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 more information, please visit: http://www.careers.brad.ac.uk/psychometric-tests/index.php
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
Prospects
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 and graduate schemes amongst others.
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)
The Information room at the Career Development Services at city campus offers details on occupations, employers, job-search skills and other relevant topics. Most of the information can also be accessed electronically via the Careers Service web site
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
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