Welcome
back! For some of you, this is your penultimate year at Uni; if you’re on a
4-year course, then graduation will still feel a long way off. But either way,
intermediate years are a great time to explore your career plans, gain work experience,
and sharpen your job-seeking skills. And for some of the more competitive forms
of work experience, such as summer internships or one-year placements, you may
need to apply this side of Christmas.
If you’re the first generation in your family to go to University, your parents won’t have been through this experience, so you might not be familiar with what to do when. The Careers Service’s Transitions project provides careers support for UK undergraduates from non-traditional backgrounds (such as first generation; students receiving full grants; mature students; local / commuter students). One area we like to help with is finding internships and placements – and getting one of these is the biggest thing you can do now to secure a place on a graduate scheme.
Many of
the graduate employers who come to our Jobs Fairs, or who deliver Employer Presentations on
campus, are not just interested in attracting finalists to their graduate
schemes – they’re equally interested in recruiting intermediate year students
for their summer internships or one-year placements.
To land
one of these work experience opportunities, you’ll need a great CV and some
brilliant application form answers. The Careers Service runs talks and
workshops and offers one-to-one support with all the stages of the recruitment
process – from your written application to psychometric tests, interviews and
assessment centres.
So what
should you do now?
- Check the What’s On Diary and our What’s On Weekly emails to find out which employers are here when, and what talks and workshops are coming up to help you apply .
- Check who’s coming to the Engineering and Technology Fair on 5th November, Business andFinance Fair on 6th November, Science Fair on 21st November, Legal Fair on 20th November – read all about theses and more fairs on the It's Your Career website.
- DON’T assume there are no employers interested in you – Engineering and Science firms recruit non-engineers and non-scientists for roles like Finance, HR, Marketing, Management; Business and Finance firms welcome engineers, scientists, arts and humanities and social sciences graduates; and students from any subject can apply for work experience with a law firm and convert to law after graduation.
- If you’re considering a year-out placement (Degree with Employment Experience / Year in Industry), look at the Placements website www.sheffield.ac.uk/placements .
- Search myVacancies (shef.prospects.ac.uk) for employers recruiting for internships and placements, and plan carefully to make sure you hit all the deadlines.
Any
student can book an appointment with a careers adviser to discuss their work
experience and career ideas, by ringing 0114 2220910 or calling in at the
Careers Service. For “non-traditional students”, if you prefer, you can contact
Pete and Rachel on transitions@sheffield.ac.uk to arrange a chat.
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