{"id":1419,"date":"2018-02-06T14:30:09","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T14:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copyright.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/?p=1419"},"modified":"2018-02-06T14:48:09","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T14:48:09","slug":"graduate-finalists-semester-2-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/advice\/graduate-finalists-semester-2-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"From a graduate to finalists \u2013 Semester 2 advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019ve finished your January exams, great work! Now you\u2019ve taken some time to recover, it\u2019s a great time to start thinking about your next steps after university.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Speaking from experience, I know this can be a daunting\u00a0task. <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/advice\/graduate-mid-exams-careers-advice\/\">In my first blog<\/a>, I spoke about how to get started with some initial research for your first steps after University. The problem is, there is so much information out there, I found myself wondering where the best place was to start my job hunting, and what advice to listen to. In the end, I felt really unsure about how best to tackle the choices presented to me.<\/p>\n<h3>Feeling overwhelmed? Don&#8217;t panic&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s okay to feel this way. I did, and I\u2019m pretty sure most of your friends do too, no matter how much they appear to have it all together. There is a lot of information out there, and it can end up being a bit of an overload.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1421\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/02\/2-1024x579.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/02\/2-1024x579.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/02\/2-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/02\/2-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/02\/2-370x209.jpg 370w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/02\/2-770x435.jpg 770w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/02\/2.jpg 1378w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>There are so many options out there, where do you even start!<\/h3>\n<p>You may be thinking &#8220;How do I filter through the all the websites and endless information?&#8221;. If you have <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/advice\/graduate-mid-exams-careers-advice\/\">researched what you want to do<\/a>, or you have some idea, it\u2019s a great start; however, if you still have that uneasy feeling of where to even start, listen up! I could have the answer.<\/p>\n<p>Are you aware that the university can help you? Fortunately, you have an award-winning <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lboro.ac.uk\/services\/careers\/\">Careers service<\/a> right on your doorstep; located in the Bridgeman Student Service Building, right next to the EHB.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1422\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/02\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1006\" height=\"701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/02\/3.jpg 1006w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/02\/3-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/02\/3-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/02\/3-370x258.jpg 370w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/02\/3-770x537.jpg 770w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/02\/3-70x50.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1006px) 100vw, 1006px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You may have already been, great, go again! If you haven\u2019t, I\u2019m going to give you some advice I wish I could have given my stubborn third-year self.<\/p>\n<p>This is the perfect time for you to utilise the university&#8217;s facilities whilst you still can, and you can start by visiting the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lboro.ac.uk\/services\/careers\/\">Careers Network.<\/a>\u00a0They care about your future, and they are there to help you.<\/p>\n<p>You can book an appointment or go to a drop in session, just talking to one the Careers Consultants can really help, they are experts after all.<\/p>\n<h3>Get to know your departments\u2019 career consultant.<\/h3>\n<p>You can find the consultants on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lboro.ac.uk\/services\/careers\/students-and-graduates\/access-careers-help\/meet-careers-team\/\">Careers Network website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t utilise the university&#8217;s Careers Network whilst I was at university, but having worked with the team, I really wish I&#8217;d stopped making excuses and gone to visit them sooner.\u00a0 Now I\u2019m telling you, learn from my mistakes!<\/p>\n<p>They can give you great advice really quickly. I walked away from an appointment feeling reassured, I had a new positive outlook and I felt motivated to tackle the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1423\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/02\/4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/02\/4.png 720w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/02\/4-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/02\/4-370x493.png 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Take advantage of the time you have here and the facilities that are provided.<\/h3>\n<p>When you finish, you don\u2019t want to regret not seizing the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Have a great term and keep an eye out for my final blog at Easter time!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1424\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/02\/5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/02\/5.jpg 960w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/02\/5-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/02\/5-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/02\/5-370x207.jpg 370w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/02\/5-770x432.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Here are some other links you might find useful:<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lboro.ac.uk\/services\/careers\/students-and-graduates\/research-your-career\/schools\/\">Schools Page<\/a> \u2013 great place to find course specific careers links and ideas<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lboro.ac.uk\/services\/careers\/staff\/graduate-destinations\/grad-profiles\/\">Graduate profiles<\/a> \u2013 see what alumni from your course have gone on to do<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/internal.lboro.ac.uk\/info\/careers\/students-and-graduates\/careers-toolkit\/\">Careers toolkit<\/a> \u2013 work out what you like and what you might be good at<\/p>\n<h4>About the author:<\/h4>\n<p><em>Hi, I\u2019m Sarah, I graduated in 2017 with a BA in Fine Art. Since graduating, I have found that life after university planned out differently from what I imagined, and you know what, the real world is hard.<\/em><span id=\"more-1357\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>I am currently working as an intern at Loughborough University\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lboro.ac.uk\/services\/careers\/\">Careers Network.<\/a>\u00a0I\u2019m assisting with\u00a0a new project to help my fellow 2017 graduates find full-time graduate level employment.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>From my current role and my own personal experience I would like to help you guys prepare for life after university, which is why between now and Easter, I\u2019ll be writing three blogs full of things I wish I\u2019d known about employment after university when I was a finalist.<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019ve finished your January exams, great work! 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