Career Zone Podcast

Kathryn, an Employability and Placement Adviser speaks with Samah, a current 4th year Accounting and Finance student who completed her industrial placement at Warner Bros. Discovery UK last year.  Samah shares her experience of searching for and securing a placement and her top tips on how to stay motivated and resilient during your placement search. 

You can book a 1-2-1 appointment with a member of the Career Zone here

As part of Go Green Week, Helen Hicks, Programme Officer for Green Consultants, talks to Alice Dunsmore, an Environmental Adviser at Costain and Barnaby Tagart, an Environmental and Sustainability Manager at BW. Alice and Barnaby share how completing the Green Consultants programme has helped then with their careers. They also discuss the impact they have on sustainability in their current roles and share advice to current students interested in working in the sustainability sector.

Green Consultants is an interactive programme, designed to provide students with the additional skills and experience required to work in the highly competitive environmental and sustainability sector. It is open to all students, and you can start now! Find out more on our Green Consultants webpage - https://www.exeter.ac.uk/students/careers/employability-schemes/greenconsultants/

You can find out more about Green Consultants by listening to 'Introducing Green Consultants'.

As part of Neurodiversity celebration week, Mel Nearchou, Faculty Lead in the Business School, discusses the careers support available to neurodiverse students. Mel is joined by colleagues from the Career Zone including Employability and Career Consultant, Kate Foster, who discusses the support available to students on disclosure, including how to disclose, when to disclose and how to look for employers who are supportive. Katie Stote, Employability and Placements Adviser, shares her thoughts on her research project, Engaging Students in Knowledge Exchange and how it links with neurodiverse students. Finally Gemma York, an Employability and Placements Adviser shares how the Skills Team are making their skills and advice sessions more accessible to all.

We welcome any feedback or suggestions to help make the Career Zone accessible to all our students.  

At 1:39 Mel mentions 'WP' students, which stands for 'Widening Participation'. If you're not sure what that means, have a look on our website here: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/students/wp-support/

Link to resources:

Katie Stone’s research: https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/co-developing-inclusive-and-accessible-e-learning-resources-placing-disabled-and-neurodiverse-student-voices-at-the-centre-of-our-practice

Link to the Supporting Equality and Diversity page: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/students/careers/equality/

Link to the Wellbeing page: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/students/wellbeing/

In this episode, celebrating International Women’s Day, Sunny Lalli, Employability and Careers Consultant, is joined by Joy and Shiryn, to discuss the benefits of mentoring, strategies to securing a mentor, and how mentoring can be harnessed as powerful resource for implementing equality and progression in the workplace.

Whatever the situation, there are principles that can be used to ensure you get your point across effectively so that you’re heard and understood. Rachel Sloan, Employability and Career Consultant, shares six steps to ensure your are listened to and that what you have to say is understood correctly.

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

Links:

Problem Solving – book via Handshake

Presentation Skills – book via Handshake

Assertiveness and Understanding Human Behaviour – book via Handshake.

In this week’s episode, as part of International Women’s Day, Sophie Binder, Learning and Development Manager, introduces the new Exe-Change the Norm programme running at the university. Sophie discusses why it has been created, what it involves and how you can get involved.

Exe-Change the Norm is free and open to all University of Exeter students, across all campuses. The four training sessions cover topics including sexism and sexual harassment, partner abuse, racism and racist micro-aggressions. You’ll learn how to effectively step-in to help, if you see these sorts of behaviours occur.

Links:

• You can find out more about the Exe-Change the Norm programme here - https://www.exeter.ac.uk/departments/inclusion/support/training/exe-changethenorm/

In this week’s episode, Lucy Robinson, Global Employability Support Officer, is joined by students Megan, Layton and Ben to discuss their experience of taking part in the trip to Barcelona supporting the European Association for International Education conference as part of the Global Leaders Experiences. They share why they decided to apply, the skills they developed from the assessment centre and how their experiences in Barcelona helped with their career development.

Links for episode description:

• Global Leaders EAIE Conference Rotterdam 2023  

As part of National Apprenticeship Week, Julia Paci, Partnership Development Manager for Degree Apprenticeships is joined by alumni Oscar Milverton Gatta. Julia and Oscar discuss the benefits of choosing to complete a Degree Apprenticeship for both the employer and employee. Oscar also shares the impact of completing a Degree Apprenticeship has had on his career and his advice for those thinking of taking a Degree Apprenticeship.

Links:

For more information on Degree Apprenticeships visit https://www.exeter.ac.uk/study/degreeapprenticeships/

Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education website: https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/

Recycle It Global https://www.rig-uk.com/

In this week's episode Sunny Lalli, Employability and Career Consultant is joined by guest speakers Dylan and John to examine the challenges of a change in career and the resources you can deploy to help manage the change. Sunny also discusses how to recognise when a change is needed and how change management skills can boost your resilience. 

If you are navigating change there is plenty of help available to you.

Link to Career Guidance support including sessions such as Exploring and Making Career Decisions. https://www.exeter.ac.uk/careers/about/guidance/

You can book a 1-1 advice appointment with an Employability and Career Consultant by contacting Career Zone online, by phone or in person

Wellbeing Team https://www.exeter.ac.uk/students/wellbeing/

Guild Support for you. https://www.exeterguild.com/page/support-for-you 

If you’re feeling like you are unable to decide what to do next or that you’re stuck going down a career path that doesn’t feel right, you’re not alone. In this week’s episode Rachel Sloan, Employability and Career Consultant, looks at stuckness exploring why you might be feeling stuck and the steps you can take to try and unstick yourself.

If you are feeling stuck there is plenty of help available to you.

Link to Career Guidance support including sessions such as Exploring and Making Career Decisions. https://www.exeter.ac.uk/careers/about/guidance/

You can book a 1-1 advice appointment with an Employability and Career Consultant by contacting Career Zone online, by phone or in person

Wellbeing Team https://www.exeter.ac.uk/students/wellbeing/

Guild : Support for you. https://www.exeterguild.com/page/support-for-you

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