During the process of interview preparation, it’s important to keep in mind some tough, sneaky and trick questions that may be thrown at candidates. Below are a few of the most common trick questions
Networking is an effective and beneficial communication with valuable contacts, by carrying out which you can:
Seeing the advantages associated with networking, it is the highlight to be on your way towards building and expanding your network. Some tips for getting started as follows:
When you are in an actual conversation, it is worth remembering the followings:
In a nutshell, it is of substantial significance to work on networking in order to help you move towards your desired career pursuit.
Are you about to finish your University degree? Are you worried about obtaining a good enough job once you’ve finished? Although graduates are currently struggling in today’s economic climate to gain employment this does not mean there are not opportunities out there and statistics show that individuals with a degree still fair better in the job market than those without. One of the best paths for a recent graduate to take is that of a graduate scheme. Graduate schemes are programmes of training that are often run by large companies; these firms aim to recruit graduates in the autumn of their graduating year. They provide a paid, permanent job as well as 2 years of structured training providing graduates with a career path and guaranteed employment after training. As with all jobs and work experience applying early is extremely important, closing dates for graduate schemes vary and the selection programmes can be lengthy and competitive. Simply entering, ‘graduate schemes’ into a search engine can bring up thousands of opportunities in both the public and private sector. To have the best chance of gaining a place on a graduate scheme…
If you are an international student studying in the UK, then you are expected to keep the following aspects in mind during the abroad study process, thereby beefing up your employment competitiveness.
1) To get a better understanding of the employment situation.
2) To spend your time in the UK perfecting your English language skills.
3) To understand the benefits of working for Small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs).
4) To utilities your time in the UK to gain some valuable work experience.
In terms of work experience in particular which is considered to be the most important one, it can allow you to develop your employability skills, to gain valuable insight into your chosen sector and to establish network through establishing contacts. Continue reading
Thousands of students in England and Wales will have the chance to be able to get into university for free. In a recent report that found a loophole in the system that if students choose to take Ireland citizenship and then apply for universities under EU students resulting in students having their fees paid under the European Equality Act.
Work experience is a great way to be able to build you skills, experience and especially you’re C.V. It improves your chances of being able to get a job you would like after graduation. And more the experience the better it will look to your employer.
Now the difference between work and work experience is: Work means moaning about the boss, drinking cheap coffee and helping you to the “free” stationery room- all the while getting paid. Work experience means being enthusiastic, diligent and full of ideas, while not receiving a bloody penny.
There are many ways of being able to get work experience, maybe through family and friends, or sending letters and C.V. to possible organisations, or even go to your university careers advisor see if they can help. Or even look TheStudentJob.com, even if it may not lead to your specific area, it may give you the skills you can gain.
When you eventually do get a week or two work experiences learn everything you can about the company, think of why you would want to work for the organisation and think about questions you may be asked.
Find out in advance before going to your work experience as to what the dress code would be, if there is a uniform, if you have to be formal, etc.
Never be afraid to ask questions while you are there, take notes, absorb as much as you can about the job, the experience, the organisation. Learn from your mistakes as well, and accept them.
At the end of the experience ask for feedback for future experiences and ask for a reference as well.
Three years on and we are now in another recession. Double dip in our economic crisis and thousands again left unemployed and struggling to make ends meet. What does this mean for students past, present and future? What about those graduating this year? Are they really going to get a job as quickly as they snap their fingers?
According to many reports, people with lower qualifications will suffer during this recession while many graduates will find a job in their area of expertise within the first six months, but is all of this true? We hear of students who have come out of university,
graduated after three hard-working years to find stacking shelves in ASDA.
In a recent ONS survey showed that youth employment is at its highest since the 1980s, rising in each of the last recessions. The most common jobs that young job seekers searched in 2011 were in customer service and elementary occupations.
Yet we are to look at it like this; degrees in the UK have never guaranteed that you will get a job at the end of it, or ever a job in your chosen field, but you will find a job in something eventually… so what really is the point of putting all of that hard work in at university? Possibly why many tend to blow the wallets of cash, booze the night away and enjoy the next three years because it is never going to happen again.
Getting experience as a student in a particular area part time can usually help towards the future and leave you with new experiences and skills that will allow you to explore a wide range of jobs even during the worst of recessions.
In some case, the job you intend to pursue may not be advertised frequently as you would like. In reality, it is possible that you ever fail to have seen an advert for that elusive role. However, this is not necessarily a bad thing, for you can increase your chances of gaining employment via getting access to organizations directly. Here, I would like to present several reasons why it is advisable to apply for unadvertised jobs as well. Continue reading
Are university degrees worth it these days? While reading a blog post by a woman called Kathryn Marshall in which she claims that university degrees are now becoming worthless because degrees are basically not that hard to achieve anymore. While our degrees end up gathering dust or students planto take another degree after their Bachelor Honours degree to gain more time.
Is it really true? Are we just doing a degree because it is easy and accessible? Even I, a first year Journalism student am already planning to pave way for further degrees to just buy more time in trying to find a job. The economic world around us is failing, massively. There just aren’t any jobs for anyone anymore. Sticking to a degree and continuing through education seems the best way to be able to have money and find something to fill the void on our lives.
Teaching weeks are becoming shorter to be able to allow more students to be able to allow more students to be able to attend university…shouldn’t it be about quality than quantity? There was a time when degrees used to be something that you worked soild constantly, at the end, you woul dhave an achievement which would leave you feel proud… but now the student mode is last minute essay writing, boozing it up and debt.
What happens when everyone has a degree? When all the jobs in your chosen area are all socked up? Even trying to get a job in McDonalds, Starbucks or even a supermarket is proven to be so, so difficult now. And if you have a degree, you are proven to be overqualified.
TheStudentJob.com offers arrange of different jobs and some even lead a door way into your chosen career path and many possibly leading to a completely different career to what you were planning to do.
Grab the work, the overtime- everything while it is still available for our use.
There might still be hope for Graduates from other countries to still be able to apply for work in the UK according to the government. There is still concern among graduates if after graduation they would have to go back to their home country to pursue work, even though there is more work opportunists in the UK for them.
An official for the British High Commission said “The previous arrangements which allowed foreign students to remain in the UK and work after their studies are no longer in force. But there are arrangements under Tier 2 of the points-based system under which all students who graduate from a UK university can apply for a working visa if they have an offer of a graduate level job in the UK with registered companies. They may work for three years, with the possibility to extend this for a further three years.”
Overseas students are being introduced to the new visa route for graduate entrepreneurs. This allows students who have studied in the UK and who have world class innovative ideas are able to stay in the UK and develop their business.
According to Universities UK, the impact of the new student visa rules on overseas students’ applications 2012-13 was confusing and gave the wrong impression.
There has said to have been a major drop in overseas students application in many universities.
