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Questions to ask employers at a Careers Fair
This image is from China Daily of a Job Fair in Beijing. Whilst we aren't expecting quite such a crowd at the Autumn Careers Fair this week; you may want to spare a thought for the representatives from various companies who get asked...
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What are you doing on Thursday and Friday this week?
If you answered "attending the biggest ever careers fair on campus" then everyone in the careers service bows to you! If, however you haven't got the fair in your diary, then you're missing out - big time! Our Autumn Careers Fair,...
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Win £100 of Netflix and help Bath Careers at the same time!
Your Careers Service needs your feedback to continue to give you excellent careers support. This year we’re taking part in the trendence survey, one of the UK’s largest student surveys, and their reports will tell us how satisfied you are with...
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New books in our Careers Library!
Did you know that we have a small reference library of carefully selected career books in the Careers Service? Come in and have a browse and a read, or find a list of what’s in stock in our on-line catalogue. Newly...
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Do you worry you are not good enough?
During the summer I was privileged to hear the author and careers coach John Lees give a talk on surviving change to a conference of Higher Education careers staff. He is someone who I have admired for the simple truth...
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Get your career organised!
I read a fabulous blog post the other day, from the Thesis Whisperer. For any of you engaged in writing dissertations or theses, this excellent blog is pretty much a must-read. But the post I read resonated so much with...
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One-size-fits-nobody
I have to admit it, my heart sinks a little when someone says to me that they have brought in their 'general CV'. I'm always happy to look at CVs - every one is different, and I learn so many...
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Career building for new research postgraduates
I've deliberately entitled this post 'career building' and not 'career planning'. If you're embarking on a research degree this week, you may very understandably feel that the first few weeks of a PhD programme are too early to be thinking...
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Skype Interview Etiquette
A few days back, I did a practice interview via Skype with a client, all was going well except I was rather distracted by a less than professional poster on the clients wall and that the candidate was wearing what looked...
