Employability agents at the University of Warwick are undergraduates who are employed by the Careers & Skills Service to promote careers and employer events and to generally raise awareness of the support available on campus. When I held this role I was known as a Careers Rep and in this blog, I reflect on my … Continue reading
‘I never succeed at interviews…no-one is listening to my presentation…I’m not going to do well at this exam.’ If you have experienced these unhelpful and negative thoughts, mindfulness may help you to adopt a positive approach which can help you succeed in these potentially stressful situations. Continue reading
As a trainer for Warwick’s ‘Sprint’ programme one of the sessions I run is about personal branding. When I ask students to identify well- known company brands, almost every time the same few come up: Apple, Google, Macdonald’s and Coca-Cola. What can we learn about these brands? Why are they are so instantly recognisable? And … Continue reading
It is Autumn and that means falling temperatures, leaves falling off trees, the start of a new academic year and the start of another recruitment cycle. It is the time of careers fairs, workshops and presentations and you are probably thinking you should be doing something. Well, are you ready? Continue reading
Welcome to all of you who have arrived here at Warwick. You’ll be immersing yourself in the various activities taking place on campus for the first few days and getting used to your new environment, fellow students and your studies and wondering, as all new students do, how to pronounce ‘Xananas.’ Continue reading
This world is both a strange, scary and complex place as well as being the most beautiful, amazing and inspiring one. How you view it will impact how much you enjoy it and how much you can and are able to achieve. Continue reading
Arts students can be subject to derisory comments about their employability from housemates who are studying science or vocational courses. Unless the skills you are gaining from your degree discipline are made explicit it can be hard to justify how your skills make you equally appealing to graduate recruiters. These criticisms can be frustrating and … Continue reading
