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Surviving your first technical interview by Tecknuovo

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Embarking on your tech journey can be difficult once you’ve completed your university degree. Knowing which job to apply for, getting an interview and then nailing the interview and securing a job! It sounds like a lot. With upskilling at the core of our values as a consultancy, we’ve drawn on our internal expertise and …

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My 12-month industrial placement at Ilika

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Written by James Counter, final year Integrated Master’s Chemistry student. For Part 3 I undertook a 12-month industrial placement at Ilika®, where I worked on thin film solid state batteries as part of the Stereax testing and characterisation team. What made you choose a placement option? I remember being distinctly unsure about doing a placement …

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SpaceCareers.uk

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The UK’s space sector is growing fast and is in desperate need of smart people to fill thousands of new jobs every year. A career in the space industry could include making discoveries about distant planets, designing space settlements, helping aid agencies reach disaster zones, supporting astronauts with the psychological strain of life in space, …

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