Careers and Recruitment

Advice and ideas for breaking into video production from Andy Havard, Marketing Executive at Skeleton Productions, a UK based corporate video production company. Students and first-time filmmakers will always find the idea of breaking into the video production world rather daunting. However, there are a variety of production styles open to amateur videographers, which can [...]

Nik Shah from Wikijobs provides tips and advice on how to prepare for In-tray or E-tray exercises and writes about his own experience: This blog is to help graduates and job seekers prepare for In-tray or E-tray exercises. Now you’re probably wondering what are In-tray or E-tray exercises, but I’ll get onto that in a moment. [...]

Luke Cairns,  Producer at Butchers Hook Video, provides essential tips and advice on  getting in to the business: During a normal working week here at Butchers Hook Video, I’ve come to expect at least a dozen CV’s of young people interested in breaking into the film business in the UK. Now it is widely known [...]

You often here people talk about being a confident swimmer or maybe a confident cook – so can you apply the same to interviews?  What does it take to become confident?  To learn new skills often involves trial and error and plenty of practice.  Your confidence improves quickly if you have someone to show you how it [...]

A new interactive workshop held in the Purple Door Careers and Recruitment Centre providing information and advice to help navigate the online jobs market. Students who have taken part have said “knowledge and help was exceptional”, “an insightful taster of where to begin looking for work”.  More sessions are planned with furtherdetails on our website.

You’ve unpacked your stuff, caught up with your friends and you have your new timetable but is that everything on your list of things to do?  To make the best start to your year come and visit us at Purple Door Careers and Recruitment, put us at the top of your list to get a [...]

This presentation provides useful information on the visa options currently available to International Students after graduation, including detailed information on the Post-study Work Visa.  It also outlines the changes that will take place to the visa rules in April 2012, including the closure of the Post-Study Work Visa. The presentation was given by Adrian Farley, [...]

The Pupillage Portal is now open and Law Careers.Net has a featured article providing advice from Leeds-based barrister Simon Myserson on how to fill in the pupillage application form.

This was a new event for Purple Door Careers and Recruitment and the feedback from both students and employers has been really positive.  The idea for the Boot camp was to give students advice and tips on all aspects of the interview process, from walking in to the room to answering difficult competency based questions. [...]