If you think that more education may be a possibility then read on my friend! Postgrad is a big commitment in terms of work load, finances and your future career. To help you decide whether it’s right for you, here are some pros and cons.
You’ve produced the perfect CV, taken time to crack the job application and nailed the nerve-racking interview. You feel good, confident, you swore it went well - they even said so themselves! But what if, after all this, you don’t hear back from that perfect job?
As there are so many candidates for each role nowadays, it’s become more common for employers to have a second stage interview to whittle down applicants even further. Often, this takes the form of a phone interview.
Ned's engaged. Sophie's buying a house. Aleph's got a grown-up job. But while you, too, have been working hard and trying to balance artistic projects with paying rent, it feels like you haven’t actually done much.
Whether you’re a CEO or looking to land that perfect grad job, you have no doubt experienced periods of poor focus. We’re all under constant attack from distracting devices, energy slumps and painstaking processes that can kill our productivity if we let them.
Private tuition in London has boomed over the past year, with nearly half of all school pupils in the capital having received private lessons. This means that Jack has had to forsake his friends for extra French on a Saturday evening. This also means that graduates have a great opportunity to earn some cash.
Getting your first job after uni is an amazing moment. You feel on top of the world, ready to make your mark and build yourself a professional career. Needless to say, if you lose that job quickly it can be tough on your self-confidence.
Do you know your history? The humble CV has gone through multiple reiterations and changes. You might be surprised how the job market and application process has evolved.
The first step of any job-hunt is creating a great CV. It’s the first thing employers see of you, and hopefully not the last!
Older people make fantastic students. With The Balance claiming that people change careers an average of 3 to 7 times throughout their working life, it’s no surprise that there is an influx of more mature students opting to go back to university to retrain.
