Where can I find a job NOW!

Semester one is the most popular time of the year for students and graduates looking to find a job.  Students are looking for part-time jobs and internships, final year students are looking for graduate jobs as are last years’ graduates.

It’s crazy busy and yet everyone thinks they are the only one in that situation. Take a look around you are competing with students at this university, MMU and Salford plus the graduates who have stayed on in Manchester, not to mention the local population. 

You need to have a plan and put the work in to find a job, its not easy and it takes time.

Because jobs don’t just fall out of trees here are a few pointers.

Jobs Seen on The Street 5.11.09

Apologies for not being able to bring you our usual post last week. Normal service now resumed! Part time jobs seen this week are:

Seen by our roving reporter Sarah M

• Zizzi are opening a new restaurant in Didsbury this month and are looking for staff. Email your CV to recruitment@zizzi.co.uk and more information on the opening at http://www.zizzi.co.uk/news/

Seen on Fish 4 Jobs website

• Retail Advisor at the Trafford Centre (apply via Adecco recruitment)
• Sales/Canvassers for a national newspaper (Altrincham)

Seen on  Reed employment agency website

• Camera Demonstrators at Gekko

Jobs Seen on the Street – 29.10.09

Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond our control, we are unable to bring you Jobs Seen on the Street today.

In the meantime, don’t forget to check out the Careers Service website, the Jobs Mine and the Arndale Centre website.

Jobs Seen on the Street will be back next Thursday!

Introducing our new student bloggers

Back in July, we put out a call to our student readers for budding writers to join the blog team.  We thought it would be great if students-like-you could share their own experiences of what it’s really like to be looking for a job or figuring out what it is you want to do with your life in 2009/10.

The response was impressive, so we had some tough choices to make. We were looking for writing talent, but we also wanted to get a good mix of subjects and second/final years and male/female. In the end, we’re very pleased to welcome to the blog team our 6 student bloggers…

Competition for creative and enterprising students

Venture Out is an ideas competition for students at The University of Manchester run by the Manchester Enterprise Centre. 

There are three categories, with prizes of up to £1,000 on offer. 

1. CEEBL Green award – rewarding ideas to improve the environment
2. Social Enterprise award – rewarding ideas to improve the lives of individuals and of communities
3. Business Innovation award – rewarding ideas that have commercial potential through new products or services

At this stage you simply need to explain your ideas and how they will have a positive impact on the lives of others. 

Interested students are welcome to attend a workshop designed to help them get their creative ideas flowing. This workshop take place on Friday 9 October between 12pm and 12.45pm in Lecture Theatre A in University Place.

There is also a workshop planned for students specifically interested in the CEEBL Green award. This workshop is taking place on Thursday 15 October between 4pm and 6.30pm at CEEBL C24 in the Sackville Street building.

More information on applying and booking onto workshops

Beat the rush for CV and application advice!

If you are in Manchester now and think you are going to need some help with applying for jobs then don’t wait  – do it now! 

Experience tells us that in a couple of weeks people will be queuing up for applications advice.  If you can make it in now you will save yourself time and have a nice smug feeling when you see everyone else queuing later on.

Every day we run a drop in session – where you can book a 15 minute 1-1 with an adviser to help you tailor your first CV, make the best of applications or ask quick career related questions. 

So if you are applying for a job or course and need a bit of help:

• Read the appropriate information on our website
• Think carefully about the skills and experience required for the job.
• Use the tips and methods described to help you tailor your application so that the employer can easily see why they should employ you.
• Use the Quick Query drop in session to help you make any final alterations before you send it off.

If you are not in Manchester yet don’t worry – although it will be busy we will be providing extra advice on applications via talks, workshops and live guidance.

Student blogger applications – now closed

We’ve had a great response to our call for student bloggers to join the Undergrad Careers blog team, so we’ve decided to close for applications now. It’s really good to see how many students are interested in getting involved!

We’re going to be selecting 5 student bloggers from the applications we’ve received and we’ll be contacting everyone w/c 10th August.

Getting a job in a recession – feedback from employers

Even though we are in a recession there are still jobs out there.

There seems to be a somewhat convenient urban myth going round that there are no jobs so you might as well not bother looking or applying – just give up and go travelling. Check out the article in The Times: There are still 10,000 reasons for graduates to get out of bed.

Something out of the ordinary?

Hi there,

I was helping out with the open day at the University the other week and was (unsurprisingly) asked a lot about part time jobs. Prospective students (and their parents) wanted to know what kind of thing it was possible to do as a part-time job here in Manchester. Bar work and retail can be very easy to find -  the Manchester city area has a population of almost half a million people (458,136 to be exact), but if you’re willing to look a little deeper there are a number of much more interesting things to do to earn some spare cash and get some experience.

The graduate fair 2009

Hi there,

This year’s graduate recruitment fair is running on the 17th and 18th June at the Armitage centre.  Aimed at final year students about to graduate, the fair has a number of different exhibitors interested in you!

Take a look at our sister blog, Manchester Graduate Careers, for more information about the fair as well as loads of other news, tips and info for new graduates.