Have you ever looked at your Facebook or Twitter profile as if you were an employer? Would you recruit yourself? Jobhunting eBook on social media for students We have just written an eBook, From Student to Salary with Social Media, to help students use social media in their job hunting (link to book). Employers say … Have you just graduated? Is your Facebook hindering or helping you to get a job?
A’ Level results are out. Great excitement for some, disappointment for others – and uncertainty for large numbers. Will their university of choice still accept them if they just missed a grade? The hard work has started at both UCAS and in universities – answering thousands of queries and helping students through clearing. Most businesses … UCAS shows universities and businesses how to use Facebook for real customer engagement
Guest blog by Sarah Larby The five Facebook faux pas that could cost you a job Like many people, I saw social media as a way of keeping in contact with friends, uploading photos and following trends and celebrities. However, having read Northern Light’s ebook ‘From Student to Salary’ I realise it can be used … The five Facebook faux pas that could cost you a job
Are teachers and academics short changing our young people? In academic and educational circles, many have been slow to adopt social media – and there are still those who are dismissive of social media as a lot of silliness. Perhaps an element of intellectual snobbery? Lecturers don’t have social media skills Whatever the reason, students … Students must be educated in social media
Universities need to teach different employability skills to ensure their graduates get jobs. Blogging, Twitter and LinkedIn are essential, as are knowing how to network and ‘create’ their own job opportunities.
There is no doubt that most academic research has little value if it cannot be applied in the real world. With greater scrutiny of the public purse and increasing tuition fees, it is more important than ever that academics and universities demonstrate the value of their research to wider society and the business community. This … Communicating academic research – does social media have a role?
by Mohammed Waheed Did the Northern Lights internship help me? Was it worth the time and career development? There is only one answer to this question and it is a big resounding, YES!! Is it going to be worthwhile? I was a bit sceptical when participating in the internship in regards to how it could … Where there’s a will, there’s a job – Internships, the way forward?
by Shaeeb Tanwir, I was one of the interns on the Northern Lights PR internship during the summer of 2010 and learnt a lot from it; currently I work for a digital marketing agency called Zeal Digital and have found a lot of the skills I learnt during my time at Northern Lights have been … Northern Lights developed my Zeal for Online Marketing
Peter Finnegan and Filiz Ozakinci are the Chartered Institute of PR’s student reps at Leeds Metropolitan University. They attended a guest lecture on ‘PR in the Boardroom’ given by Northern Lights PR’s chief executive Victoria Tomlinson as part of an autumn lecture series celebrating 20 years of the PR degree at the university Northern Lights … PR in the Boardroom
