Congratulations! You’ve got an interview, you’ve obviously impressed thus far and are worth considering taking to the next step. So now you’re here – what things do you need to remember? This may be your first interview, you may have just graduated and this is your first graduate job interview – but regardless of what it is for, these 10 tips…
Nothing infuriates me more than the debate about unpaid internships and placements. As you may have read in my previous post, ‘The importance of Internships: tips, myths and getting your dream job’, I am most certainly pro-work placements: they are a fantastic way of gaining valuable experience and could even land you a job. What concerns me is the lack…
Everyone tells you how hard leaving University is. You even fully expect it to be hard. But it turns out you can’t really comprehend the bizarre mixture of very real feelings you have when actually going through your first steps into the real world. Leaving friends, the town or city you love, or starting an unfamiliar job in an unfamiliar…
I have gained all of my internships through hard work, determination and sheer tenacity. I knew absolutely no one in the media world who could hand me an internship on a plate. I went to a state all-girls grammar school and contrary to popular belief, I found them incredibly easy to secure. Why are internships important? Not only does an…
It never fails to amaze me that people do not know the definition of feminism. Somewhere between media frenzies and extremism, ‘feminism’ has morphed into a dirty word that people simply do not like being associated with. From attending an all-girls school, I have always been taught that I can do anything. If I wanted to play football and cricket,…
Aberystwyth: a little market town on the West coast of Wales. Home of the National Library of Wales, gorgeous sunsets and Aberystwyth University. After living in the bubble for three years, there are many things that I will miss about the quirky town. 1. Seeing my best friends every day From my best girlfriends, to my course mates and housemates,…
