Career Zone Podcast – Détails, épisodes et analyse

In this week’s episode Rachel Sloan, Employability and Career Consultant explores the concept of a CV of Failure. Employers will often ask you about the times when you have ‘failed’ in job interviews. They are not really interested in your failure, but they do want to see how you responded to it. Rachel discusses how developing a CV of Failure can help you prepare for interviews and how to best answer this question.

Links:

• CV writing resources https://www.exeter.ac.uk/students/careers/research/helpwith/helpwithcvscoverlettersandapplications/
• How to…webpage https://www.exeter.ac.uk/students/careers/research/helpwith/

References:

Iske, P. L., & Bovelander, M. (2019). Institute of brilliant failures: make room to experiment, innovate, and learn. (No Title).

Stefan, M. A CV of failures. Nature 468, 467 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7322-467a

This episode was devised and written by Dawn Lees and recorded by Rachel Sloan.

In this episode, Rachel Sloan, Employability and Career Consultant, explores career management skills and how they can help you to manage your career throughout your life. Rachel discusses the different types of skills and attributes you need to manage your career including  decision making, adaptability and resilience.

Links and resources:

• Build your self-awareness with the Profiling for Success assessments.
• Book onto a skill session via Handshake. Topics include negotiation skills  and networking.
• Listen to our podcasts on Spotify and iTunes:

• • Decide: How do I choose a career? iTunes / Spotify
  • Plan: I know what I want to do, but how do I get there? iTunes / Spotify
  • Compete: How to succeed in getting a job iTunes / Spotify
  • Should you do something you are passionate about or something you are good at? iTunes / Spotify

This episode was written by Dawn Lees and recorded by Rachel Sloan.

In this week’s episode Olivia, a Student Programme Assistant, is joined by students who completed the Social Inequality Challenge in 2023. Ellen and Maya discuss their project that involved creating an informative and accessible booklet and campaign regarding safety in Exeter in order to help new students feel more confident and safe at university. They share their experiences of completing Grand Challenges, their motivations for joining and the skills they developed throughout the week. 

 Grand Challenges is a project week in which you work in interdisciplinary groups with other like-minded students to design innovative solutions to real world challenges. Top academics and invited speakers share their views and help you apply your skills and knowledge to a real-life problem. It’s open to all students and sign up for Grand Challenges 2024 is now open! Sign ups close on 28 March 2024.

Sign up for Grand Challenges or find out more on the Grand Challenges webpage.

In this episode, our Employability and Placements Advisors, Becky and Gemma are joined by two students, Muriel and Phoebe, who spent a year working abroad as part of their degree.  Muriel is currently working abroad at University of Exeter in the Outbound Team, and Phoebe spent a year working abroad in Germany as a British Council and Foreign Language Assistant.  Here we gain an insight into their experiences of working abroad. 

The majority of Undergraduate courses at the University of Exeter have the option to add study or work abroad, or sometimes both.  If you have any questions regarding the global opportunities available, please contact our Outbound team at [email protected] or visit the Global Opportunities SharePoint site here

In this episode Employability and Career Consultant Sarah Blunt sits down with Mia, a final year Biological Sciences student, to find out about her experience of attending a careers guidance appointment with the Career Zone. Sarah also speaks to Employability and Career Consultant Fiona Hartley to find out what you can expect if you book an appointment yourself.  

Find out more on the Career Zone webpage.

Jenny Clark from the Student Employability team working, with social science students at the University of Exeter explains why it is so important to ask relevant questions at the end of an interview, and provides some great suggestions for what you should and should not ask.

In this episode, Rae explores what is meant by the phrase ‘organisational culture’ and why it is important. Rae shares her advice on how you can learn about a company’s organisational culture when applying for jobs.

For more information on how to utilise the Alumni tool on LinkedIn, book onto one of our LinkedIn Lab sessions

In this episode focusing on Study Abroad, Gemma, an Employability and Placements Adviser in the Skills Team, talks to Callum (who studied at University of Plymouth but is currently working alongside the Global Opportunities team as a Graduate Business Partner), Harry and Izzy, each of whom completed a study abroad year.  Here we learn more about the experiences and opportunities that this year provided each of them. 

The majority of Undergraduate courses at the University of Exeter have the option to add study or work abroad, or sometimes both.  If you have any questions regarding the global opportunities available, please contact our Outbound team at [email protected] or visit the Global Opportunities SharePoint site here

We last looked at the labour market situation in January, so in this episode, we are going to look at what has changed in the labour market since then. 

To support your transition from university into employment or further study, we have created the Get Ready to Graduate programme. Whether you are exploring options, planning your next steps or actively applying for opportunities, we have something for everyone.  Click here for more information on Get Ready to Graduate | Career Zone | University of Exeter or Careers Forever - Exeter (careercentre.me), to help you whatever stage of career planning you are at.  If you’re still unsure, book a guidance appointment to start a conversation.

David Pritchard, an Employability & Careers Consultant, discusses gamification in the recruitment process. David explores what is meant by gamification, and why it is used by employers. He shares the type of experience you might expect with examples from KPMG, Deloitte and Unilever, as well as giving advice on how to approach game based selection tools if you come across them in the recruitment process.