The perks of being an intern I write this after sending, most likely, one of my last emails to my employer. A one-month paid internship, secured through the University, meant a new phone and a new LinkedIn connection. Vanity aside, an internship provided me with a plethora of opportunities that, in my view, supersedes the […]
Graduate
The unofficial Exe-it list
Having just completed my first term, it’s already scarily clear what it entails to be an Exeter student. It seems that the lifestyle adopted in the first few weeks actually remains until the day of graduation. From the (not so) fresh faced freshers to the breaking down third years, the Exeter experience can only truly […]
Job automation: humans need not apply
If the prospect of finding a graduate job wasn’t daunting enough already, the media has caught onto a new threat for the global workforce. An Oxford University study published in 2013-fuelled public interest when it found that 47% of jobs in America were vulnerable to automation. This is job automation on a larger scale than ever before. It’s a reality, […]
Capping our prospects
It’s safe to say that right now, it’s an uncertain time to be a student. An indication of the fate that could befall many of this decade’s graduates is already becoming clear; a report commissioned by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (the professional body for HR and people development) found that the growing amount […]