The Blog

Month: May 2017

We asked alumni for their best interview advice and stories

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2017

There is a lot of interview advice out there, so we thought who better to ask than your fellow successful alumni who have experienced both sides of the interview process – as interviewers and interviewees. Learn from their triumphs and their mistakes. After all, passing on knowledge to your fellow former students of Lincoln College [Read more…]

Everything you need to know about being a Mechanical Engineer

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2017

Do you have a passion for problem-solving? Are you fascinated by the way machines work? Do you want to work with cutting edge technology, change lives and advance industries? Then you may wish to consider a career in Mechanical Engineering. What is mechanical engineering? Mechanical engineering is an extremely broad and diverse industry. It involves [Read more…]

Benefits of having a career mentor

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2017

If you’re driven and want to work towards developing your career, finding a career mentor can make the difference in achieving your ambitions. “A career mentor is someone who agrees to share their skills, knowledge, expertise, and professional contacts with you,” say Idealistcareers.com. “People with mentors earn higher salaries, are promoted more frequently, and report [Read more…]

An interview with a female butcher

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2017

Jessica Wragg is a female butcher who sharpened her skills at the Ginger Pig in London, and is the Marketing Manager for Turner & George, one of London’s leading butcheries specialising in rare and native-breed meats, run by James George of Select Meat and Richard H. Turner of Hawksmoor, Blacklock, Foxlow and Pitt Cue. She’s [Read more…]

Think you don’t have an inspiring story to tell? Think again…

Tuesday, May 16th, 2017

Remember what it was like when you were at Lincoln College? If you could go back and give yourself one piece of advice about learning or planning for the future, what would it be? Is there anything you would say to encourage yourself to work harder, or have more confidence in your abilities? Did you [Read more…]

Exploring Top 5 Things a Director Must Know

Thursday, May 11th, 2017

Today Lincoln College Group (LCG) hosted an Institute of Directors (IoD) event focusing on essential knowledge every director should know. The session was led by IoD trainer Gerard Hargreaves, who has specialised in executive development for 30 years working internationally with many organisations in the public and private sector. Gerard Hargreaves said: “These events are [Read more…]