Take Opportunities

You need more than just a great degree.

Here at York, students get involved.

internships ● placements ● York Award ● network ● volunteer ● do more ●

develop skills ● impress employers ● get work experience ● part-time work

● gain confidence ● find your strengths ● be enterprising

Make the most of You at York

Why now?

Don’t miss out - there’s a lot to fit in to the next 2 years!

Make the most of the activities to:

Enhance your studies

Develop skills

Work out what the future might hold

Have fun and meet new people

Employers want to see that you have made the most of your time at

university

2/3 of York alumni, 12 months after graduation, wish they’d done more

and started earlier with their career planning

Internships: application process

• Same/ similar process used to recruit graduates

• Why? It’s the 1st stage of their recruitment

• Fast tracked onto an assessment centre for their

graduate programme (if you impress them)

• Highly competitive often with early deadlines (autumn

term)

Puts you ahead of the game

Takes the pressure off your 3rd year

Internships

The importance of work experience “Almost half the recruiters who took part in the research repeated their warnings from previous years – that graduates who have had no previous work experience at all are unlikely to be successful during the selection process and have little or no chance of receiving a job offer for their organisations’ graduate programmes.” High Flyers Graduate Report 2016

Looks at the Top 100 (best known and most successful employers in the UK)

Internships

Often a way into a graduate job:

“Three quarters of the graduate vacancies

advertised by City investment banks and half the

training contracts offered by leading law firms are

likely to be filled by graduates who have already

completed work experience with the employer.”

High Flyers Graduate Report 2016

Careers Fairs

Opportunities for first years

Insight days and internships

Law – Wed 12 Oct, Physics Exhibition Centre

STEM – Wed 19 Oct, Physics Exhibition Centre

All Sectors - Thurs 20 Oct ww.york.ac.uk/careers

1. Attend the fairs

2. Start planning your applications now – internship

vacancies advertising NOW

3. Update your Careers Gateway profile for

information and opportunities relevant to you

www.york.ac.uk/careers/myprofile

4. Bookmark our What’s On page on our website

www.york.ac.uk/careers/events

5. Follow us on social media

Key things to do

@UoYCareers /yorkcareers

Here to help

Regular Economics Careers Appointments Book

via the ‘appointments’ section of the careers gateway.

kelly.mcdonald@york.ac.uk

Dept linked Careers Consultant

Also…

Regular CV ‘lounges’ – small interactive group sessions

All dates to follow

Work with us

We’re in your department, often in the timetable

Visit us in Careers for appointments, practice

interviews, CV reviews and a cup of coffee!

Online

Social media

Mon - Fri, 10am - 5pm