Resources
10 Minutes With
The School of Management subscribes to 10 Minutes With, an educational resource to help students understand the true nature of different jobs.
The resource comprises short video interviews with company directors, executives and business people of all sorts.
- To get started, just register here, you must use your Bradford email address
About 10 Minutes With
10 Minutes With is an educational website, designed for students of universities and business schools. Every week interviews are held with senior directors in various roles where they are asked to explain their jobs and day-to-day activities in exactly 10 minutes. The interviews help students understand the true nature of different roles and skills they require before launching specific career paths. Quite simply, 10 Minutes With helps students understand what working in a particular function would look like.
Online numeracy and verbal reasoning tests
Many recruiters now use ability testing as part of their recruitment process, be prepared and practice before you encounter the real thing!
The University Careers Service has bought the licence for students to practice the KENEXA online tests (verbal and numerical online tests).
If you want to have the opportunity to practice these tests, please email Roy Christian at R.Christian@bradford.ac.uk. Please state your full name, gender, your course title and year(1st /2nd /3rd/4th or postgraduate and your UoB number. This service is only open to current students of the university.
For further details, visit: http://www.careers.brad.ac.uk/psychometric-tests/index.php
24-hour access to the Career Insider
- industry and career guidebooks
- premium-employer profiles
- information on top employers
- company research area: link to more than 2,500 company profiles
- career advice covering 29 key categories
- industry overviews
- occupation profiles
A long standing and valued careers resource can be found at www.prospects.ac.uk this site provides a great variety of information on career options, job profiles, employer vacancies , graduate schemes.
A new careers resource for students at the university is Destinations
Destinations® can help you to:
- learn more about your career and lifestyle preferences
- recognise what you can offer the world of work and what it can offer you
- think broadly about career options and patterns of work
- pursue career ideas
- identify actions you can take now to start your career journey
www.careers.brad.ac.uk/destinations (opens new window)
This is a new resource which is now available to all students and makes available arrange of information and material for career opportunities worldwide.
- Expert Advice for Finding Jobs Overseas
- 80,000 Pages of Career and Employment Resources
- Country Career Guides
- Corporate Profiles
- Worldwide Job and Internship Postings
Careers International
Careers International organises unique, invitation-only Career Events at which top international employers meet and interview high potential graduates and professionals for a wide variety of international positions. These Events focus on different academic backgrounds and work experience, bringing together up to 15 international companies and 200 internationally strictly-selected candidates. For more information about our events and current job opportunities, visit www.careersinternational.com.
Employment Opportunities
You can also access other opportunities via the central careers website - www.careers.bradford.ac.uk
The Times 100 Careers Guide
The Times 100 Careers Guide is a resource for both students and careers Advisors on the latest opportunities within innovative companies from various sectors.
The guide's purpose is to provide an overview of the business, featuring where and how to apply for a wide selection of positions at different levels. It shows at a glance where particular opportunities are available for comparison and makes it easy for students to see what options are on offer.
The information can be viewed online at www.thetimes100.co.uk/careers
The times 100 has been providing educational resources for many years:
· The Experience Enterprise pack is an easy-to-use tool for students in preparation for work experience - www.experience-enterprise.co.uk
· The times 100 Business Case Studies give real-life examples of business in practice - www.thetimes100.co.uk
Growinfinance.com is a specialized job board for finance and banking professionals worldwide. Financial professionals can register for free on our website www.growinfinance.com, and benefit from our services.
More than 500 banks, other financial institutions and recruiters have advertised their vacancies on our website. Our main business is in Europe and the US, and we are rapidly expanding in Asia.
Jobsgopublic.com is the UK's leading public and not for profit sector niche jobs board, listing over 30,000 job vacancies last year. Job categories on www.jobsgopublic.com include the housing sector, educational and teaching opportunities and of course local and central government covering an extensive skill set.
What's on offer for job seekers:
- Save your search to receive the latest jobs directly to your email or mobile device
- Latest news and information via our news feed and jobsgopublic blog
- Online applications - less painful than multiple paper based application forms
- Secure encryption technology to ensure all job seeker information is secure.
- Web services comply with W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative
Business Because
businessbecause.com provides networking + news for the business school world.
Whether you're currently studying at b-school, considering an MBA, looking to recruit talented students or simply interested in the buzz from top business schools internationally, this is a site for you to join.
On the businessbecause.com network you can read and share daily news as well as publish your own stories, videos and business research and connect with other members globally. The service is completely FREE.
Career Gym is a globally-available psychometric test preparation website, launched in 2011 by British and Hungarian online training & e-learning entrepreneurs with a global network of psychologists, career experts and other consultants. Career Gym offers cutting edge psychometric test, aptitude test and job test preparation services, as well as the best possible tools, resources and free information to job seekers and employees wishing to advance in their career.
Career Gym