Career Zone Podcast

The Importance of Digital and Coding Skills

As part of our Digital and Coding week, Rae explores what is meant by digital skills and why they are important. Rae also provides advice on what you can do to up-skill and improve your digital skills so you remain competitive in the job market.

Support for International Students

We hear from Claire Guy, an Employability and Careers Consultant, about the range of advice and support that the Career Zone has available for International Students, here at the University of Exeter. Our team is here to help, so if you have questions about visa regulations or working in the UK visit exeter.ac.uk/internationalstudents to find out more or to book an appointment with one of our immigration advisors. To access further information visit exeter.ac.uk/careers/internationalstudents

Careers wellbeing tips - how to de-stress job hunting

Job hunting can seem like a daunting prospect, especially at the moment, but here Rae shares her top 5 practical tips for de-stressing job hunting to help you make sure you look after your wellbeing during your search.  For more information, visit the University's Wellbeing and Careers pages; https://www.exeter.ac.uk/wellbeing/  https://www.exeter.ac.uk/careers/ 

Speaking publicly

In this week’s episode Rae is joined by Mair George, Facilitator and Freelance Theatre Producer, to discuss what public speaking means and why it is important. Mair shares her tips to help you improve your public speaking and presentation skills.

Learning from Failure

In this week’s episode, Rae is joined by Kelly Preece, Researcher Development Manager in the Doctoral College. Kelly shares her experience of failure and how she has come to view it as her greatest strength. Kelly also runs the Researchers, Development and the In-Betweens Podcast for PGRs which can be found here.

The Importance of Delegation Skills

In this week’s episode, Rae explains what delegation skills are, why you delegate and the benefit of doing so for both yourself and for others. Rae also talks through the five steps to effective delegation. 

Is postgraduate study for you?

This week, Wendy Woolery, Employability and Careers Consultant, provides an overview of the things to consider if you’re thinking of studying a postgraduate degree. Wendy provides information on the range of different postgraduate degrees available and the various sources of funding available. Some University Colleges provide progression scholarships for students and recent alumni who would like to stay to progress their studies. For more information visit exeter.ac.uk/postgraduate/. 

How will graduate jobs be impacted by Covid-19? Part 2

Back in June 2020, we released our first podcast titled, “How will graduate jobs be impacted by Covid-19?”, which focused on the initial impact that Covid-19 had on the graduate labour market at that time.  Here, Rae takes a second look at how the graduate market is faring, nearly six months on. 

In conversation with Anam, Freelance Translation

As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, Rae talks with University of Exeter graduate Anam about their freelance and portfolio work. Anam discusses the importance of building a network and how she has taken an entrepreneurial approach to her career.

If you are a current University of Exeter student, thinking about working freelance or building a portfolio career, you can book a one-to-one appointment with Rae, an Employability and Careers Consultant.

In conversation with Ash, Founder of Acting for Change International

In this episode, as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, Rae talks with University of Exeter graduate Ash about how they set up a charity whilst at university and whether they would consider themselves an entrepreneur. More information on Acting for Change International can be found here.