is now a Social Media Manager.
Ray’s Success Story
Ray graduated from our ACE Programme recently and has secured a role with Lidl in HR. Check out what she has to say!
Networking: Why It’s So Important for Job Hunting
Network, network, network! If you want to get hired by the best companies out there, you’ll need to develop your employability skills. These are the tools and techniques you need to effectively market yourself to potential employers to get an interview. Networking is...
Why is your professional brand important when job searching?
You might be wondering, what is my professional brand? It’s the impression that people form of you based on what they know about you through your CVs, cover letters, social media profiles, and other materials you use to communicate with them professionally. While...
What are soft skills and why are they important?
When job searching, we can often overlook the importance of soft skills and focus more on the hard skills we have. However, soft skills are just as, if not more, important than hard skills - they make us employable. Today, we’re going to be talking about soft skills....
The Social Mobility Careers Fair 2021: here’s what you missed
On the 6th and 7th of October, we hosted our 8th annual Social Mobility Careers Fair, which for the second consecutive year took place online. This year’s event was supported by finance and stock exchange firm, CMC Markets and the associated charity, The Peter Cruddas...
Work, Meet Life; Now Balance
By Saida Welcome back! We’ve got another segment of job hacks to share with you all. Over the years, I have found it to be hard to find the fine line of balance between work and life – and the older and more independent I become, I find myself scrambling...
Julian
After finishing university, I had trouble getting to the interview stage for the jobs I had been applying to. This was a huge hit to my confidence, especially with my confidence in how good my CV was. I joined the Virtual ACE Programme in September 2020, hoping to...
Jadine
Before Making The Leap, I graduated in 2019 with a degree in Fashion Promotion and Communication. Post-graduation, I freelanced at a Digital Marketing agency and in 2020, I decided I wanted to pursue a full-time career in public relations. I soon found out that PR is...
Jasmine
I recently graduated from the University of East Anglia (in June) and studied Marketing and Management. In the first month of finishing my degree, I struggled to find jobs as I got to the final stages of interviews, and it didn’t progress any further. I found out...