Videos and Podcasts

Over the next few months, the Careers Advisory Service will start to build up its collection of video streams and audio downloads.

Videos on Destinations

The Destinations website has an extensive video library of over 100 high quality clips featuring careers advisers, employers and students covering on a variety of subjects including taking placement years, CV and interview tips and much more! This can be accessed at https://www.reading.ac.uk/destinations/html/resources.shtml

herecomestheboss video clips

In collaboration with herecomestheboss.com, the Careers Advisory Service has put together a range of short video clips including CV Secrets and How to Impress at the Fair. This will grow over time to include video presentations from companies who regularly recruit Reading graduates. Visit the UoR Careers page on herecomestheboss at herecomestheboss.com

AGCAS Making an Impact: The Graduate Job Interview

These show real students and graduates being interviewed by actual recruiters. It includes extracts from each interview, selectors' verdicts and candidates reflecting on their own performance. The interviews featured are with KPMG, Enterprise Rent-A-Car and for the post of graphic designer with Winning Moves, a small creative agency in the West Midlands. The video features international students, postgraduates and art and design students.

View clips (requires UoR login).

Your Job's Online

This programme shows how applicants can maximise their chances of success when completing electronic applications. It shows two major employers selecting graduates using only their electronic applications. We hear the selectors assessing the candidates' performance, and see the candidates' reactions to those comments.

View clip (47 minutes)
(requires UoR login).