The Careers Service

The Careers Service provides advice and guidance to enable students and graduates to make well-informed career decisions throughout their studies, and transition successfully into placements, graduate employment, further study and research.

For an overview of the Careers Service and how they can help watch this video here.

Support from the Careers Service includes:

• Interactive careers resources including the website with Virtual Reality interview experiences and online career management programmes, all accessible 24/7

• Supporting you to gain work experience and develop your skills

• The Student Jobshop in the Students' Union, which advertises jobs on campus and in the local area, as well as providing advice on finding work experience

• Workshops on developing your skills; choosing a career; finding jobs and placements or postgraduate study; professional networking using social media; plus successful CVs, applications and interview skills

• Events where you can meet with employers and alumni on campus

• Vacancies for work experience, part-time and vacation jobs; summer and year-long placements; and graduate employment

• Individual appointments with trained advisers to discuss anything from choosing and planning a career; reviewing your applications to jobs and postgraduate study; and succeeding at interviews, assessment centres and online tests

• Specialist services for international students, postgraduate students and researchers, and those from non-traditional backgrounds

• Additional support for disabled students for example advising on positive strategies for disclosing a disability to recruiters

• Our services are available for up to three years after graduating