The Warwick Summer Internships (WSI) have been developed exclusively for University of Warwick students and paid opportunities will be available this summer at either small and medium sized enterprises (SME’s), charities or with an internal university department. You can find out more here and in this article, Psychology graduate Linda Moronfolu reflects on her experience … Continue reading
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
A network, ‘…an association of individuals having a common interest, formed to provide mutual assistance.’ In the context of a career, the ability to develop and maintain networks is a valuable skill that can create opportunities and provide the insight to inform your career decisions. Continue reading
What if you could call on 100 people for career advice? Now you can! Guest blogger Paul Murphy, author of ‘1000 Years of Career Advice’ (1) has written a book that interviews 100 graduates, 10 years on from university about their career paths and advice for a younger generation. In the book, the interviewees offer … Continue reading
There is a lot going on in the world and it seems daily we are seeing historians commenting on how current global events, such as Donald Trump and Brexit, relate back to our history. This got me thinking about the CV, what is its history and what can we learn from how it has evolved over … Continue reading
So you’ve started your first year, you’re beginning to settle into university life, you’ve made some friends, done a little socialising and you’ve got forever before you need to start thinking about that thing called careers….right? Well actually you’re one ninth of your way through a three year degree hence it’s probably better to give … Continue reading
One thing it seems everyone can agree upon at university is that getting an internship is going to be good for your career. They are rather like the Holy Grail in that respect, mysterious, ill-defined maybe, but certainly a useful thing to get your hands on. Continue reading
