Career Zone Podcast

This week Kate Foster, Employability and Career Consultant, is joined by recent graduate Moza Ackroyd, to discuss upReach, a social mobility charity that partners with the University to support students in receipt of the Access to Exeter bursary with their employability. Moza shares how she found out about upReach, the activities she got involved with and the advice she would give to her first year self.

You can find out more about upReach and whether you are eligible for support here.

In our Law mini-series podcast, Rachel Gaunt Employability and Careers Consultant for the Law School, talks to Law sector professionals about their career experiences.

Hear from the team at Maples Group about what life is like training and working as a lawyer in Jersey. Listen to them talking about some of the interesting cases/deals they've been working on, what their drivers were to work and live in Jersey, and hear about how you can get the big city experience, but working from somewhere you can spend your evenings and weekends at the beach!

In addition to this episode you can find more information to help with career planning here; My Career Zone Digital , Employability for Law Students and Building Brilliant Careers

 

Kate Foster, Employability and Career Consultant, is joined by student Arta Ebrahimpour, to discuss upReach, a social mobility charity that partners with the University to support students in receipt of the Access to Exeter bursary with their employability . Arta shares how he found out about upReach, the activities he got involved with and how upReach has helped him with his future career plans.

You can find out more about upReach and whether you are eligible for support here.

Recent Physics graduate Ellie Knowles joins Rae Roberts, Employability and Career Consultant, to discuss how she manged to sort out a job ready for when she graduated. Ellie shares what she was involved in at university and the skills she developed as well as discussing what the application process was like for her graduate role as a Trainee Patent Attorney.  

In our Law mini-series podcast, Rachel Gaunt Employability and Careers Consultant for the Law School, talks to Law sector professionals about their career experiences.

Gabriel graduated from the University of Exeter with an LLB in Law in 2016. Originally from Singapore he is now working as an Associate in London. Hear about Gabriel’s reasons for choosing to stay in the UK to work, the value of work experience in helping him to make career decisions, experiences of securing a training contract and his top tips for applications.

**The website Gabriel refers to is Chambers Student True Picture https://www.chambersstudent.co.uk/law-firms **

In addition to this episode you can find more information to help with career planning here; My Career Zone Digital , Employability for Law Students and Building Brilliant Careers

In our Law mini-series podcast, Rachel Gaunt Employability and Careers Consultant for the Law School, talks to Law sector professionals about their career experiences.

Kiera graduated from the University of Law with an LLB in Law in 2018, then went on to complete her BPTC LLM in 2019 and was called to the bar the same year. Originally from the Southwest she is now working as an Associate Barrister for Browne Jacobson based in Exeter. Hear about the steps to become a Barrister and Kiera’s own personal experiences. This includes what Kiera wishes she’d known before undertaking the journey and her top tips for aspiring Barristers. 

Please note, Kiera refers to a requirement for aspiring solicitors who are non-law undergraduates to complete the law conversion course. Since the introduction of the SQE in September 2021 this has changed, technically there isn’t a requirement to do this, however we recommend checking with your shortlisted firms in the first instance. See here for more information: GDL and SQE What's going on with conversion courses

In addition to this episode you can find more information to help with career planning here; My Career Zone Digital , Employability for Law Students and Building Brilliant Careers

Career Fairs offer a highly valuable opportunity for you to meet and engage with a variety of recruiting employers.  Meeting these employers at fairs allows you to gain more insight into the company as well as the chance to ask questions which may then potentially enhance any future applications you decide to make.  In this episode, Simon, an Employability and Placements Adviser, offers his 5 top tips for getting the most from any Career Fair you attend.

To find out more about upcoming Career Fairs/events please visit Exeter.ac.uk/careers

In this episode Dawn Lees, Student Employabilty and Development Manager talks to recent graduate Scarlet on why it’s good to step out of your comfort zone. Recent graduate Scarlet, shares some of the risks she took while at university and how they have been beneficial for her career journey.  

 

In our Law mini-series podcast, Rachel Gaunt Employability and Careers Consultant for the Law School, talks to Law sector professionals about their career experiences.

Daniel graduated from the University of Exeter with an LLB in Law in 2018. Originally from Nigeria he is now working as an Associate in London.  Hear about Daniel’s experiences of studying in the UK, choosing to secure work in the UK, obtaining a training contract and how he was supported by his employer to secure a working VISA.

In addition to this episode you can find more information to help with career planning here; My Career Zone Digital , Employability for Law Students and Building Brilliant Careers

If you’ve joined us at Exeter from another country, you’ve probably noticed some of the weird things British people do. They start every conversation with saying something about the weather chat, say thank-you and sorry way more than is necessary and say goodbye in many different ways before they actually get around to leaving. 

How does British culture affect the workplace? How can you prepare? In this podcast, Rhianna Skeates, an Employability and Placements Adviser will share some top tips to help you. 

 

For more information on the support mentioned in the podcast, visit the International Students Career Zone web-page.