• Making the most of University
  • Resource list

• Induction - Introduction to Careers and Placements for undergraduates

• Induction - Introduction to Careers and Placements for taught postgraduates

• Induction - Introduction to Careers and Placements for postgraduate research students

You can use Handshake to find jobs, connect with employers and get help from Careers and Placements. Watch these quick guides to find out more:

• How to update your profile on Handshake
• How to look for jobs on Handshake
• How to send us a message on Handshake
• How to book an appointment on Handshake

• Quick guide to researching career options

• Job options with your degree

• Generating ideas, decision making and action planning

• The ins and outs of being a professional: what I didn't know about interviews, professional life and the workplace until I got there

• Does it matter if you don't get a 2:1?

• Working in research - panel discussing options in and outside of academia, May 2021
• Project management skills - presentation from the Association for Project Management

• Teacher Training: Applications
  • Example personal statements with comments to accompany the Applications session

• Intro to startup

• Creative freelancing

• Transform society - making an impact in the public sector (Teach First, Frontline, Think Ahead, Unlocked, NGDP)

• Careers in Mental Health and Wellbeing
  • Resource list Careers in Mental Health and Wellbeing Resources 2020 (MS Word , 14kb)

Hear from these women, from different subject backgrounds, who are making their career in tech:

• Jia Lin Chua, Tech Consultant, EY (Economics graduate)
• Kate Every, UX Designer at Hippo Digital UK (York BA in English and MA in Human Rights)
• Melissa Bristow, Research Software Design Engineer, Microsoft (audio only)
• Victoria Axon, Regional Security Lead, NHS Digital (Maths graduate)

Taught postgraduate study 

• Part 1 - choosing a course, fees and funding
• Part 2 - applications
• Further study resource pack A
• Further study resource pack B (MS Word , 60kb) (download needed)

Postgraduate research

• Finding and applying for a PhD
  • What's involved and is it right for you?
  • How do I find a PhD and fund the project?
  • How do I apply?
  • PhD study resources sheet (MS Word , 15kb)
  • PhD study resources sheet pdf version (PDF , 164kb)

Postgraduate entry into medicine

• Postgraduate entry into medicine (April 2022)

• Experience for your CV - how to get valuable experience by volunteering, getting an internship, exploring enterprise or doing a placement year
  • Student interview - Student Internship Bureau

• Developing skills and experience for taught postgraduate students

• Finding and applying for jobs: Graduate schemes
  • Part 1 - What are graduate schemes and who offers them?
  • Part 2 - Finding and applying for opportunities
  • Part 3 - Postgraduate students-specific
  • Resource sheet pdf version - Graduate schemes resources sheet (PDF , 210kb)
  • Resource sheet Word version - Graduate schemes resource sheet (MS Word , 16kb)
• Quick guide to job hunting and the recruitment process

• Having the confidence to apply

• Resilience in your career

• Using social media and LinkedIn

• Guide for applying to accountancy and financial services graduate schemes

• Using specialist life sciences recruitment agencies

• Your rights at work (disability in the workplace)

• Working in the UK for international students

• International students: understanding the UK job market
  
  • Understanding the UK labour market resources sheet (MS Word , 9kb)
• Visa options for working in the UK after study

• Online employer events: what to expect

• Prepare for the fairs (recording of live event 2020)

• Applications and CVs

• Overview of CareerSet

• Application forms

• My applications keep getting rejected and I don't know why!

• Marketing your Masters to employers

• Successful interviews
  • Part 1 - Preparation
  • Part 2 - Practice
  • Resource sheet
• Preparing for assessment centres (virtual and face to face)
  • Resource list

• Nestlé: Virtual Assessment Centre Experience

• Being confident in interviews and assessment centres

• Commercial Awareness

• Online employer events: what to expect

• Reading and understanding psychometric tests 2021-22 (MS PowerPoint , 12,902kb)

• Preparing for online tests

• The ins and outs of being a professional: what I didn't know about interviews, professional life and the workplace until I got there

• Gartner: How to ace your virtual interview

• Guide for applying to accountancy and financial services graduate schemes

• Nestlé introduction to their graduate schemes

• Induction - Introduction to Careers and Placements for taught postgraduates

• Developing skills and experience for taught postgraduate students

• The UK labour market for Masters graduates

• Applying for graduate schemes Part 3 - Postgraduate students-specific

• Marketing your Masters to employers

• Working in research - panel discussing options in and outside of academia, May 2021

• Planning your next steps

Find more resources in the other sections on this page and on the page for taught postgraduate students.

We'll add more recordings here when they happen. You can find a list of department-specific recordings from last academic year in the Academic year 2020/21 box below.

Arts and Humanities

• Careers in Art, Law and the commercial sector
  • Session handout
• Finding work experience in Museums and Heritage
  • Session handout - work experience in Museums and Heritage links
• Introduction to getting work experience in marketing, advertising and PR

Recruiter in Residence

Advice, tips and help from graduate recruiters

• Enterprise-Rent-A-Car 
  • Complete the request form to submit your question
• Reed - advice about employability, work experience and resilience
• Rotacloud - tips on learning and applying
• Teach First - advice about recruitment
• Transform Society Alliance - advice about work experience and managing in the labour market of a pandemic

• Association for Project Management events
• Gradcracker for STEM students
• Behind the scenes of cybersecurity
• REED graduate training scheme Q&A (includes differences between grad scheme and entry level jobs)
• Asia Careers Insight Series

Careers in different sectors - panel events

• Transform Society panel event autumn 2020: the impact you can have in the public sector
• Careers in a world impacted by Covid: Museums & Heritage
• Careers in a world impacted by Covid: Careers in the NHS

Arts and Humanities

• History of Art: applying for work experience and internships
• Getting work experience in Marketing, Advertising and PR
  • Resource list
• Making the most of your study abroad experience
• How art and law impact each other within History of Art (presented by Professor Michael White)
• How law impacts works of art (presented by Dr Emma Waring)
• Getting work experience in media and the creative industries (please note, some of slides in this presentation have been slightly obscured, but the captions are still visible)

Sciences

• Successful applications and CVs (Health Sciences and Social Work)
• NHS Scientist Training Programme
• NHS Digital on the frontline
• Postgraduate entry into medicine
• Insight into FERA
• NHS Digital: the impact of data on healthcare during a pandemic

Social Sciences

• Financial Services Graduate Schemes (Management School)