{"id":50,"date":"2015-12-18T13:18:40","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T13:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/careerdevelopmentservice\/?p=50"},"modified":"2025-02-26T13:26:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T13:26:42","slug":"new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/careerdevelopmentservice\/2015\/12\/18\/new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year, New Career, New Outlook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/careerdevelopmentservice\/files\/2015\/12\/Make-things-happen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-51\" src=\"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/careerdevelopmentservice\/files\/2015\/12\/Make-things-happen-300x143.jpg\" alt=\"Make things happen\" width=\"300\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/careerdevelopmentservice\/files\/2015\/12\/Make-things-happen-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/careerdevelopmentservice\/files\/2015\/12\/Make-things-happen.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>January is rubbish. It\u2019s cold, wet and dark and your holiday is over. You are back, revising hard for your exams and assignment deadlines are coming in thick and fast, so how do you motivate yourself to get back on the job\/internship search.<\/p>\n<p>Ten members of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.le.ac.uk\/careers\">Career Development Service <\/a>Team tell you how;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cPlan something to look forward to at the end of January to give you a light at the end of the tunnel\u201d Ian Walker, Curriculum Employability Manager<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMake a timetable and prioritise time for revising, down time and job searching\u201d Anna Graves, Curriculum Project Officer<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSpend time with other people \u2013 revision groups, social time \u2013 just make sure you get out and remind yourself that you aren\u2019t the only one in this position\u201d Deborah Fish, Intern<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThink about your long term aspiration \u2013 remind yourself why it\u2019s important to you and take small steps in the right direction\u201d Gosia Juchniewicz, Internships Project Officer<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBuy yourself little treats that will make your revision\/job search more enjoyable\u201d Beccy Smyth, Curriculum Project Coordinator <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMake one change at a time \u2013 don\u2019t try to do everything all at once\u201d Will Freestone, Employer Relationships Coordinator <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cTake some time out and focus on things that you enjoy \u2013 sports, spending time with friends \u2013 balance is really important.\u201d Elizabeth Cornish, Project Manager: Leicester Award <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cDrink lots of tea \u2013 it always helps\u201d Jack Carling, Volunteer Project Coordinator <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBe positive \u2013 rather than write a \u2018To-Do\u2019 list, write an \u2018achievement\u2019 list \u2013 it makes you realise how much you are getting done!\u201d Marie Muir, Project Manager: Communication and Events <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhat you do today can improve all your tomorrows\u201d. Ralph Marston<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So Ralph doesn\u2019t work with us \u2013 but it\u2019s a great quote!<\/p>\n<p>If you are still struggling to kick start your January \u2013 come and see us \u2013 we can help you to focus your search in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.le.ac.uk\/offices\/careers-new\/about-us\/find-us\">guidance appointment<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January is rubbish. It\u2019s cold, wet and dark and your holiday is over. You are back, revising hard for your exams and assignment deadlines are coming in thick and fast, so how do you motivate yourself to get back on the job\/internship search. Ten members of the Career Development Service Team tell you how; \u201cPlan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/careerdevelopmentservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/careerdevelopmentservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/careerdevelopmentservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/careerdevelopmentservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/careerdevelopmentservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/careerdevelopmentservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/careerdevelopmentservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions\/52"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/careerdevelopmentservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/careerdevelopmentservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/careerdevelopmentservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}