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How you can open the secret doors to a new career

Join OU Careers Consultants Claire Blanchard and Leigh Fowkes as they explain how being inventive and changing your approach can help you open doors to a new career when you're struggling to get in....

OU Exclusive: Employer Insight Days!

Image result for Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust logo Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit Insight Day We are delighted to announce that as part of a series of special insight days offered exclusively to Open University students, we have been invited to visit...

The Royal Air Force - an employer of modern times?

While the OU may have turned 50 in April, the RAF turned 101! But it's still an employer of modern times. The RAF has been ranked as a Times Top 50 Best Employer for Women 2019 and their new video...

The other big birthday this year…

The OU isn’t the only one with a big birthday this year. Countryside Jobs Service are celebrating 25 years of promoting jobs, volunteering, courses, news and events for all things countryside. So if...

Sean’s top tips for smashing careers barriers

Caught in Catch-22? Could you use some help breaking through barriers to the career move you’re aiming for? OU Careers Consultant Sean Gallagher shares his top tips for smashing the most common...