By Agnieszka Mozdzyn With over 700,000 students[1] graduating each year in the UK, competition for graduate-level jobs can be particularly fierce - and it can be hard to stand out from everyone else. Doing some volunteering or having a part-time job can be the solution – and although it involves you giving up some of … Continue reading The Value of Volunteering and Part-time Work
Author: Hilary Neary
Careers in… digital heritage, museum policy and management
Museums have been around for a long time in the UK, with the University of Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum being founded in 1683 and the British Museum opening its doors in 1759. Heritage and museum work is an evolving sector and remains a popular choice for students when considering their career after university. The range of … Continue reading Careers in… digital heritage, museum policy and management
What is reasonable?: York Strengths Development Sessions and Reasonable Adjustments
During your time at the University of York, you may come across the term reasonable adjustments. This can be in relation to your course and studies, but you may also hear it when attending events and in other aspects of your university experience. The York Strengths Team works hard to make sure its York Strengths … Continue reading What is reasonable?: York Strengths Development Sessions and Reasonable Adjustments
My experience of a summer internship
By Emily Houghton During my second year at the University of York I decided to apply for summer internship opportunities. It was something I was greatly encouraged to do by those around me, but I was apprehensive about the process, balancing applications with my studies and entering the corporate world. However, the generalist internship I … Continue reading My experience of a summer internship
Who do you think you are? Reflection for employability
By Miriam Hemingway, Careers Project Coordinator "Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom."- Aristotle. Who do you think you are? We all have an idea in our head of who we are, and quite often find ourselves wondering (or worrying) what other people might think of us. But how often do we pause to … Continue reading Who do you think you are? Reflection for employability
Exploring career ideas
Often the hardest part of anything is getting started, especially if you don’t know what you want the end result to look like. This particularly applies to exploring career ideas but we’re here to help you with getting started and this blog will show you 5 things you can do this term to help you … Continue reading Exploring career ideas
Getting started with Handshake
Handshake is our careers platform and you can use it to connect with the Careers and Placements team, employers and other University of York students. Here’s a quick guide on how you can get started. Login and activate your account The link to Handshake is york.joinhandshake.co.uk but you can also find links to it on … Continue reading Getting started with Handshake
Keeping in touch with Careers and Placements after graduation
For graduating students, your time at the University may be nearing its end but that doesn’t mean it's time to say goodbye to Careers and Placements. We can continue to help you beyond graduation whether that’s with career exploration and decisions or support with honing your application skills. Here’s what we offer... Access to all … Continue reading Keeping in touch with Careers and Placements after graduation
An Introduction to Psychometric Testing
By Hannah Vernon, Media & Communications at Gradcracker A key stage of many recruitment processes, psychometric tests are used to assess some element of a candidate's cognitive ability or personality. It is likely that you'll come across psychometric testing when applying for degree apprenticeship, placement and graduate opportunities, as many Gradcracker employers use this method … Continue reading An Introduction to Psychometric Testing
What’s on in Careers and Placements?
It’s summer term and we’re open as usual for appointments, drop-in and a busy events programme but here are some other highlights to look out for this term. Student Internship Bureau The SIB team have been busy collecting together some great opportunities for paid, project-based jobs in the local area this summer. All opportunities are … Continue reading What’s on in Careers and Placements?
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