Career Zone Podcast

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.    

In this episode Mel, College Co-ordinator for the University of Exeter Business School, focuses on maintaining mental and physical wellbeing while working from home and also provides some useful hints and tips.   

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The Exeter Award is an employability achievement award that will help you make the most of your professional experience. In this episode, Rae Roberts, Employability and Careers Consultant, talks to students Michaela and Matt about how completing the Exeter Award and Exeter Leaders Award has helped them to develop a range of skills that they can take with them into the graduate jobs market. For more information visit the Exeter Award webpages.

Run by the Career Zone, the Career Mentor Scheme is an opportunity for University of Exeter students or recent graduates to be matched with an experienced professional for sector insights and one-to-one guidance. In this clip Seth, a mentee, discusses what he achieved and how he has benefited from the Career Mentor Scheme.

Run by the Career Zone, the Career Mentor Scheme is an opportunity for University of Exeter students or recent graduates to be matched with an experienced professional for sector insights and one-to-one guidance. In this clip, Chris, a mentor and Seth, his mentee, discuss the issues they faced and how they overcame them.

Run by the Career Zone, the Career Mentor Scheme is an opportunity for University of Exeter students or recent graduates to be matched with an experienced professional for sector insights and one-to-one guidance. In this clip, Rebecca Lenthall, Student Employment Support Officer, talks with Chris, a mentor and Seth, his mentee, about their experiences of getting to know one another. 

Run by the Career Zone, the Career Mentor Scheme is an opportunity for University of Exeter students or recent graduates to be matched with an experienced professional for sector insights and one-to-one guidance. In this episode, Rebecca Lenthall, Student Employment Support Officer, talks with Chris, a mentor and Seth, his mentee, about their experiences. For more information and to apply for the Career Mentor programme click here.

We know that interviews can be nerve-wracking at the best of times. In this episode David Pritchard, Employability and Careers Consultant at the University of Exeter, and student Mel, provide practical tips and advice on how you can best prepare for interviews and effectively manage your nerves both before and during your interview.