Career Zone Podcast

How will graduate jobs be affected by Covid-19? Part 3

We last looked at the graduate labour market in November 2020 (How will graduate jobs be affected by Covid-19? Part 2), but what has changed since then?  Here, Rae takes a look at the current state of the graduate labour market.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

This week Rachel Gaunt, Employability and Placements Adviser looks at Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Recruitment Process and talks to Employability and Careers Consultant Kate Foster who specialises in supporting students from under-represented groups.

For further information you can go to our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion webpage http://www.exeter.ac.uk/inclusion/ , and ACAS https://www.acas.org.uk/about-us

 

Assessment Centres

Many graduate employers use Assessment Centres as part of their recruitment process. In this episode John Greaves an Employability and Placement Adviser based in the Career Zone, takes a closer look at Assessment Centres and considers what should you expect, and how should you prepare. 

We also hear from Poppy Osborne a final year Business Management student who gives her top tips for success at Assessment Centres. You can read more about Poppy’s experiences and advice in her blog on the Audito  page here

 

Further advice and information can be found here

In Conversation with Joanne Mavridis and Hollie Dabson, from ForgeRock

As part of International Women’s Day, Rachel Coombes, Employability and Careers Consultant, is joined by Joanne Mavridis, Marketing Director and Hollie Dabson, Digital Marketing Specialist, both from ForgeRock, to discuss the organisation Women In Identity and how it has helped them with their careers. They share views on the issue women still face in the workplace and why it’s important to challenge them. Joanne and Hollie also share their advice on how to succeed in the workplace and how to identify positive working environments when looking for a job.

Work placements – are they worth it?

Rich Daniels, Placements Learning Manager, gives an overview of work placements, discusses the wide range of support available during your placement search, and provides some key information to help you decide whether a work placement module could the right choice for you. 

To find out more about work placements visit https://www.exeter.ac.uk/careers/employment-services/recruit/workplacements/ or contact us directly at placements@exeter.ac.uk

Compete: How to succeed in getting a job

In this week’s episode, Rae explains what is meant by the compete stage of your career journey. Rae provides an overview of what you can expect when you are competing for a role and shares advice to help you succeed. You can find more information about all three stages of your career journey on the Career Zone webpages. 

Introducing Challenges Online

In this week’s episode Rae is joined by Lindsay Warner, Programme Assistant in the Career Zone, to discuss this year’s Challenges Online, running from 7^th-11^th June 2021. Lindsay is joined by Brogan, Harry and Lizzie, students who completed Challenges Online last year, to discuss the Challenges they worked on and what they gained from participating in the week.

This year the Challenges are: Climate and Environment Emergency, Social Inequality, Planetary Health, Fighting Fake News and Future Foods: Securing Sustainable Food Systems in the 21^st Century. All the Challenges relate to the Sustainable Development Goals and the week will provide you with the opportunity to develop your employability skills. To explore the Challenges further and to sign up visit https://www.exeter.ac.uk/careers/events/challengesonline/

In conversation with a video games entrepreneur

In this episode, Ben Toulson talks with Paul Ranson a video games entrepreneur, who shares his experiences from his time in the industry – from creating video games to setting up his own business.  Paul also gives some advice for students who may be looking to get into the modern gaming industry. 

Plan: I know what I want to do, but how do I get there?

In this week’s episode, Rae Roberts, Employability and Career Consultant, talks about the steps you can take to help you plan and move forward in your career planning. Rae discusses the activities you can engage with to help you develop the skills and experience required for the role you’re planning to go in to.

In conversation with Adam Alton, Co-founder of FidlLeaf.

In this episode, as part of Digital and Coding Week, Rae talks with Adam Alton, Co-Founder of FidlLeaf, about how he got into coding. Adam provides an insight into what it is like as an industry to work in and shares his tips on how to have a go at coding. More information on FidlLeaf can be found here www.fidlleaf.com 

Quick links: LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram. And Adam's personal Twitter.