Guide to Career Planning and Success Strategies for Graduates
Explore essential tips for graduates on succeeding in the job market, choosing a career, showcasing skills, understanding employer expectations, and more to enhance employability and career prospects. Discover insights on what employers seek in graduates and how to develop key competencies for professional growth.
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Your Degree What Next? Si n Furlong-Davies Careers Service
Did you know . . . Computer Science graduates outperform nearly all other graduates at Aberystwyth University in the annual Destination of Leavers from HE statistics. AND outperform Computer Science graduates at other universities across the UK.
How will you compete effectively in the current job market?
How to Choose a Career . . . Degree subject Work experience Interests Family and friends recommendations Jobs that you are aware of already
But also . . . . Strengths Weaknesses Extra-curricular activities Job market
Work out exactly what you have to offer any future employer. Understand how best to present yourself effectively.
What Do Employers Want? Employers want graduates who can show they have joined in , worked as a team, shown leadership, or spent time travelling and experiencing new situations and culture. Everything you do socially, academically and in the work place can make you more employable, as long as you can reflect on your experiences, understand their value and explain their value to someone else. More than 50% of graduate employers do not mind what subject you study, as long as you can show how your experiences have shaped your personal development. Prof Steve Smith VC, Exeter University
Skills / Competencies technical academic social specific
How? PDP Portfolio Research Work experience / shadowing Effective marketing Make decisions
What Next for You? Prospects is a good place to start for ideas Also consider the following: Careers Service web pages Target Jobs Our full vacancy database with a range of jobs and placement options, plus employer events on campus and beyond this is a university hosted database but you need to create a different login to access it!
What Do Computer Science Graduates Do? Have a look at some Graduate Profiles for hints and tips from previous students
Thinking outside the Box Consider internships/work experience placements - www.aber.ac.uk/careers/findworkexp www.aber.ac.uk/careers/timeout for taking a gap year and www.aber.ac.uk/careers/volwork for voluntary work Conversion courses? Kick-start your career in one year Masters or Research? Search for courses
Self Employment & Entrepreneurship Full of Ideas? Risk taker? Spot opportunities? Tend to lead rather than follow? Entrepreneur or Intrapreneur? Is self employment for you? Take the test www.get2test.net/test/index.htm Who can help at AU? - Talk to our Careers Advisers - Explore the help available via RB&I (Tony Orme) http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/rbi/staff-students/business-start-up//
Further Resources www.aber.ac.uk/careers/cvs www.aber.ac.uk/careers/whatempswant www.aber.ac.uk/careers/skills www.aber.ac.uk/careers/casmods www.aber.ac.uk/careers/gradwork www.aber.ac.uk/careers/interngrad
The Job Hunt Applying directly to advertised vacancies in newspapers or journals Applying for a vacancy advertised through job search website Specialist recruitment agencies Posting your CV on searchable websites Speculative applications Work placement/internship Word of mouth or networking
How Careers can help you One to one sessions, bookable and drop in Range of information resources Workshops and employer visits Interview and application preparation Work experience options See www.aber.ac.uk/careers for details
Contact us Office: In the Students Union, next to the shop careers@aber.ac.uk abercareers @abercareers 01970 622378
