Tag: graduatestories
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How I got my UK graduate job during the pandemic
Written by Mia Zhang, MSc Human Resource Management, 2020 I am an international student from China and graduated from The University of Manchester in 2020 with a degree in MSc Human Resource Management. After graduating, I embarked on the difficult task of finding a job during the pandemic. At the end of 2020, I secured…
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Finding Internships and Graduate Work in China
Written by Jialing Chu, MSc Commercial Project Management, 2020 Jialing graduated from The University of Manchester in 2020 with an MSc in Commercial Project Management. She has a job lined up at Deloitte for October 2021. Here she talks about her job search in China. “While trying to find a job, I planned to get…
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6 tips for finding a graduate job
Written by Samantha Oates-Miller, Careers Insights and Graduate Support Assistant at the Careers Service With Stuti Sethi, MEng Computer Science, 2020, Technology Graduate at Barclays Technology Centre Stuti Sethi graduated in 2020 with an Meng in Computer Science. She is now a Technology Graduate at Barclays Technology Centre. Here, Stuti tells us about her job…
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Graduate job hunting using LinkedIn
Written by Samantha Oates-Miller, Careers Insights and Graduate Support Assistant at the Careers Service and Hui Huang, MA Educational Leadership 2020, Research Executive at The Insights People Hui graduated in December 2020 with a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership from The University of Manchester. She now works as a Research Executive at Manchester-based market intelligence…
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Graduate Q&A: Securing work in the Legal Sector
Written by Samantha Oates-Miller, Careers Insights and Graduate Support Assistant at the Careers Service Interview with Avni Devgan, LLB Law with Politics, 2015 We interviewed Avni, a 2015 Law and Politics graduate from The University of Manchester about how she found searching for work in the legal sector during the pandemic while studying for her…
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How I got a graduate job in the UK as an international student
Written by Uyen Nguyen, BSc Management (2020) graduate I am a recent international graduate from the BSc Management programme. As a member of the “Corona Class of 2020”, I have had some unique experiences dealing with unprecedented times, from attending online lectures and exams; having my Consultancy Project cut short abruptly; attending Zoom job interviews;…
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Olivia’s Manchester Life: student vs graduate
Manchester is regularly found on lists of the best cities to live in the UK, so it’s no surprise that 3-4 years in the city is not enough for many of our grads. Many large organisations have offices in the region, while the city plays host to countless SMEs across a range of sectors, from…
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Lynnie’s Manchester Life: student vs graduate
As part of our Manchester Life series, we’re asking recent graduates who have decided to stay and work in Manchester what it’s like to be in the city as a working professional, compared to their time spent as a student here. We caught up with Lynnie Ler, who finished her degree in Mechanical Engineering with…
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Tom’s Manchester Life: student vs graduate
As part of our Manchester Life series, we’re asking recent graduates who have decided to stay and work in Manchester what it’s like to be in the city as a working professional, compared to their time spent here as a student. Today we’re in conversation with Thomas Allanson, a 2018 Social Sciences graduate who now…