Asking questions like why work experience is important and the benefit of volunteering for gaining transferable skills, Ghoncheh and Sahina find out more ways to strengthen our job prospects. Tune in as we unravel the important topic of how extracurricular activities will help you gain personal and career confidence.

In this episode, Ghoncheh and Sahina discuss the effects of the pandemic on the current job market. They share their concerns with Dr Charlie Ball, Head of Higher Education Intelligence at Graduate Prospects and adviser Chris Barnes from Career Service. 

This year’s hosts, Ghoncheh and Sahina, welcome you to season two of “My Career in Lockdown”.  In this episode, they catch up with Mike and Chloe from last season to see how they have been doing since they graduated, and had a chat with Cath from Careers to discuss how the World has changed in the last 12 months.

Mike, Chloe and Cath catch up to see what we've learnt and review some of our favourite career tips from the series.

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Ever thought of working for yourself? This week, Chloe & Mike chat to Dan Swygart, a former Cardiff student and CEO of multi-million dollar company ‘Alpacr’ . And we join Cath to try out our elevator pitches and some power poses.

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So what exactly is LinkedIn?

Mike and Chloe explore how we can use social media to help us find jobs, reach out to employers and stand out. With help from Chris Barnes they try and work out how Linkedin works?

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In this episode, we tackle the treacherous world of job interviews and CV’s. 

Mike & Chloe get advice from some expert recruiters on what not to do in a job interview and how to stand out from the crowd. 

And Cath dishes the dirt on CV's and cover letters.

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It's a bumper episode this week as we’re asking one of the most important questions — are there any jobs out there?

Mike & Chloe speak to Charlie Ball about what the current job market looks like and catch up with Cath to chat about the best way to job search, as well as catching up with Katie to discuss her graduation.

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We're back! (to everyone's surprise) Mike & Chloe are here with Episode Two!

It’s an important one this week, as we're discussing different ways to keep upbeat during Lockdown. We spoke to therapist Abbey Robb about the best ways to stay optimistic and mentally healthy. And of course, we checked back in with Cath for some advice about job rejections and see how last week's challenges went!

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