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Category: CVs and Job Applications

March 18, 2024March 14, 2024

How to use AI for job applications

Nicky Hutchinson is a Employability and Careers Consultant based on our Penryn Campus. To use AI or not to use AI, that is the question… […]

AI, Applications, CVs and Job Applications by Jenny Woolacott-Scarr
November 13, 2023November 9, 2023

Graduate Schemes, Work Placements, Internships, Vacation Schemes, and Spring Weeks explained

You’re a student and you know that you should be applying to *gestures broadly*. But what do these things mean? How are they different? When should […]

Applications, Career research, CVs and Job Applications, Employability, Internships and work experience, Interviews, Job Hunting, Networking, Placements by Jenny Woolacott-Scarr
October 2, 2023September 29, 2023

From Geography Undergrad to Grad Job with Savills

If you’re Graduating in 2024 now’s the ideal time to start thinking about your career path after Uni, but what’s the process like? Recent Exeter […]

Career research, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, CVs and Job Applications, Employability, Exeter Alumni, Interviews, Job Hunting by Jenny Woolacott-Scarr
November 21, 2022

Top 5 Tips for Interview Success

Oliver Laity is the Careers Information and Systems Manager for the University of Exeter. As an experienced interviewer, and interviewee, he knows a lot about […]

About the Career Zone, Career research, CVs and Job Applications, Employability, Interviews by Jenny Woolacott-Scarr
November 7, 2022

5 mistakes international students make in cover letters

Claire Guy is Employability and Careers Consultant with the University of Exeter Business School. Many international students have never seen a cover letter before. Lots […]

CVs and Job Applications, Employability, International students, Job Hunting by Jenny Woolacott-Scarr
October 24, 2022

5 mistakes international students make in their UK CVs

Claire Guy is Employability and Careers Consultant with the University of Exeter Business School. CV writing is much harder than most people think. They are […]

About the Career Zone, CVs and Job Applications, Employability, International students by Jenny Woolacott-Scarr
October 3, 2022

Application Form Dos and Don’ts

Applying for jobs usually involves some kind of application form. They might be fairly straightforward and ask you to list all your all your exam […]

CVs and Job Applications, Employability, Job Hunting by Jenny Woolacott-Scarr
September 26, 2022

Get started with the Career Zone

Chloe Mabberley graduated from University of Exeter in July 2022 with a BA in History, she worked in the Career Zone as a SCP Career […]

About the Career Zone, Career research, College of Humanities, CVs and Job Applications, Employability, Exeter Alumni, Job Hunting by s.gardiner3@exeter.ac.uk
May 24, 2021

My Placement at Siemens Energy

Claire Humphries is currently on a Placement Year with Siemens Energy as a Sales and Marketing Intern, alongside her Geography and Business Management (Flexible Combined […]

Career research, College of Humanities, CVs and Job Applications, Employability, Interviews, Job Hunting, Networking, Placements by Jenny Woolacott-Scarr
January 18, 2021

The Career De-Stress Series: Helping you take some stress out of career planning

In my role as Employability and Careers Consultant, it’s always a mixed bag of conversations and situations, but one thing is clear – life for […]

About the Career Zone, Career research, CVs and Job Applications, Employability by Oliver John Laity

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