Tips for helping students with their career ambitions
“School teachers and leaders are the backbone of career success in every young person setting out to achieve their ambitions.” [...]
What my gap year taught me
Hello, I’m Victoria Ayodeji. I’m a BA Geography graduate from the University of Cambridge. I decided to take a gap [...]
How to fit careers education into STEAM subjects
STEM is an acronym for four subject areas or specific disciplines, namely, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, that adopts an [...]
Searching for unadvertised jobs
Written and researched by expert career coach Jeremy l'Anson, You're Hired Total Job Search includes the latest developments in social media [...]
Creativity – why students should be encouraged to develop this skill
Creativity is the use of imagination or original ideas. Employers in all industries want employees who can think creatively and [...]
Marginal Gains: The unsung benefits of unsuccessful job applications
Many of us will have experienced the feeling of ‘failure’ that comes from an unsuccessful job application or interview, not [...]
Top tips for job hunting online
Three of the UK’s most well-known names in the CEIAG world give some of their best advice for finding a [...]
It’s the end of the world (of work) as we knew it – so how can careers leaders prepare young people for the new workplace?
‘There are decades when nothing happens; and there are weeks when decades happen’ LENIN So there was a Millennium Bug [...]
Switched On? How to create an online presence to boost your employability
Much like shopping, watching TV and communicating with your friends, looking for work is an activity that has been moving [...]
Curriculum Vitae-l? The past, present and future of the CV Part 4: The Digital Portfolio
And so, the end of our series is near – but is the same fate in store for the CV? [...]