This webinar will cover a range of topics from, the importance of interview preparation to dealing with nerves.
Jobseeking and Interview Tips
How to Ace an Online Job Interview
Even though many of us are stuck at home, there’s no need to stop applying for academic or professional roles. Recruiters are still advertising jobs and shortlisting candidates for interview. It may feel like the world has stopped turning during these worrying times. However, recruiters always need the right people…>
Job Search Tips During Covid-19
If you are thinking of looking for a new challenge, here are some top search tips for finding a new role that will be right for you during these unprecedented times. Let’s face it – this is a very confusing and challenging time for so many of us. Yet, in…>
10-Step Checklist Before You Send Your Application
To ensure the greatest chance of success, hold your CV and cover letter up to a brutal interrogation against our 10-step application checklist. It’ll help to ensure you get the call to interview you want. Before you click send, we urge you to check that your application will cut the…>
Marketing Yourself as a Postgraduate
Many people choose to do a postgraduate qualification for various reasons which can include to enter or progress within a career and furthering knowledge in a specific area.
How to Get a Job in 90 Days
According to the Office of National Statistics, the average length of time people stay within the same job is 8.5 years. Qualified job applicants normally spend at least a few months looking for new roles before landing an offer.
Video Interviews – How to Prepare
Video interviews are used by an increasing number of employers to sift through candidates for internships, graduate schemes and other professional roles. Zoom and Teams interviews are now routinely used as part of the interview process due to current restrictions around Covid-19.
Giving a Sample Lecture at Interview
So you have been called for a interview for your dream job teaching at your perfect university. You’re nearly there. You have checked your CV and rehearsed answers to common questions, but you’ve got to deliver a sample lecture. How do you make it a success? Start planning what to…>
Surviving The Assessment Centre
Although still little used in higher education recruitment, if you are applying for a senior job elsewhere in the public sector or are seeking a move into the private sector then it is likely that you will encounter the assessment centre at some point. And even in higher education, you…>
Succeeding in Academic Interviews
You’ve applied for an academic job and to your delight, you receive an invitation to an interview. What do you need to know? What should you expect? How can you prepare? What kind of questions will you be asked? The Panel Interviews for academic posts usually involve a panel of…>