Online Tools
Throughout our website we signpost you to a number or 'online' tools and systems designed to assist you at various points in the career planning, job search and application process. For reference, they are listed here, all in one place.
eCareersGrad
Using these interactive, modular, video-based online courses, you can watch video-based answers showing what great (and not so great) interview performance looks like and access model answers and expert advice.
Interview Success
- 30+ video-based candidate example answers for popular sectors including consulting, banking, finance, law, policy and the public sector.
- 10+ recruiter answer scoring guides and illustrated answer structures for introductory, motivation, competency, strength-based (and weakness) and scenario questions.
- Spotlights on anticipating potential questions, dealing with video interviews and what to ask the interviewer.
Watch the Interview Success introductory video.
Master the Consulting Case
- 15+ video-based candidate answers for key case scenarios including market sizing, market entry, revenue growth and more.
- Recruiter answer scoring guides and illustrated answer structures for handling the case introduction, issues analysis and dealing with the numbers.
- Spotlights on how to use case ‘frameworks’, essential financial concepts and mastering note-taking. Practice (partner) cases with model answers.
Watch the Master the Consulting Case introductory video.
If you have already graduated, and do not have an account for eCareersGrad with a º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ email address, please contact studentservices@lboro.ac.uk with your student number and year of graduation, asking for access to this resource.
Graduates First
Careers Network has teamed up with Graduates First to provide a range of practice psychometric tests, games and video interview practice and example assessment centre exercises. This gives you free access to:
- Verbal, numerical, logical reasoning, situational judgment and personality tests.
- A workstyle personality questionnaire and question identifier tool (QIT) which will help you identify the types of competencies and questions that are likely to come up in any forthcoming interview.
- Games and video interview practice, with questions for competency based interviews, strength based interviews and 10 industries (e.g. banking and consultancy).
- Detailed, personalised feedback on your answers and performance and tips for improving your score.
- Fully worked solutions for all questions that you answered incorrectly.
- Example assessment centre exercises.
- Detailed step-by-step guides to over 100 top graduate employer’s recruitment stages and hints on how to pass their assessment process.
Making sure you are connected to the University Network, either on campus or via the VPN.
If you have already graduated, and do not have an account for Graduates First with a º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ email address, please contact studentservices@lboro.ac.uk with your student number and year of graduation, asking for access to this resource.
eCareersGrad
eCareersGrad provides modular, video-based, interactive eLearning courses for º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ students.
International Students: Target the Right UK Employer
- Did you know that just 300 UK employers routinely sponsor the vast majority of International Students for UK grad schemes and job opportunities? Do you know who these employers are?
- eCareersGrad tells you about the UKs biggest International Student sponsoring employers - ranked, sector specific and searchable to help you ‘Target the Right UK Employer’ in your graduate job applications.
- Here you can find international student video testimony, case studies and interactive guides to strategies for successfully sourcing UK jobs and work experience.
You can also find information about eCareersGrad's Interview Success and Master the Consulting Case courses in our section on Interviews.
If you have already graduated, and do not have an account for eCareersGrad with a º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ email address, please contact studentservices@lboro.ac.uk with your student number and year of graduation, asking for access to this resource.
Student Circus
This job search platform for international students provides filtered visa-enabled job listings, internships, and placement opportunities with employers that sponsor Skilled Worker visas. This means you can save time in your job search by only applying to hand-picked employers who hire and value international students.
Opportunities in your home country
The Student Circus platform also has job and internship listings with new-age companies back home that value your global experience and education. These are available for international students from 29+ countries, including China, South-East Asia, Europe, Latin America and America, returning to their home countries or keen to intern in their home country during University vacations.
Resources
Student Circus also has lots of really useful resources, including an immigration guide, country guides, hints and tips for international students and a job seekers' toolkit.
If you have already graduated, and do not have an account for Student Circus with a º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ email address, please contact studentservices@lboro.ac.uk with your student number and year of graduation, asking for access to this resource.
Target Connect
Target Connect is the Careers Network online system which allows you to interact with our services, access opportunities and book onto our activities. We recommend this for all our students and graduates so you can get the best out of the services we provide. Using Target Connect you will be able to:
- Book an appointment for individual support with a member of the Careers Network team.
- Sign up to both Careers Network events and Employer-led events, held on campus and remotely, as well as a range of external and online events.
- Access our Talent Match programmes, which provide exclusive paid short-term internship opportunities for our students.
- Search thousands of job opportunities, covering a wide range of part time jobs, internships, placements and graduate roles.
- Keep up to date with all the latest events and opportunities by creating your profile and setting your preferences, ensuring you receive notifications about the areas of most interest to you with the regularity that suits.
If you have already graduated, simply re-register as a graduate to again access.