where as some of you may be trying to clarify your thinking about...
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Strengths Based Interviews - what are they?
As you probably know, one of the ways the Careers Service supports students is by offering Mock Interviews. Last week, I was helping a student prepare for an Interview at EY, one of the early adopters of strengths-based recruitment. This...
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Demystifying the Careers Fair!
This afternoon a number of students have been asking me questions about the Autumn Careers Fair taking place on Thursday and Friday this week. For some students this may well be your first ever careers fair that you are going...
