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.

Changes to the Undergrad Blog

It’s spring and time for bringing in the new, and we’ve just made two changes to the blog:

Undergrad blog welcomes Finalists!
The main focus of the Manchester Undergrad Careers blog has been on careers topics aimed at Manchester undergrads in any year before the final year. That’s because, alongside this blog, we were also piloting a blog specifically for finalists. We’ve now decided to combine these two blogs and make the undergrad careers blog the careers blog for all Man Uni undergraduates, whatever year you’re in. Most of what we already blog about – exploring career options, events, jobs, applications etc – will be just as relevant to finalists, but we’ll also be including some posts which are particularly targeted at students graduating this year. I’d also like to welcome our Finalist team bloggers, Jenny and Adele, who are now joining the Undergrad blog team! Look out for their profiles appearing on our ‘About us’ page.

Recession info.
You might have noticed the new tab at the top of the page labelled ‘Recession’.  We’ve created this section as we know that the economic situation and the effect it’s having on recruitment is an issue causing concern for students.  In the section, you’ll find some information and FAQs about how the recession may affect you along with tips and links to other sources of information.  We’ll be adding to the Recession section and also posting news here as and when something relevant comes up.

What do you think of this blog?

We have been blogging now for 6 months and would really like to know more about our readers and if you find the blog useful. 
Our blog stats are pretty good, but we have no idea if you follow our blog regularly, what you like or dislike and what you would like to see more of.

Please fill in a short survey, we will post the results in a later blog.
http://survey.manchester.ac.uk/career/index.php?sid=34

Thanks in advance, much appreciated.