In a perfect world, you understand your skills, your strengths and your motivations. You do some research on jobs, you find the one which fits best, make a compelling application and “hey presto”, you’ve embarked on your ideal career. Sadly, it doesn’t always work like this. These things are important, but sometimes life just seems to … Continue reading
I love reading. I’m entranced by the idea that perhaps someone would pay me to read for a living. When I came to write this blog I wondered if I would find out all about the lost career path I should have taken. Perhaps I was over optimistic, I haven’t identified the post for which … Continue reading
“I’ve definitely failed, the exam was apocalyptically bad / the worst ever / completely impossible”. I have heard just about every version of the above laments and confess to being guilty in the (distant) past of wailing in similar vein myself. I fear I may even have added in a few rich expletives. So, if you … Continue reading
Here at Warwick we have many international students. Considerable numbers of home students also chose to spend a year abroad either as part of their degrees or through the Erasmus or similar schemes. The received wisdom is that studying abroad is “a good thing” in employability terms but is that always the case? Continue reading
