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Getting a job
Job Hunting
Visit the Job Hunting section at Graduate Prospects - the UK's leading provider of information, advice and opportunities to students and graduates - for information and advice on finding jobs:
Looking for part-time work? Read our information leaflet for some important information:
Looking for part-time work (PDF, file size: 88.03KB)
Watch our online talks:
Creative job hunting: how to network
Showing you how to track down unadvertised vacancies.
Finding part-time work: a guide for international students
Tips and advice for international students on how to find part time work whilst studying at the University and where to get further help with issues such as Visas and N I numbers.
Applying for a Job
How to write a CV
Find below links to our series of CV packs for students and graduates. These are comprehensive guides to help you get started with writing a CV. You can call into the Careers Centres to pick up a FREE hard copy if you prefer. Once you have drafted up your CV you can drop in to the Careers Centre and a Careers Adviser will take a look at it and recommend improvements.
Show and Tell - a showcase of creative CVs
This booklet contains a range of creative CVs produced by students from a variety of arts, media and design courses at Staffordshire University. All the CVs featured were entries in the University's Creative CV Competition 2011.
Watch our online talks on CVs and covering letters:
How to write CVs
Tips and advice on how to write targeted graduate CVs as part of the graduate job hunting process.
How to write covering letters
Tips and advice on how to write targeted covering letters.
Filling in Application Forms
Read our online guide to filling application forms:
Visit the Job Application Advice section at Graduate Prospects - the UK's leading provider of information, advice and opportunities to students and graduates - for information and advice on filling in application forms:
Watch our online talk, How to Fill in Application forms:
How to Fill in Application Forms
Tips and advice on how to fill in graduate level job application forms.
Getting onto a postgraduate teacher training course (PGCE)
Taking your through the GTTR applicatioon form and showing you how to tackle the difficult sections.
If you would like to practice completing a paper application form, then print of a Standard Application Form and give it a go. You could then call in to the Careers Centre and let a Careers Adviser check it for you.
Standard Application Form (PDF, file size: 76.54KB)
Use Select Simulator to practice completing online application forms:
Preparing for Interviews
Read our online leaflet "A Careers Centre guide to . . . Interviews" for hints and tips on preparing for interviews, sample questions to help you practice your answers, and a description of how the Careers Centre can help you get ready for an interview.
Watch our online talks:
Interview techniques
Showing you how to prepare for a graduate level job interview.
Presenting your portfolio
An employer’s views on the best way to present a portfolio of art/creative work in a job interview.
Visit Interview Tips at Graduate Prospects - the UK's leading provider of information, advice and opportunities to students and graduates - for information and advice on interview preparation.
Psychometric Tests & Assessment Centres
Visit Interview Tests and Exercises at Graduate Prospects - the UK's leading provider of information, advice and opportunities to students and graduates - for information and advice on assessment centres, psychometric tests and lots more.
Watch our online talk 'Assessment Centres':
Assessment Centres
A look at what happens in graduate recruitment assessment centres and tips on how to stand out!
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