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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
Top 10 Countries for Engineers to Move to
Financial professionals flock to New York, computer programmers to Silicon Valley, and entertainers to Los Angeles. But if you’re an engineer where do you face the best prospect for landing a successful job?
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
Most Sought After Skills Managers Look for in Engineering Grads
Around 1 in 10 university graduates takes up a career in engineering each year. It is a competitive and dynamic field that offers many opportunities for professional realization and development. However, it's important that you know what the most sought after skills managers look for in engineering grads are to give yourself a competitive advantage over other candidates.
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- Study Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
10 Short Courses To Refresh Your Engineering Skills
Engineers face many challenges in their line of work – even more so in this day and age. Being prepared to adapt to new technologies and address pressing social concerns creates the necessity for developing and maintaining a constant set of major technical skills that require updating on a regular basis. To stay competitive engineers should consider the many options for professional development there are and short courses are a great way to ensure they stay up-to-date with new industry standards and technological breakthroughs.
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- Study Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
How to Rock Your College Exams - 10 Top Learning Tips
Ugh, exams are coming up soon, and that means you need to start your revision. Here are our tips on making your learning as painless as possible! 1. Start revising early It's super tempting to leave your revision till the last minute – you won't remember anything if you start revising more than a week before the exam, right? Nope, in fact revising early will help you to remember more and it'll make you less stressed. Start planning revision sessions around a month before your exams. 2. Be organised with your revision
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- Blog Post
- Posted 7 years ago
10 Most Useful Apps For Bachelor's Students
Your phone is one of the most useful tools you've got when you're studying. Try out these ten apps which will help to get you through your Bachelor's degree: 1. Dropbox
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- Study Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
Do's and Don'ts In Your College Freshman Year
DO get to know your dorm-mates and fellow students. College can be a scary place, socially speaking. But making friends and connections is as much a part of the college experience as academic achievement. Try new things, meet new people, and push yourself to try to make new friends. The secret is that everyone feels uncomfortable and shy when they first start college – you're not the only one!
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
Academizing During Your First Academic Conference
There was a certain naiveté in the air when I went to my first academic conference. I thought that all I would have to do is to write a decent paper and to present it to the public. In retrospect this could have ended badly and I wish someone had intercepted me on the way to the airport and given me some key-warnings to know in advance. Thus, after this multifaceted experience, I thought to write the following points in a humble and only half-serious manner.
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- Study Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
How To Balance Your Course Load As An Undergraduate
When you're starting out as undergraduate student, there is so much to think about and to remember that it can be hard to know how to manage your course load. With that in mind, these tips can help you balance your courses so that your undergraduate experience can be as rewarding and positive as possible.
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- Team Diversity
- Posted 8 years ago
Diversity Recruitment: hiring multicultural talent for institutions
Globalization has had a significant impact on the structure and function of organizations. Nowadays, HR and student recruiters are eager to offer positions to candidates from all over the world who provide a diversity of talent, the best skills and cultural adaptability. Previously we have discussed why hiring an international candidate can benefit your workplace and the multiple benefits of international students for universities. Now we want to go deeper into the topic of diversity recruitment and present some techniques to gather the best talent for your institution and maintain a happy, multicultural team.
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- Team Diversity
- Posted 8 years ago
How to motivate a multicultural team
Managing a multicultural team can be exciting and challenging. While employers might know what to expect from employees with the same background as them, a multicultural team demands more time and dedication since not all management and motivation techniques will work the same way with all team members. Last month we talked about diversity recruitment and how to hire multicultural talent for institutions. In this article we will address different suggestions that will help you keep your employees and students engaged.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 8 years ago
5 Reasons Why You Should Learn A New Language
Learning a new language can be fun and rewarding, but all too often it's considered just a necessary part of schooling for children or teenagers. However, learning a language as an adult can bring your a range of benefits, including improving your employability and career prospects. Below we're considering some of the advantages of learning a language in terms of your job or studying.
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- Recruitment Events
- Posted 8 years ago
Events in 2016 that your University should not miss
As a human resources or student recruitment officer you are probably well aware of the power that networking offers for your professional life and your organization. Trade shows and conferences provide an ideal space for you to develop the activities of your institution, whether to build beneficial research-focused relationships, to gather ideas for new recruitment strategies, to find new partners for your institution, or actually to recruit students, academics and professionals.
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- Recruiter Advice Article
- Posted 8 years ago
Recruitment for Academic Positions: Timing & Strategy
Applying for an academic job, like in most other professions, requires a long and sometimes exhausting process of applications and interviews. And like in every other profession, every applicant wants to be as efficient as possible and quickly succeed in getting his or her dream job with as little effort and fuss as possible.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 8 years ago
Top 6 Websites for Learning a Language
When you're looking to learn a new language, there are all sorts of websites which can help support your learning. Some have lists of vocabulary, interactive games, or practise scenarios which you can work on. Others can use your computer's speakers and microphone to help you with your listening and speaking. Below we're listing some of the most useful websites for learning a language.
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- Recruiter Advice Article
- Posted 8 years ago
Inside INOMICS - More control for customers, with flexible online duration for Announcements
This month, INOMICS has launched a new feature giving customers more freedom to choose how long their Announcements should be promoted online. Now when you post, you can easily choose any duration for promotion from the date of posting up to your deadline.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 8 years ago
How To Learn A New Language?
Studying a new language can be fun, exciting, and valuable for your career, and there are now more options than ever for how to learn. From casual to fully immersive, and from short-term to long-term, there are a plethora of options for language learning. Today we're discussing some of these options and the advantages and disadvantages of each.
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- Recruiter Advice Article
- Posted 8 years ago
Inside INOMICS - New Feature: Edit your Announcements
Starting this month, customers posting jobs, courses, conferences, programs or scholarships on INOMICS can now edit and correct their Announcements any time after publication. Whether to correct a typo, update a date, or adjust a link, you can now easily access and update your INOMICS posts.
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- Recruiter Advice Article
- Posted 8 years ago
Make your Institution known to 45,000+ academics
Successfully branding your institution among potential students, employees or conference attendees is not always an easy task. It requires multi-channel efforts, ranging from setting up an attractive and intuitive website, to being present in Social Media channels, to expanding your network and building the reputation of your institution through word of mouth.
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- Study Abroad Article
- Posted 8 years ago
English Language Courses: Which Country Should You Choose For Your Studies?
When you want to learn a new language, there's no better way than to immerse yourself in that language's culture. If you have to use your new language for your everyday needs, for example in shops and restaurants, in dealing with paperwork, and for socialising, then you'll pick up language skills much more quickly than you would from casual use.
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- Study Abroad Article
- Posted 8 years ago
Best Countries To Do A Spanish Course
Spanish is spoken by more that 400 million people around the globe, which makes it the second-most common language in the world. So naturally, if you are considering learning a new language, then Spanish is a great choice as it will allow you to communicate with lots of people. It's well-known that immersing yourself in a culture is the fastest way to learn - but where is the best place to do this? Below we'll look at some suggestions for the best country in which to study Spanish.
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- Recruiter Advice Article
- Posted 8 years ago
Inside INOMICS - How do we decide what to show on the INOMICS website?
One of the most common questions we receive from customers here at INOMICS is how to make sure their Announcement appears at the top of the page. In our never ending quest to please, this month we bring you some insight into how our listing pages (All Jobs, for example), are structured1.
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- Recruiter Advice Article
- Posted 8 years ago
How to create value for your university
How does a University create value? Can it be priced, monetized or measured by the products delivered by the University? For whom does the University create value? Susana Borras suggests that the main way to produce value is research1. Moreover Robert Thornton mentions2 that a university can be run as a market institution, but ultimately the aim of tertiary education is the production and sharing of knowledge.
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- Study Abroad Article
- Posted 8 years ago
Tips For Dealing With Language Issues When Studying Abroad
One big challenge for students who are studying internationally is dealing with language issues. If the native language of the country in which you're studying is not your own native language, it can be difficult to make the most of your studies. However, it can also be a fun opportunity to learn a new language and to pick up new language skills. Today we're offering some tips on dealing with language issues when studying abroad.
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- Recruiter Advice Article
- Posted 8 years ago
International Student Numbers Continue to Grow – But where do master’s applicants want to study?
According to a recent OECD report on studying abroad, in 2012 more than 4.5 million students were enrolled in tertiary education outside their country of citizenship1. Pursuing higher-level education in a foreign country represents a superb opportunity for students not only to expand their knowledge in their discipline of interest but also to gain insight into other cultures, societies and languages. An international graduate has higher prospects in the labor market than a domestic student; moreover, as Michelle Obama mentioned in March 2014, companies have begun to realize the benefit that a study abroad experience can give to their employees: they are able to speak different languages, they have a sensitivity for people and they are more compassionate2.
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- Recruiter Advice Article
- Posted 8 years ago
Do visuals work? Or: How to make your announcements more attractive.
Have you advertised an announcement recently and wondered how to make it even more attractive for potential candidates? While a detailed description, clear application requirements and interesting offer form the core of an announcement, it is a clever use of visuals that will make your advertisement really stand out.