HECSU awards The Careers Group £5,000 from its ‘Putting research into Practice’ (PROP) fund (more…)

The LSEB aims to create a strategy which reflects the capital’s skills needs.  It will then recommend allocation of budgets to ensure appropriate provision of skills training.  Breakfast consultations in the new year will look at the higher level skills needs which most are agreed are essential to the future of businesses across London.   Higher Education Institutions will be asked to deliver against the new agenda.  Higher Education Careers Services, acting as they do as the conduit between HE and employers, can offer a unique insight into higher level skills shortages and practical remedies. What a pity that the LSEB has no representation from Higher Education Careers Services.

The Careers Group University of London moved up two places to take third place in the Barkers Media Audit conducted for the Association of Graduate Recruiters.  This audit asks graduate recruiters to rank the careers services in UK Higher Education Institutions.  Previously the highest position achieved by The Careers Group has been fifth but this year we leapt over Warwick and Oxford to come third behind Manchester and Cambridge.  The improvement is largely a reflection of the increased activity and quality of services provided by our College-based offices.

Launched on 8th March 2007, International JobOnline is the newest addition to the wide range of careers services offered by The Careers Group - University of London.

Currently International Students make up over 13% of the UK student population and the proportion is set to rise dramatically in the next fifteen years and is being positively encouraged by the British Government in the ‘Prime Ministers Initiative’. In June 1999 Tony Blair launched the strategy by saying:

‘We want to have 25 percent of the global market share of Higher Education students and we want to increase the number of international students studying in Further Education institutions by 100 percent. Our aim is to reach targets by 2005′ (DfES, 1999)

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The Careers Group are delighted to be able to announce the new revised 5th edition of the popular How to Write a CV published The Careers Group, University of London.

This new edition includes sample CVs, top tips, what employers are looking for along with a detailed look at different layouts and approaches to CVs.

Contents include detailed chapters on:

• The employer’s perspective
• What to include and what not to include
• Adapting your CV
• Dealing with difficult circumstances
• Cover letters
• What to do next
• Selection of sample CVs

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