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The Student & Graduate Futures team is here to support students and graduates with all aspects of career planning & decision making, along with helping you to recognise and develop your employability skills.

This can be anything from career planning and understanding options with your degree, writing CVs and applications, developing a good on-line presence, help with interviews, and applying for further study (including teacher training), to searching for jobs and getting part-time work, understanding how to make the most of graduate fairs, and plenty more!

TYPES OF SUPPORT AVAILABLE

Drop in Service

Whatever your careers or employability related query, you can pop in for an initial chat with the Student Experience Team any day of the week, either in the Headingley Student Hub or The Gateway (Leslie Silver Building).

Careers Appointments

You can book an individual appointment to talk to a Careers Consultant about anything to do with your career planning, applying for jobs or further study, and much more.

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Workshops & Events

There are employer-led events and fairs & careers workshops taking place on both campuses throughout the academic year.

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Information Resources

The Student & Graduate Futures team provide a huge range of online information and resources covering all things careers-related.

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Part-Time Work

The Job Shop offers paid casual work with varied and flexible hours to fit around your studies. You can also search for part-time jobs with external employers.

View part-time and casual jobs

Graduate Jobs

You can search for graduate jobs in the region, nationally and internationally using the MyHub job search function.

View all vacancies

Not sure where to start? It it's not convenient to pop in and have an initial chat with the Student Experience Team, a good first port of call is to see if there is some information or an on-line resource that helps you out. You might then want to see if there is a workshop or event that relates to what you are interested in. For confidential, 1-1 help and guidance you can then book an appointment to talk to one of our Careers Consultants. Of course, you can always ask us a question, drop us an email, check out our Facebook and Twitter accounts or have a look at some careers related Frequently Asked Questions. We're always keen to get student feedback on our service, to help us improve for the future.

Further Information

What is employability anyway?

Often talked about, but not always very well explained! In simple terms, employability is about making sure that you have the skills, experience and attributes that employers are looking for in a graduate. Our FAQ on Employability will explain everything you need to know.

Do you need help with placements?

If you need help with placements, you can get in touch with your Placement team. Go to Placement Information to find further information.

What kind of things do you help with?

It's nearly impossible to list everything we can help with but here are some examples of common topics. You'll find workshops that cover many of these topics, or you can discuss them as an individual in a careers appointment. Most of these are links to on-line resources too:

CVs & applications, interviews, assessment centres & psychometric tests, networking, LinkedIn, further study, getting into teaching, career planning, options with your degree, changing course, graduate job search, working overseas, understanding employability, researching employers, gaining skills & experience, part-time work