From Campus to Careers
Join us as we chat about all things Careers and Placements. We'll be joined by a host of guests to support you every step of the way through your journey as an Aston University student. You can expect to hear about topics such as work experience, CV advice, assessment centres, the placement year and more!
Episodes
20 episodes
Workshop Series: Understanding how and when to use a cover letter
This episode of the workshop mini-series covers a commonly misunderstood topic - cover letters. We discuss what a cover letter is, what it should look like and how and when it should be used. We also discuss speculative cover letters and what a...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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24:24
Workshop Series: A deep dive into CVs and best practice when creating your own
In the first episode of our workshop mini-series, we take a deep dive into the world of CVs. Starting with the basics, we discuss what a CV is and why it's important to have one. We also chat about the various types of CVs, as well as best prac...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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38:52
Sharing your disability with an employer
In this episode, we are joined by a special guest from the Leonard Cheshire Change100 scheme, who shares some valuable insights on how best to approach sharing your disability with an employer. We also chat about the Change100 scheme and how th...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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24:38
How to engage with employers at virtual events feat. GSK
Joining us on today's episode is our very own careers consultant, Samira. Together, we quizzed our special guest, Josh on how students should approach engaging with employers at virtual events. Josh works in the early talent recruitment team at...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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19:36
Making the best start to your first year at Aston
We're back for the new academic year! This episode is perfect for any first year students just starting their journey at Aston. During the episode, we chat about all things Careers and Placements, as well as doing some myth-busting of common pe...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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22:08
Careers in Focus: Research Careers with Panashe Kativu
In this episode, we're joined by Aston Alumni, Panashe Kativu. She helps unpack what a career in research really looks like, talking about some of the challenges it presents, as well as the parts of it she loves. If you're think...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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21:09
Careers in Focus: Careers in Enterprise with Adil Delwar
In this episode, we're joined by Aston Alumni, Adil Delwar.Adil helps unpack what a career as an entrepreneur really looks like, talking about some of the challenges it presents, as well as parts of it he loves. If you're thinki...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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24:34
Careers in Focus: Business Analyst with Pakhi Sharma
In this episode, we're joined by Aston Alumni, Pakhi Sharma. She helps unpack what a career as a business analyst really looks like, talking about some of the challenges the role presents, as well as parts of the role she loves.
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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25:16
Careers in Focus: Consultancy Careers with Aaisha Begum
In this episode, we're joined by Aston Alumni, Aaisha Begum. She helps unpack what a career in consultancy really looks like, talking about some of the challenges the role presents, as well as parts of the role she loves. If you...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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21:46
Talking Placements with Jack McLarney
We're joined by current placement student, Jack McLarney to talk about all things placements. Jack landed his placement with Traffic Group Signals just before the coronavirus pandemic hit and has been working both on-site and from home since st...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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25:39
Lulu's Bakes: What it's like to run your own business
On this episode, we're joined by Lucy Holder, staff member, baker and most importantly, owner of Lulu's Bakes. By day, Lucy works with the Careers and Placements team as the Placement Preparation Manager so some of you may be familiar with her ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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23:16
Developing your enterprise skills with Aston Enterprise
This episode we're joined by Howard Duffy, Enterprise Consultant with BSEEN and Aston Enterprise. Howard talks us through just some of the opportunities students and graduates of Aston University have to develop their entrepreneurial skills, in...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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23:57
Securing a placement during the pandemic: A chat with Meha Bhindi
On this episode we're joined by placement student, Meha Bhindi to chat about how she's finding her first few months on placement. Meha discusses the work from home experience and reflects on the value of doing a placement as an optional placeme...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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20:30
All about Virtual Work Experience
In this episode, we're joined by First year Careers Coordinator, Emily Cunningham and Jobshop and Volunteering Services Manager, Cathy Laird to discuss all things work experience, focusing particularly on the virtual kind. This growing area of ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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28:21
Early Deadlines: A chat with Jordan Smith
Join us for a chat with recent Aston graduate, Jordan Smith. He fills us in on how things are going with his graduate job, what happened when he applied early for his placement and graduate role, how he tracked his applications to stay organise...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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19:19
Study Abroad: A chat with Alix Twiggs
On this episode, we're joined by Aston graduate Alix Twiggs to discuss all things study abroad. Alix chose to take the study abroad option for her placement year at Aston and discusses some of the challenges she faced as well as some of her fav...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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21:49
How to get started with Placements
We're joined by Hollie from the Placements Preparation Team this episode to discuss all things placements. We chat about the things you should be doing at the start of second-year to get ahead, and discuss the many placement options available. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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20:45
Preparing for Virtual Careers Events
As we start the academic year with 'the new normal', virtual careers events have become an essential way for employers to engage with students. For many students, this is a new challenge and may seem quite daunting. To help you, we've sat down ...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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24:15
Returning back to Aston - What to do next?
This one is aimed at our returning students who will be searching for a placement, graduate or further study opportunity this year. It's vital to make the first few weeks back at university count as we discuss some useful tips and advice to ens...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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35:13
An Introduction to Careers and Placements
This episode of From Campus to Careers focuses on the people and the teams behind Careers and Placements. We'll meet staff from across the department to chat about who they are, what they do, and how you can access their support as an Aston Uni...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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23:35
