Coffee and Careers
By UoS Careers Service
Each episode is hosted by a member of the Careers Service team, and they'll be joined by several of the university's awesome students each week.
You'll find helpful career tips as well as inspiring coffee fueled conversation!
Coffee and CareersOct 11, 2019
How to succeed in interviews
Interviews can be pretty daunting, especially if you've never had one before. In this episode, we discuss some of our students' best and worst interview experiences, and their advice for people in interviews.
How to be enterprising at work
Did you know that being enterprising doesn't just mean working for yourself? Being enterprising in any workplace can help you progress in your career.
In this extended episode, we host a workshop which outlines what we mean when we talk about enterprise, and how using these skills can help you perform better and succeed in any career.
Changing direction
We all make decisions in our life that will affect our future. In this episode, we discuss this with some of our students, and whether the choices they have made have stayed the same or changed over time.
Global careers
In this episode, we ask students about their experiences working away from their home country, whether that's UK students abroad or international students working in Britain, and for their top tips for people wanting a global career.
Work Horror Stories (Halloween Special)
Warning: Not for the faint of heart (don't listen whilst eating....)!
In this spooky special, we hear from some University of Sheffield students as they regale some ghastly stories from their working life, and ghoulish interview experiences.
How would you react in these situations?
Skills and experience
What can you do to gain skills and experience? In this episode we discuss how doing work experience, volunteering or having a part-time job can get you the skills you need to get your career off the ground.
Preparing for LaunchPad
We're bringing 200 of the best employers this side of the galaxy to the Octagon Centre, on 21 - 23 October 2019 in our upcoming LaunchPad fairs!
In this episode we talk about what you can expect from the fairs, how to make the most of them, and the amazing opportunities our students have managed to secure after attending in previous years.
Jobs of the future
In this week's episode, we discuss what the jobs of the future might look like, and what skills employers might be looking for.
When I grow up
Welcome to the first episode of Coffee & Careers - the official University of Sheffield Careers Service podcast!
In this episode, we're joined by some of our fantastic students as we talk about what they wanted to do when they grew up as kids, and whether that has changed or not.
You'll find helpful career tips as well as inspiring coffee fuelled conversation!