Category Archives: employment
The Possible Impossibility of Employability…
Let me guess. If you’re a uni student reading this, am I right in thinking you’d like to be employable once you graduate? It’s probably fair to say the vast majority of students want better job and career choices as … Continue reading
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Looking Beyond Employability
I found this tucked away near the end of an article in the Independent on Sunday: “Students should learn not how to win arguments but how to ask subversive questions of authority, assess evidence and find the truth. They should … Continue reading
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Standing out and finding success
When the economy is in trouble and the job market isn’t brilliant, a standard choice for many is to stay in education (or return to it) and take a higher qualification. Getting another shiny new piece of paper that sets … Continue reading
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How to identify your transferable skills (and why they’re so important)
A letter in the Telegraph reads: SIR – As a mathematician, I would like to share a numerical insight. I always remind colleagues on an interview panel that the only significant numbers on an academic certificate are those pertaining to … Continue reading
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Why blogging is no popularity contest
Is blogging really on the decline? More importantly, does a decline in blogging matter? Blogging Tips examined data from a study by Pew Internet that found very few people blogging themselves and fewer than half of respondents saying they read … Continue reading
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