Universities offer many opportunities to learn, explore, and grow. For some students, navigating their way through a degree, and the graduate options beyond it, can be challenging. Fortunately, all universities have careers services to offer invaluable support for students. Many of them offer general and bespoke guidance that’s relevant to the course and to the student’s needs.
Your students can access careers support
from the moment they enrol on their course.
While many students have a good idea
about their next steps, there are many who
need additional help and insight. We always recommend
that students make the most of
the careers support available during their time
at university, and continue to use the
services available to them beyond graduation.
Your students can even gain expert careers
advice before their enrolment at university
by attending Open Days. They can speak to the careers team
to find out about their career options. This
can be very helpful when deciding their course of study.
University careers teams can help your students at all
stages of their job and career search. It could be helping them
to find part-time work while
they’re studying, or preparing them for their
career after graduation.
For example, at
Harper Adams, we help with:
• CV writing
• career planning
• volunteering opportunities
• part-time work
• labour market and employment resources
• online applications
• applying for further and postgraduate study.
The list goes
on and on, but not everyone realises the extent
to which a careers service can help.
For instance, we recently ran a mock
assessment centre to prepare some of our
students for the various tasks they may face
during interview stages. We practiced
interview questions, showed them how to
share their screen and present PowerPoint slides on
Microsoft Teams, and much more. We left no stone unturned.
In
fact, following the activities and preparation,
one of our students was successful in
securing a job after being put through their
paces at our assessment centre!
Encourage your students to access their
careers service, or get familiar with where it
is, as soon as they begin their university journey. They
never know when they might need us. We’re
here to help them every step of the way!
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