Author Archives: Louise Donaghy

Hello students,

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I have an important message…many employers think LOUGHBOROUGH students and graduates are AWESOME! Read on for more information…

I am the Employer Engagement Manager for the Careers and Employability Centre at Loughborough University and as such get to work with hundreds of employers who want to employ YOU! So much so, each year they have a strategy for engaging with Loughborough students and organise activities just to raise their profile. They even compete with each other just so they can attract Loughborough’s top students!

You may think that this is the case with all top universities? Not so, our Graduate Recruitment and Placement Fair is now the BIGGEST careers fair in the UK with 182 exhibitors. We also arrange over 80 employer events during October and November which is not the case for many other universities… all because employers want to attract Loughborough students.

So, to keep the employers coming and to make these events the huge success they deserve we need YOU to support them by making sure you attend!

And REMEMBER to keep an open mind as the majority of employers recruit from ANY discipline and, for example, an engineering company could also have opportunities in other areas, such as, HR and Marketing. So, you could be studying any subject and still be able to attend the majority of our employer events.

Make sure you don’t miss out and follow the links below..

Please go here to view the employer events schedule: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/service/careers/events/employer/employer-presentations.html

Please go here for further details of the fair: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/service/careers/events/employer/fairs/graduate-fair.html

One last thing, the Careers and Employability Centre is here to help…if you would like advice and guidance on attending any employer event or how to apply for a position, book yourself an appointment by emailing careers@lboro.ac.uk.

Beware of hoax job offers

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Although a job offer might be the news you’ve been desperately waiting for, beware, it might be a scam!  As another recent bbc news article outlines, job seekers are vulnerable to scams.  You could be conned out of money, not be paid for work you’ve done, become a victim of identity theft or be tricked into criminal activities.

Whilst we are able to advise some of the students and graduates we see each year on the perils of hoax job offers, many more may be unwittingly getting scammed. Don’t let that happen to you!

Criminals trawl CV posting sites looking for easy prey so beware of random, unsolicited emails offering you work.  Scammers post bogus job adverts all over the web so be wary about applying to jobs on web  sites where the information is not vetted, like Gumtree for example. So, if you want to upload your CV online make sure you do not include any information that could be used for identity theft, address or DOB etc.

Here are some tips if the job advert/offer:

  • sounds too good to be true? Then it probably is..
  • has an application process of calling a premium number? Be very wary..
  • directs you to other sites, companies or numbers than the ones on the advert? Then it could be a cover up for a bad reputation or a scam..
  • is a scheme where you make money by signing up new members? Avoid..

So, ask questions, do not sign anything before you’re sure and it’s been checked out, do not part with money until you know exactly what you are getting and, during the initial application, do not provide bank or financial information, passport or anything similar.

Remember, you can always ask the Careers and Employability Centre for a second opinion.  If you think you have been the victim of a scam, report it so that the police and/or the Office of Fair Trading can try to prevent it happening to other people.