Careers Service Quality Group Notes/Log – Monitoring External Links and Resources
Note: websites location: Careers Service home/lower bar/current students/looking for
work/graduate websites
Information Review 28 March 2014
Title
Digital Media/Video Production –
My Web Presenters
Sent to: Terry Speake/Dave
Clark/Employability Champion
Printed out for careers
information
Introducing Study in Holland
Action
Vanessa to include in Postgraduate
Study over summer.
www.studyinholland.co.uk
Helping Your Graduates Shine
Delete. Not targeted enough. 1624 yrs. Photos young.
Outcome/Progress
Completed
New PG hand out
developed for 2015/16
No further action
Assessment Centre HQ
RAF Aptitude Tests – added to Julie’s
lists of links
Add to Assessment Centre hand-out
JB added to website
24/11/14
CP added
Masters Degree On-line Org
Add to Postgraduate hand out
New PG hand out
developed for 2015/16
Teach Overseas in 2014
Fwded to Gail
Add to teaching hand-out?
International section
Completed
XL Graduate Placement Ltd
Fwded to Paul. Similar project
with business.
Add to Access to Employers+ Opps
hand out.
Completed
Faith James
Delete email, already acted on
18/11/13
No further action
Internwise
Fwd to Chris for attention of Grad
Interns and moodle maths
Fwd toAnita in Accountancy
Add to Accessing Opps
Completed
Empty Lemon
Add to Accessing Opps
Completed
Vanessa Casaru and Chris Poyner
Information Review 16 April 2014
Internwise
Delete – already actioned
Completed
Gap Year Match
Delete
Hand out to be developed on Gap
Year ?
To be discussed at
staff planning day for
development in
2015/16
Bubble Jobs
www.bubble-jobs.co.uk
Sent to art +design/creative tech
Add to Media hand out
JB added to website
Jobbydoo
Add to Accessing Opps hand out
Completed
Save the Graduate
Add to Accessing Opps hand out
Completed
Gateway Locations
Deleted. Bot v good. Errors and
only top 5 destinations.
No further action
Orseek.com
Develop a Working Abroad hand
out?
(Vanessa has lots of material from
AGCAS/Africa)
To be discussed at
staff planning day for
development in
2015/16
Teach English in China.co.uk
Put in Working Abroad hand-out
To be discussed at
staff planning day for
development in
2015/16
Gradlink Go UWE Bristol
Add to Working Abroad hand-out
To be discussed at
staff planning day for
development in
2015/16
Foot in the Door at a Law Firm
(Atom 42)
Fwd’d to law tutors. Nothing new.
Completed
Big Choice.com/digital edition
Add to Accessing Opps hand-out
Completed
Proceed.uk.com
(Business/legal)
Add to Accessing Opps hand-out
Completed
Vanessa Casaru and Chris Poyner
Information Review – 22 May 2014
Grad Mag (Jude Schofield)
www.graduate.co.uk
www.loudmag.co.uk
www.studyinternationalmag.com
www.studentandgraduate.com
Add to ‘Writing and
Publishing’ hand-out
Did not add to hand out
as they are more
general websites
Recruiter Talent
Sent to relevant tutors
Completed
James Megarry – Let’s Build Bridges
Alumni networks
Fwd’d to Julie B.
Completed
Sra Ballam – Internwise
www.internwise.co.uk
Add to Accessing Opps handout under
studentplacemtn/wes/intern
ships
Completed
www.volunteeringindia.com
Sent to Julia
Add to hand-out on Working
Abroad
To be discussed at staff
planning day for
development in 2015/16
www.jobmanji.co.uk
Add to ‘Finding out about
employers and accessing
opps’ hand-out
Add to web-site (Paul
establishing a link person)
Completed
Add to website psychometric
tests
Add to Assessment Centre
hand-out
Add to ‘a guide to graduate
schemes’
JB added 24/11/14
NOTE:
www.bolton.ac.uk/careers/currentstude
nts/looking for work - graduate websites
Practiceaptitudetests.com
http://www.savethegraduate.org/gradua
te-schemes
http://jobs.theguardian.com/graduate/
http://www.graddiary.com/
http://www.graduates.co.uk/
Vanessa Casaru and Chris Poyner
CP added
JB added 19/08/14
Information Review – 10 July 2014
www.works+volunteer.com
Gap Years Abroad
Forwarded to Julia and Julie
Can no longer find the
Add to Accessing
link
Opps/Employers handout
Work abroad handout not on
list for up-date/new resource.
Consider developing this for the
future. (Accessing opps handout might be getting a bit
unwieldy).
www.graduatetalentpool.direct.gov.uk Add to Guide to Graduate
Schemes
JB added 19/08/14
Salestrong
Invited to Careers and Opps
Fair as first line, concern they
may be motivated by selling
their training courses but there
does appear to be a level of
expertise.
Completed
Reed (Samuel Magialvori)
Already in accessing opps
handout
Invited to Careers and Opps
Fair to assess.
No further action
Career Player. 3 videos on
‘underrepresented’ groups:
Women in technology
Diversity in law
Women in banking
Forwarded to Simon Wiggins
and Erica Ballatyne
JB added to website
24/11/14
Swiss Finance
Findauniversity.com
www.postgraduatefunding.com
Database of funding
XL graduate placement – aimed at
employers
Forwarded to Peter Moran
Forwarded to Julie for website
Add to Postgraduate hand-out
– Vanessa
Emailed Julie re university
adopting this approach (placing
graduates with
employers/university acts as
employer). Bit of a long shot,
forward thinking but would
need resource commitment.
Already included in Vanessa’s
presentation on Assessment
Centres on shared drive under
Gradjob
Need to come back to – starting
point for next review.
Completed
JB added to website
Portfolio – recruitment – payroll,
credit control, benefits and rewards
positions
Assessment Day (from Josh Nixon)
TEFL Teacher Training Courses (Nico
Argentato)
Vanessa Casaru and Chris Poyner
Completed
Completed / already in
Accessing Opps hand
out
No further action
Needs further action at
next meeting
Information Review 24 July 2014
TEFL Teacher Training Courses (Nico
Argentato)
http://activelanguage.net/
Forwarded to Gail for
teaching handout
Site difficult to
understand/navigate
therefore did not
include
www.careersinpractice.com
Careers in accountancy/law. Not yet
launched
Responded to suggest they
get in touch when they are
launched
Passed to Brett to add
to Graduate Website
page 24/11/14
Dan Manzi at EverGrad
Matches grads to SME’s. Was a request
for funding as ‘strapped for cash’
Invited to Careers Fair
No further action
All About Group.
Forwarded to Chris for Opps
hand-out
(Vanessa recommended the
‘all about’ series
Completed
Working Adviser – network for Advisers
Deleted – we can work
through AGCAS/LinkedIn
No further action
Care Jobs Direct.co.uk
Fwd to Elaine Gillibrand
Completed
Emailed
michael.lee@csbm.co.uk and
invited to Careers Fair
www.salesroles.com Peter Moran
Graduate sales work
Invited to Careers Fair
Fwd’d to Business Dept
Completed
www.halesgroup
Hales Group Recruitment
Deleted too southern based
No further action
Rise Technical Recruitment
www.risetechnicalrecruitment.co.uk
Fwd’d to Chris for Accessing
Opps handout
Fwd’d to link tutors
engineering
Completed CP added to
hand out
Vanessa Casaru and Chris Poyner
Information Review 19 September 2014
Eteach – Rhys Howells
Forward to Andrea (Careers +
Opps Fair)
Forward to Gail and Julie B (but
not web-site link)
Information passed to staff actioned
Wendy McGuiness
Canadian Association of
Educators and Employers re:
Careers Options magazine.
Forwarded to Kesh Patel and
Ben Chen
Information passed to staff actioned
Strike Jobs
www.strike-jobs.co.uk
Chris to add to Accessing
Opportunities hand-out 2015
up-date
Further action 2015/16
Talent Cupboard
Andrea to delete. Please note
appears 3 times above, so also
delete these.
No further action
Jannike Onsten – Babbington
Fwd to Andrea to invite to
Careers Fair. Too specific for
web-site.
Information passed to staff actioned
Wozedu
Delete – confusing
professionals/students?
No further action
Mitula – Jobs in 37 countries
www.mitula@co.uk
JB emailed - Add to
International section on website
Add to Accessing Job
Opportunities
JB added to website 01/05/15
Media Volt
www.mediavolt.co.uk
Already in hand-out ‘Getting
into Creative Industries’
Jordan emailed to send to Julie
(hand-out) to add to web-site.
No further action
Information Review 18 December 2014
Pdf Bubble Jobs
Careers in the Digital Industry
Vanessa Casaru and Chris Poyner
Posted on the shared drive.
Hand-outs/information –
occupational series.
PDF already added to
download zone
Information Review 16 January 2015
We Connect Students
www.weconnectstudents.com
Add to Opportunities hand-out
AR delete
Add to 2015/16 Opps hand out
Email from Jamie Bettles
www.internchina.com
Add to Opportunities hand-out
AR delete
Add to 2015/16 Opps hand out
Email from Paul Young
www.grad-careers.co.uk
AR delete
No further action
AMP6 matchtech (agency)
AR delete
No further action
Bahgum
Email Joshua Booth
AR delete
No further action
Jobmanji
www.jobmanji.co.uk
Check if I Opportunities handout. If not add.
AR delete
Already added – no further
action needed
Email from Louise Erskine
www.careervolunteer.co.uk
Refer to Julia Hewitt
Add to Opportunities hand-out
AR delete
Add to 2015/16 Volunteer
Hand out
Sylvia@yeuk.org.uk
AR delete
No further action
Gapmedics
AR delete
No further action
Email from Chris Moss
www.aocjobs.com
GA Add to teaching hand-out
CP add to Teaching
Recruitment Agencies hand-out
Forwarded to Phil Matear
AR delete
Added to Teaching
Recruitment Agencies handout 22.1.15
Backpackeradvice.com
AR Delete
No further action
Martina@venturemarketing
Why graduates should consider
franchising
Forwarded to Jane PuttnamStuart
AR delete
Information passed to staff actioned
Email from Rosa Clara
Target leads us
AR delete
No further action
Email from Simran Gill
AcademyCube.eu
IT/science
technician/engineering
Job opportunities worldwide
Email from Matthew Caspell
www.nationalaccident
Add to opportunities hand-out
AR delete
Add to 2015/16 Opps hand out
Forwarded to Law
Information passed to staff actioned
Vanessa Casaru and Chris Poyner
Information Review 26 January 2015
Career Addict
www.careeraddict.com
Mix of articles/networking/CV
also links to
www.FindEmployment.com
Range of vacancies worldwide
Fwded to Marketing Team
Julie B to add to web-site
Add to Opportunities hand-out
Add to 2015/16 Opps hand out
Eteach – Justin Davies
On Recruitment Agencies
Teaching hand out.
Fwded to Gail
No further action
Info@bizapp
Deleted
No further action
Freazy
Deleted
No further action
www.grad-co.uk
Includes grad-careerbooster
Bursaries for work experience
and internships
‘Aimed at the best universities’
Deleted
No further action
Aaron Marchant – All About
Group
www.allaboutcareers.com
Finance + law
Check on Opportunities handout
Included in hand out no
further action
Craig Chitty – Capita
Deleted
No further action
Luke Seddon
www.Pavilionjobs.com
Add to Opportunities hand-out
Fwded to Julie B to add to website
Already added to website
Add to Opportunities hand-out
Fwded to Julie B to add to website
JB already added to website
www.edustaff.co.uk
On Recruitment Agencies
Teaching hand out.
Fwded to Gail
No further action
Red Cross
Doesn’t look professional!
CRCC Asia Annual Scholarship
Programme
Jin Yang
Deleted
No further action
Deleted out of date
No further action
Jack Williams
www.leadspring.com
www.3cb.co.uk
Deleted not relevant
No further action
Brian Wu
www.jobslivecareer.co.uk
Vanessa Casaru and Chris Poyner
Information passed to staff
JB asked M&C to add link
01/05/15
Add to 2015/16 Opps hand out
Add to 2015/16 Opps hand out
www.Europelanguagejobs.com
Catherine Rowland
Aimed at multi-lingual students
Opportunities abroad
Add to Opportunities hand-out
Add to 2015/16 Opps hand out
www.pragency.co.uk
Deleted
No further action
XL Graduate Placement
Charge for placements
Deleted
No further action
Karoline Kwiatkowska
Inteligent
Deleted Polish
No further action
Push
Aimed at 15 -18 year olds
Deleted
No further action
www.impactfactory.com
Charged for courses
Deleted
No further action
www.loudmag.co.uk
Pre grad
Deleted
No further action
Vanessa Casaru and Chris Poyner
Information Review 1 April 2015
Careers in Sport
Harvey Grout
Sent to Craig Hobbs
Sarah cc’d
Passed to staff - actioned
Frontier - volunteering
Fwded to Julia H
Add to Volunteering hand-out
Julie B – add to web-site
JB asked M&C to add to
website 01/05/15
Add to 2015/16 Volunteer
Hand out
www.jobhopnow.co.uk/graduate- Add to Opportunities handjobs
out
www.jobhopnow.co.uk/internshipjobs
Add to 2015/16 Opps hand
out
www.careervolunteer.co.uk
JB asked M&C to add link to
website 01/05/15.
Fwded to Julia H and Julie B
Add to to Volunteer hand-out
Add to web-site
Add to 2015/16 Volunteer
Hand out
www.lifewideeducation.co.uk
Social enterprise. Useful articles
related to PDR/reflection in
learning.
NOTE: Vanessa I went back to
have a more in-depth look and
couldn’t access the magazine.
Fwded to Marie Norman
No further action
www.workingcareers.co.uk
Vacancies for careers professionals
Fwded to team for
information
Deleted – not useful for our
students
No further action
Jobmanji
Deleted already actioned
No further action
www.metro-services.co.uk
Work/placements abroad
Note: Do we need to revisit
GoGlobal? Develop a Work
Overseas hand-out?
Deleted – Recruitment Agency
who charge
VC discussed GoGlobal with
JB. VC to research further
01/05/15
www.masterscompare.co.uk
Add to Postgraduate hand-out
Circulated to team as useful
articles for up-date
Vanessa Casaru and Chris Poyner
Julie B for discussion
Add to PG hand out 2015/16
Information Review – 26 May 2015
Barclay Lifeskills
Study International
Steve Donelan@studyand
graduate.com
www.practiceaptitudetests.com/
top-employer-profiles
Lucy Lynch
Ahx112@nottingham.ac.uk
Sarah Ballantyne-Payne
Strategydigital.co.uk
Thomson Local Business
www.emptylemon.co.uk
Jo Rowbotham
www.jobsinlifesciences.com
Not grad aimed at schools
Add in Postgraduate hand-out
Develop work/study abroad
hand-out and include
Add to Assessment Centres
www.jobapplications.co.uk
monica@jobapplications.co.uk
www.careerbuilder.co.uk
Add to ‘writing an application
form hand-out
Add to ‘employers + opps’
hand-out
Deleted search engine
optimizer
Do not promote subscription
deleted
Add to new hand-out on law –
Vanessa
Completed
Free e-book
Add to: ‘employers and opps’
hand-out
Delete not needed
Completed
Generation UK funding –
British Council
Internships
Graduate traineeships
Homestayprogramme
No link
Holding hand-out
international study and work
Infobizlink
www.wikijob.co.uk
Marcus Clarke
Allaboutlaw.co.uk/lawjobs/trainingcontracts
Olivia Piepe
www.workalpha
www.globalplacement.com
Emiel@stageplaza.nl
InternChina.com
www.internchina.com
StartupChina.com
Swiss Finance
www.careervolunteer.co.uk
Tinashe Sithole
All-Acad.com
Deleted
fwd to JB to add to web-site
Completed
Forwarded to Jane StuartPuttnam
Add to Employers and Opps
hand-out
Forwarded to Ann and Judith
in biology.
Completed
No further action
No further action
Completed
Deleted
Deleted
Forwarded to Julia for
inclusion in volunteering handout
Add to postgraduate/research
students hand-out
www.halesgroup.co.uk
Deleted
Edustaff
Already on ‘Useful websites
including recruitment
agencies’ for teaching
Vanessa Casaru and Chris Poyner
E4S
www.e4s.co.uk
www.gapmedics
www.glassdoor.co.uk
www.graduatejobs.co.uk
www.neuvoo.co.uk/jobs
p/t holiday jobs/internships
Add to ‘employers and opps’
hand-out
Not relevant deleted
Add to ‘Opps and employers’
hand-out
Add to ‘Opps and employers’
hand-out
Add to ‘Opps and employers’
hand-out
No further action
Completed
Completed
Completed
Information Review – 29 June 2015
www.careersinsport.co.uk
UK Net Guide
Seevee
www.artsculturemediajobs.com
Referred to Sarah.
Add to ‘Opps and employers’
hand-out
Deleted
www.americanhospitalityacadem
y.com
Add to Work Abroad hand-out
Findamasters/phd
Already on postgraduate handout
Completed
No further action
Chris to check on relevant
media hand-out
Not established in 2015/16
– now rolled over into
2016/17
No further action
www.fifteendesign.co.uk/journey
-into-the-design-industry
Chris to consider for handout
Getting into Cybersecurity
VC pass on to CP
Vanessa Casaru and Chris Poyner
Information Review – 20 July 2015
www.agenciesuk.com
Jack Aspden
CVs for Research Students
www.graduatemag.co.uk/jobs
Not suitable
No further action
Advice from Nobel Laureates Vanessa has forwarded a
hand-out she created on
this.
Add to Opps hand-out
Completed
Andrew Jessop – Salt Agency
Social Profile Checker
Forwarded to Sarah N to
review if positive
Workmaze – guide to MBAs
Deleted
Interview Simulator –
Sonru/Abintegro/Interviewstream
lucy@integro.com
No further action
Fwded to Sarah N
(overview from AGCAS,
along with contact at
Abintegro) for research and
feedback – should the
University invest in this?
Could fit well with The
Bolton Award.
Fwded to Gail for revision
of the ‘useful websites for
teaching’ hand-out
No further action
Deleted
www.Teachingpersonnel.com
www.lifewidemagazine.co.uk
Scotsnet
www.jobapplications.co.uk
www.placement-uk.com
www.thedrum.com
www.jobstestprep.co.uk
www.glassdoor.com
LMP Careers
www.savethestudent
Digital Design – Bubble Jobs
www.fifteen design
www.graduate-jobs.com
Fish4jobs.co.uk/graduate
Vanessa Casaru and Chris Poyner
Not suitable
Website for job seekers in
Scotland
Add to Opps hand-out (VC)
Completed
VC to add to hand-out on
work experience (combining
with Opps hand-out)
Chris to f/u – Careers Fair
(including workshop)
Completed
Free aptititude test
Poss 30 free access to
premium content
Deleted previously reviewed
Fwded to Sarah for sports
Invite to Careers Fair
DD add to Graduate Schemes
hand-out
Fwded to Chris link web-site
to Careershub/Digital Design
hand-out
Previously reviewed
VC add to Opps hand-out
COMPLETED
VC to check if already on
Opps hand-out
Completed
Completed
No further action
Completed
Completed
Completed
No further action
Completed
Information Review – 4 February 2016
Title
www.graduate-jobs.com
Webanywhere/skillsanywhere
www.jobapplications.co.uk
jobstestprep
www.grad-careers.co.uk
www.talentcupboard
freelancing opps
Unilancers.co.uk
Via Martyn Shaw
Stemgraduates.co.uk
Aimed at STEM also free IT testing
service – which languages
strongest in
99 designs
Resource Centre for
entrepreneurs
Gopunchit
Jobbydoo
Workmaze
Products and services for MBAs
Cactusworldwide.com
TEFL opps
www.acuitytraining.co.uk
Offer training. Lure in with
infographics on i/v prep – we
already cover
www.directoryofprofessions.co.uk
Information on professional
bodies
www.gograd.org/onlineresources
Guide to on-line graduate
programmes American
Bubblejobs – Day in the Life of
articles
Elevatorcafe.com
Social enterprises, charities,
ethical jobs. No definition of
ethical.
Marvinmanzu
Pharmacy Manager touting to
offer advice
Vanessa Casaru and Chris Poyner
Action
Deleted
Deleted Not convinced,
requires team of 4.
Add to Interview hand-out
In opps hand-out
Deleted
Unable to retrieve link
10% of profits go to
sponsorship for work
experience and internships
deleted
Outcome/Progress
No further action
No further action
Completed
Already in assessment centre
hand-out
Checked google still unable to
source
No further action
Cannot retrieve, deleted
No further action
Advised Charlotte via email
Chris to add to ppt computer
studies
Completed
Deleted - Berlin
No further action
Deleted charge for advice
On Opps hand-out
Deleted
No further action
No further action
No further action
Add to international opps
section of opps hand-out
Deleted
New hand out for 2016/17
Deleted already covered
where relevant in Prospects
No further action
Deleted
No further action
Sent email to JB to be added
to website
Delete covered by charity
jobs
Completed
Deleted
No further action
No further action
No further action
www.nationalaccident helpline
foot in the door at a law firm
www.jobsearchbible.com
American
www.scotsjobsnet.co.uk
Deleted forwarded to law
twice already
Delete
No further action
Don’t need covered by other
jobsearch engines. Most
relevant for Scottish
universities
Add to hand-outs and ppt
No further action
Deleted twice
No further action
Already in assessment
centres hand-out
No further action
Action
Deleted involves costs
Deleted. Placements requiring
framework for a year out
Add to Opportunities handout and web-site
Deleted – involves charge
Already on postgrad handout.
Fwd’d to JB for inclusion in
student bulletin . Bursary
opening May 2016
Deleted – not impressed with
the standard
Deleted – not impressed with
the standard
Deleted San Francisco based
Deleted
Outcome/Progress
No further action
No further action
www.futurelearn.com/courses interviews
writing applications
Allgreenpr.com
PR company offering guides on
hairdressing and dental tech
Graduates first
No further action
Added to ppt CP
Information Review – 17 March 2016
Title
Interview Guru
Cummins Grad Jobs
Intern Avenue
ImmerQi
FindaMasters
Ultimate Guide to building a CV
Youth Central
Learn Psychology
Vine Up
Vanessa Casaru and Chris Poyner
Add for 2016/17
No further action
No further action
No further action
No further action
No further action
No further action
Information Review: 21 April 2016
Title
Startdoms
constantina@startdoms.com
Action
Forwarded to Jane StuartPuttnam
Looks good but there is a charge
www.globalcareerscompany.com In the International File
(Vanessa to pass to Julie)
To be b/fwd to new hand out.
Outcome/Progress
Completed
New hand out 2016/17
Health Careers
On the website, but needs to
be updated
Update Summer 2016 as part
of review
Inside Careers
Needs to be on web-site.
On the Opps hand-out.
Update Summer 2016 as part
of review
Next meeting:
5 May 2016 – Creative resources
23 June 2016 – University website – mentions of the Careers Team
Vanessa Casaru and Chris Poyner