Continuing our trawl through the Warwick Careers Blog archives we today publish an article on an often overlooked key employability skill, commercial awareness. There will be a live webinar on this theme tomorrow afternoon at 2.00pm and University of Warwick students can book a place here Continue reading
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Game of Thrones – Careers’ lessons
The final episode of Game of Thrones will be broadcast this evening, unless you’ve already ‘acquired’ it or got up at 3 am to watch it. To commemorate a moment most of us hoped would never arrive we’ve raided the Career Blog archives to re-publish this spoiler free article, written in 2015. There have been … Continue reading
Aligning yourself to an employer in applications and interviews
‘Why should we hire you?’ A question asked by a lot of graduate employers in interviews to assess the candidates motivation. Warwick Law Schools Senior Careers Consultant, Rachel Vacalopoulos, suggests that convincing the employer that you share their values will help you to succeed by demonstrating that you are a good fit. Continue reading
How to develop Commercial Awareness
Nearly half of the graduate employers surveyed by the Association of Graduate Recruiters in 2017 indicated that job applicants lacked commercial awareness. But what is commercial awareness, why do students need it and how can they develop it? Continue reading