Helping you get to where you want to be when you graduate
Even though the Careers Service is closed over the Winter Break, we put together some simple, practical tips to boost your career planning!
Planning your career can be stressful, but we can help you develop the skills you will need to succeed.
I’m Youssef, a University of Bristol student and former Team Leader with 180 Degrees Consulting Bristol. Here’s my journey from Student Consultant to Team Leader.
I was doing well academically, but lectures weren’t giving me the full picture of working life. As someone keen to learn early on, I was always looking for opportunities to apply what I was studying.
Then I discovered 180 Degrees Consulting Bristol, and it changed everything.
180 Degrees Consulting is a student-run consultancy working with charities and social enterprises for free. Students get real consulting experience, and worthy causes get professional-level strategic advice they might not otherwise afford.
My Peer Mentor mentioned it during one of our catch-ups, thinking it might suit me given how eager I was for real-world experience. The best opportunities often come through conversations with people who know you well; exactly why I’d recommend the Peer Mentoring scheme.
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At this time of year, we hear a lot about employers on campus, graduate schemes and summer internships closing imminently.
You may also feel that other students on your course seem more “on it”. This can be overwhelming.
The first thing to remember is that everyone’s career journey is different and we are here to help with yours, no matter where you are starting from.
Here’s our advice about making sense of your career in the busy Autumn graduate employer recruitment season:
(more…)The SME Internship Scheme offers funding to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to help them employ you for a paid internship of at least 140 hours.
You can participate in the scheme by applying to our advertised opportunities on mycareer.
You can also approach organisations yourself to see if they would like to employ you by applying for the scheme.
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I currently work for the wonderful learning disability charity Hft.
I thought I’d share a bit about how I got into the sector and how the Careers Service helped me.
If you are an international student studying a one-year degree in the UK, finding a job and finishing your degree at the same time can be an extremely demanding task. While the Graduate Route post-study visa allows for a two-year stay in the UK (three years for those who have completed a PhD) to work or look for employment opportunities, many of you may wish to extend your stay in the UK beyond this period, but may not know how to do so.
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It is no small feat to balance student life with the pressure of future planning. For lots of students, preparing for life after graduation can feel daunting, as they are often juggling many other commitments. It’s fair to say that university can be fun and fulfilling, but sometimes it can also be a hectic and overwhelming experience.
EmployAbility supports disabled and neurodivergent students looking for employment or internships, both during their studies and after they graduate.
They support them to get reasonable adjustments in place, to enable them to perform at their best at all stages of the recruitment process, and in the workplace.
We’re here to tell you a little bit more about the services EmployAbility offers and how they can support you.
If you think you could benefit from talking to one of EmployAbility’s expert advisors, you can book a one-to-one session at a time convenient to you. In these fifteen-minute meetings, you can get impartial advice about things like disclosing at different stages, reasonable adjustments and your rights.