Certainty

Last Wednesday I was allowed out of the office to go on a visit.  This time it was to Lincoln’s Inn in London (to those of you who are not of a legal persuasion, the Inns of Courts are important for Barristers and those training to be Barristers).  A lot of the day revolved around certainty.

Jobs Seen on the Street 24.6.10

This will be the last ‘Jobs Seen on the Street’ post for this academic year, and the series will return again in September. Hopefully if you are still looking for a part-time job during this time you can use the tips and links we have been posting, a reminder of these is at the bottom of this post.

Part-time jobs for this week are:

Seen on DirectGov website
(Enter job ref and ‘search’ for details)

• Operations Assistant at Boots REF: FTS/139634
• Sales Assistants at The Officers Club REF: FTS/139571
• Retail Visual Support at Shere Accessories (Trafford Centre) REF: STY/93172
• Saturday Customer Service Advisor at Leeds Building Society REF: ALU/71860

Seen elsewhere

• Podium Restaurant waiter at the Hilton (24 hours per week)

Useful part-time job websites

• DirectGov website
• The Jobs Mine
• Employment 4 Students
• Just Jobs 4 Students
• All The Top Bananas
• Fish 4 Jobs
• Retail Choice
• Monster.co.uk
• Manchester Arndale Centre

Careers services when you graduate

Yes, if you’re about to graduate, our help doesn’t stop here. Lots of students I speak to don’t realise that they can use all the services the Careers Service offers for 3 years after graduation. If you’re not sure what we offer, there’s a list of services on our website.

While this blog is really aimed at undergraduates, the good news is that we also have an older sibling blog – the Manchester Graduate Careers blog – which will help you make the transition into the world of work, further study or whatever your next steps might be as a new graduate.

At the moment, the Graduate Careers blog is featuring an excellent ‘How to find a job’ series – very timely if you’re graduating and thinking ‘What next?’, as well as other useful posts like:

• ‘Disappointed with your result’ (maybe you got a 2:2 when you were hoping for a 2:1?)
• ‘Finance sector increasing graduate intake’
• ‘Paid Creative Internship Opportunities’

Have a great summer and good luck with all your career plans!

Jobs Seen on the Street 17.6.10

Part-time jobs of the week are:

Seen on the DirectGov website
(Enter job ref and ‘search’ for details)

• Charity Assistant (Saturday 26th June event) at United Press REF: FTS/139374
• Deli/Coffee Shop Assistant at Wild at Heart (Chorlton) REF: COT/7370
• Promotion Staff at Beeleys (Didsbury) REF: DIF/29416
• Weekend Sales Assistant REF: FTS/139207
• Track Staff at Belle Vue Stadium REF: BEW/23901
• Trainee Beautician’s Assistant (Chorlton) REF: COT/7366

Workin’ 9 to 5

Helen McGuire, student blogger

Over the last semester I’ve been working part time alongside my degree in a company specialising in online marketing and web development. It wasn’t strictly 9 to 5, but 2 ‘til 6 (which in student terms is pretty much a full day’s work). So if you’re in two minds about whether to get a part-time job while you’re here at university, I thought I’d impart some wisdom and maybe help you make a decision.

My career in… Youth Work

I am a project coordinator on a youth volunteering project working with young people in Manchester City Centre.  I have been running my own project in Manchester and Birmingham for 5 years.

What are you working on at the moment?

Current projects range from:

Helping young people who are in bands to organise and promote their own events – which as a result should give them experience of budgeting and other skills along the way.

Trying to work with local police and the city council to ensure that there are appropriate spaces for young people to socialise and be safe in.

Jobs Seen on the Street 10.6.10

Part time jobs of the week:

Seen on the DirectGov website
(Enter job ref and ‘search’ for details)

• Administrator/Customer Service Adviser REF: FTS/139128
• Sales Advisor at House of Fraser REF: FTS/139118
• Sales Advisor at the Trafford Centre REF: STY/92937
• Sales Assistant (central Manchester) REF: FTS/139207

Seen elsewhere

• Leisure Attendants and Receptionists at Manchester Sport & Leisure Trust
• Sales Assistants (electrical retail)
• Sales Consultants at T-Mobile (Trafford Centre)
• Friday Receptionist at White Heart Dental Spa

About to graduate and still no career plans? Why you shouldn’t worry!

Doesn’t it come around quickly! One minute it’s Welcome Week and you’re all wide-eyed and bushy-tailed looking forward to an exciting new phase in your life – university and all that comes with it – and the next minute you’re about to graduate and hit the so-called ‘real world’. How did that happen?!

No clear career plans yet? No worries!

If you don’t have a nice clear career plan all mapped out, laminated and pinned to your bedroom wall, don’t panic – you’re in very good company. Quite a few of the students I see as a careers consultant only have the haziest of career plans and when I graduated I was pretty much in the same position as you. It was a full 4 1/2 years before I settled into what might be considered ‘a career’. I’m going to tell you my story to show you why you shouldn’t worry and how you can make the most of the position you’re in.

Jobs Seen on the Street 3.6.10

Part-time jobs for this week are:

Seen on the DirectGov website
(Enter job ref and ‘search’ for details)

• Catering Staff at City of Manchester Stadium REF: BEW/23848
  

  City of Manchester Stadium, image by Gary Barber

• Wine Promotional Staff 14th August (Heaton Park) REF: PRT/12890
• Sales Advisor at the Trafford Centre REF: STY/92775
• Sales Assistant at Claire’s Accessories (Trafford Centre) REF: STY/92786
• Sales Assistants at Jacques Vert REF: FTS/139104 

Seen elsewhere

• Sales Assistants at The Rock toy store (Bury)
• Customer Service Assistants at Gala Coral Group (Chorlton)
• Sales inbound and outbound – call centre
• Customer Service Advisor at JD Williams