In this week’s episode, Rae explains what delegation skills are, why you delegate and the benefit of doing so for both yourself and for others. Rae also talks through the five steps to effective delegation. 

This week, Wendy Woolery, Employability and Careers Consultant, provides an overview of the things to consider if you’re thinking of studying a postgraduate degree. Wendy provides information on the range of different postgraduate degrees available and the various sources of funding available. Some University Colleges provide progression scholarships for students and recent alumni who would like to stay to progress their studies. For more information visit exeter.ac.uk/postgraduate/. 

Back in June 2020, we released our first podcast titled, “How will graduate jobs be impacted by Covid-19?”, which focused on the initial impact that Covid-19 had on the graduate labour market at that time.  Here, Rae takes a second look at how the graduate market is faring, nearly six months on. 

As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, Rae talks with University of Exeter graduate Anam about their freelance and portfolio work. Anam discusses the importance of building a network and how she has taken an entrepreneurial approach to her career.

If you are a current University of Exeter student, thinking about working freelance or building a portfolio career, you can book a one-to-one appointment with Rae, an Employability and Careers Consultant.

In this episode, as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, Rae talks with University of Exeter graduate Ash about how they set up a charity whilst at university and whether they would consider themselves an entrepreneur. More information on Acting for Change International can be found here.

In this week’s episode Rae is joined by Rachel Sloan, Employability and Placements Adviser and Christo Nation, a University of Exeter alumnus. Rachel and Christo discuss the value of professionalism and provide tips and advice on how to present your best professional self.

In this week’s episode, Rae Roberts, Employability and Careers Consultant, thinks about the question many of you may face, how do I choose a career? To help get you thinking, Rae introduces four steps to help you when choosing a future career.

In this episode, Employability and Career Consultants Dominic Prosser and Jenny Phillips, discuss Imposter Syndrome and how it manifests itself. Dominic also recommends strategies that you can use to combat imposter syndrome so that it doesn’t affect your career.

This year, most careers events and fairs are being hosted in an online format.  With that in mind, in this episode Rachel Gaunt, an Employability and Placements Advisor, focuses on these virtual careers events and provides some really useful advice for how you can prepare if attending an online event.  Find out more about the Career Zone’s careers events by clicking here

As part of our careers de-stress campaign, within this episode, Rae talks through some of your frequently asked questions with regards to disclosing a disability or longer term health condition to an employer.  Click here to find out about the careers de-stress campaign, and here for further support regarding this episode.