Career Zone Podcast

Hear Keshav’s top tips on how to be resilient and succeed in the graduate recruitment process from an Indian student’s perspective.  Keshav, graduated with a BSc Management & Marketing with Industrial Experience in 2022 and went on to work as a Business Transformation Analyst - Consulting at Deloitte. Links: Employability support for International Students:  https://www.exeter.ac.uk/students/c...

In this week’s episode Luke Graham, Deputy of Secondary Education at the School of Education, is joined by Louise Simpson, Head at Exeter School, to discuss what ECTs can expect when applying for a role. Rachel shares what the recruitment process looks like, what they are looking for in candidates and they share their top tips. Acronyms and Links ECT - Early Career Teacher ITT - Initial Teacher Tr...

In this week’s episode Luke Graham, Deputy of Secondary Education at the School of Education, is joined by Rachel Cane, Initial Teacher Training Coordinator at The Spires College in Torquay, to discuss what ECTs can expect when applying for a role. Rachel shares what the recruitment process looks like, what they are looking for in candidates and they share their top tips. Acronyms and Links ECT -...

In this episode, Rachel Sloan, Employability and Career Consultant, explores the impact modern language graduates can make in addressing supply chain issues and the global food crisis. Rachel discusses the range of valuable skills modern language graduates have and the range of roles available to them, including translators, interpreters, diplomacy, global communications, teaching, journalism and...

In our Law mini-series podcast, Rachel Gaunt Employability and Careers Consultant for the Law School, talks to experienced professionals from both legal and non-legal sectors about their career experiences and advice. Harry is the CEO and Founder of leading sustainability consultancy company Bright Tide. He is also a Law graduate and qualified Corporate Lawyer. Hear  the realities of being a compa...

In our Law mini-series podcast, Rachel Gaunt Employability and Careers Consultant for the Law School, talks to experienced professionals from both legal and non-legal sectors about their career experiences and advice.   Faye graduated from Exeter with an LLB in Law and is now a Law Lecturer here at Exeter. Hear about working as a university lecturer, Faye’s career journey and how she came to study...

In our Law mini-series podcast, Rachel Gaunt Employability and Careers Consultant for the Law School, talks to experienced professionals from both legal and non-legal sectors about their career experiences and advice.   Gordon graduated from the University of Exeter with an LLB in (Euro) (German), English, German and European Law, an LLM in European Legal Studies and a PhD in European Law. He is n...

In this week’s episode Employability and Careers Consultant Sarah Blunt talks with Dan Hartley, Department for Education Adviser for the Get Into Teaching service, and Luke Graham, Lecturer in Education at the University of Exeter. In the first half of the episode, Dan shares what skills he thinks are needed to be a good teacher, entry routes into teaching and progression opportunities available a...

In this week’s episode Employability and Careers Consultant Sarah Blunt talks with Simon Roper, Director of Ambios , a local not-for-profit company which offers residential and distance learning conservation training, as well as volunteering opportunities. In this episode Simon talks about the range of job roles available in nature conservation, explains why you don’t necessarily need a relevant d...

Learn how to navigate graduate recruitment from alum Anna, an international BSc Economics & Finance With Industrial Experience  graduate from 2021, now working at Deloitte Luxembourg. Links: Employability support for International Students: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/students/careers/jobsandworkplacements/internationalstudents/ Help with Interviews https://www.exeter.ac.uk/students/careers/resea...

In our Law mini-series podcast, Rachel Gaunt Employability and Careers Consultant for the Law School, talks to experienced professionals from both legal and non-legal sectors about their career experiences and advice.   Simon is a former senior M&A partner for Clifford Chance and global head of the Firm’s sovereign wealth fund practice, he has been involved in recruitment and mentoring through...

In this week’s episode Rachel Sloan, Employability and Career Consultant, shares what you should consider when starting a new job, including tips and advice to help you avoid stress and anxiety.   Links: What to wear at interview: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Y1bq6peke1JTiqbfbTWBf?si=w8qoor0rRsiiXgcZE6tFzA&nd=1

Becoming a barrister and sustaining a demanding career with a family. In our Law mini-series podcast, Rachel Gaunt Employability and Careers Consultant for the Law School, talks to experienced professionals from both legal and non-legal sectors about their career experiences and advice.   Emma graduated from Exeter with a BA in Politics and subsequently went on to complete a graduate entry law deg...

Rosie Bawn an Employability and Placements Adviser in the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences looks at the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) – but can AI ever compete with human emotional intelligence? In this episode, Rosie considers the practical steps you can take to improve your emotional intelligence (the new ‘human superpower’) and increase your chances for success. For furthe...

In our Law mini-series podcast, Rachel Gaunt Employability and Careers Consultant for the Law School, talks to Law sector professionals about their career experiences. Luke graduated from Exeter with an LLB in Law in 2011. He is an English-qualified solicitor working in house as a Legal Director at Adidas in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, focusing on global licensing matters. Hear about all things wo...

Jen Hardwick, an Employability and Placements Adviser shares what to expect from an advice appointment at the Career Zone as well as sharing some top tips to help you get the most out of your advice appointment.     If you would like advice with any employability query, please book an appointment with the Career Zone. You can book an appointment via the Live Chat on the Career Zone website or by v...

We last looked at the Graduate Labour Market in February 2022, but what has changed since then? In this episode, Rachel looks at the current state of the graduate labour market and the sectors which are expanding.*   Links and Resources : If you would like help making career decisions or exploring your career/further study options, please contact the Career Zone to book a Guidance appointment. Boo...

In our Law mini-series podcast, Rachel Gaunt Employability and Careers Consultant for the Law School, talks to experienced professionals from both legal and non-legal sectors about their career experiences and advice. Jenny is our Faculty Employability Lead for Social Sciences and has experience working in careers, both in strategic and operational roles. Hear Jenny’s tips about where to start wit...

Jen Hardwick, Employabliity and Placements Adviser shares her advice on finding paid work while studying at the University of Exeter. Jen shares where you can find paid work and internships as well as highlighting other ways you can gain employability experience.   If you are having any financial concerns, please get in touch with the Students' Guild or The Students' Union Advice Teams.   Further...

In this episode Rachel and Sunny, Employability and Career Consultants, seek to assist our University of Exeter graduates to navigate the Career Zone resources and scopes of services to our University of Exeter alumni.  This episode is specifically produced for University of Exeter alumni in mind. Further resources Careers support | Alumni and supporters | University of Exeter Alumni network: Alum...

Sunny Lalli, Employability and Career Consultant, in conversation with Joy and Shiryn, two University of Exeter graduates, examines why and how graduates make career changes. In this episode we explore cycles of change from pre-contemplation to action, the career decision-making process of decide, plan and compete; define what a career change is, how graduates can generate ideas to propel a potent...

In this week's podcast, Rachel is joined by colleagues from the Career Zone who recently attended the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services Conference. The Career Zone staff share what they found out and their top tips for developing your employability and getting jobs. You can view current jobs on  Handshake 

In this week’s episode Rachel Sloan is joined by Zoe Hendon, Head of Collections at the Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture to discuss what you should consider if you’re thinking of a career in the arts, culture and heritage sector.    Links:  Heritage and Culture webpages:   Pathways to Arts, Culture and Heritage  Career Mentor Scheme  A2I 

Job hunting is difficult and rejections can be disappointing.  Here, Will King, considers ways in which you can increase your resilience and remain positive while job hunting.  

Rich Daniels, Placement Learning Manager talks to Quinn Leatherbarrow-Stokes a University of Exeter alum, who co-founded of QWERTY Beer Box and QWERTY Commerce.  Here Quinn discusses his time at University of Exeter and how his choices and actions put him on the path to starting his own company. Useful information relating to student start-up support can be accessed here: Enterprise & Entrepreneur...