Manchester Graduate Internship Programme: Jobs for our grads

If you’re new to the graduate blog, you may not have heard about the Manchester Graduate Internship Programme.
We introduced the scheme last year, which aims to provide short term, PAID positions for graduates in organisations across Greater Manchester.  Perfect for those of you wanting to stay in Manchester and looking to gain experience and earn [...]

Thinking about training as a teacher? You should be!

It’s nice to have some good news to bring to you in these testing times.
Teach First have just announced that they will be recruiting around 700 graduates for their next intake.  They are particularly keen to attract graduates for Maths, Science and ICT teaching roles.  They also have lots of excellent opportunities located outside London.  [...]

Temporary vacancy – admin support with European languages

Just had an e-mail this morning from a contact at Kelloggs with a vacancy whose deadline is today. Very short notice but I thought I would quickly post it in case any linguists are interested…
The post is an 8 week temporary contract based in the Manchester head office. The ability to communicate in [...]

Graduate Tips – use your time constructively

Now that exams (and end of exam celebrations) are behind you, you may find that you have more time on your hands. It’s fine to relax for a short while but a prolonged break will not look good on your CV. If you have prioritised your studies throughout your final year now is [...]

Creative job searching-try it.

If you are finding that advertised vacancies are not as plentiful as you’d hoped, then it might be time to try a different approach. Have you heard of networking/creative job search? This is when you make direct contact with an employer(s) in the field(s) you are interested in, with the goal of making a good [...]

Talk to an expert 1-2-1 online live

If you are moving away from Manchester, or just prefer to talk to an expert online you may be interested in our new online LiveGuidance service which we are piloting this summer.  Only available to students and graduates of The University of Manchester.
The idea of this service is that you will be able to talk [...]

High Flyers Summer Programme

Just had a visit from Manchester Business School to let us know about a new programme they are running: The High Flyers Summer Programme. The course will be running 1-25 September 2009.
60 scholarships are available, and there may be some financial support for accommodation expenses depending upon circumstances. See the website of the programme [...]

MI5 jobs in Manchester for linguists

This opportunity was recently spotted in the local Stockport paper by one of our careers consultants.
You would need:

Proficiency in any of the following: Arabic (especially North African dialects), Chechen, Dari, Farsi, Kurdish Central (Kurdi, Sorani), Pashto, Punjabi, Somali, Sylheti (with or without Bengali), Tamil or Urdu.
To be a British citizen aged 18 or [...]

Careers in local government

This year more graduates than ever are considering working in the public sector. There is a perception that the public sector is safe from job losses. This is not true, government cuts in funding across the public sector may well lead to job losses as this BBC article predicts: ‘Huge job cuts’ [...]

Tesco Personnel Graduate Scheme – apply quickly!

Tesco are offering 30 places on a new graduate scheme for Personnel Managers. This scheme does not appear on their website. We advertised this opportunity on our website last month but Tesco are making one last call for applications. This is what they say:
“Tesco has a well established graduate programme linked to both the [...]