• 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
  • Job options with your degree: resource list (PDF , 205kb)

• Generating ideas, decision making and action planning
  • Resource list

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

• The truth about graduating with a 2:2, Third or Pass (part 1)
• The truth about graduating with a 2:2, Third or Pass (part 2)

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

• Teacher Training:What's great about teaching: could it be for you?

• Teacher Training: Applications

• Teacher Training applications resources to accompany the recording
  • Teacher Training 2020 Personal Statement Physics (MS Word , 7kb)
  • Teacher Training 2020 Personal Statement English (MS Word , 7kb)
  • Teacher Training 2020 Personal Statement no work experience section (MS Word , 6kb)
  • Teacher Training 2020 Personal Statement History (MS Word , 9kb)

• Teacher Training: Interviews
  • Teacher Training 2020 Interviews Resource List (MS Word , 290kb)

• Intro to startup

• Creative freelancing

• Transform Society panel event: the impact you can have in the public sector

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

• Careers in a world impacted by Covid: Museums & Heritage

• Careers in a world impacted by Covid: Careers in the NHS 

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 , 119kb)

Postgraduate entry into medicine

• Postgraduate entry into medicine

Teacher training

• See career options section above

• 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

• Getting started with your placement search

• Developing skills and experience for taught postgraduate students

• Quick guide to job hunting and the recruitment process

• 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 , 123kb)
  • Resource sheet Word version - Graduate schemes resource sheet (MS Word , 15kb)

• Having the confidence to apply

• 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)

• Online employer events: what to expect

• Prepare for the fairs (recording of live event)

• Applications and CVs

• Overview of CareerSet

• Application forms
  • Resource list

• 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

• Online employer events: what to expect

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

Arts and Humanities

• History of Art: applying for work experience and internships
• Getting work experience in Marketing, Advertising and PR
  • Resource list
• Art and Law careers
  • 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)
• Transform Society panel event: The impact you can have in the public sector

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

Summer Term 2020

Live Zoom presentations will be recorded for future viewing. Only the speaker and slides will be recorded and not attendees. You can ask questions via the chat function during the live Zoom presentation.

To help us provide the right events for students, we'd appreciate your feedback. If you 'attend' any of this term's events, please complete the Google feedback form.

Arts and Humanities

• Introduction to finding work experience in media and the creative industries (this recording is from 2019. Please see the accompanying updated information below)
  • Accompanying updated information: Finding work experience in media updated information (MS Word , 19kb)
  • Any questions about this topic? Send them to us via Careers Gateway's query service 

Your rights at work

• Your rights at work recorded presentation
  • Benefits of being open with an employer about your disability  
  • Your rights at work (PDF , 697kb) (presentation slides without audio)

Summer in lockdown? Making the most of changing times

• Summer in lockdown recorded presentation
  • Summer in lockdown slides (with web links)

Graduate Options LIVE: Understanding your options post Graduation

• Graduate Options Live recorded presentation

Finalists without a plan

• Finalists without a plan recorded presentation
  
  • Accompanying information Finalists Without a Plan 2020 - accompanying information (PDF , 188kb)

Postgraduate researchers

• Non-academic careers: Interviews

Graduating with a 2:2, 3rd or Pass

• Graduating with a 2:2... (part 1)
• Graduating with a 2:2... (part 2)

Spring Term events 2020

Arts and Humanities faculty events

• Finding work experience in the Arts & Heritage sector 2019/20 (PDF , 5,264kb), 22 January presentation slides and lecture capture
• Exploring work experience in Advertising, marketing and PR, 29 January lecture capture; Getting work experience in Marketing, advertising and PR (PDF , 2,857kb) presentation slides

Science faculty events

• Finding jobs and completing application forms, 14 January lecture capture
• Applying for unadvertised jobs and work experience, 21 January lecture capture

Other events

• Your rights at work: disclosing a disability (with Torque Law), 29 January lecture capture