Careers & Employability Centre

Getting Started in

your Career

Planning

Session will cover:

• What next after University? Where are you now and where

are you going?

• Research your options

• Where to look for jobs

• Making applications

• How the Careers & Employability Centre can help

Where are you now and where are you going?

Thinking about what you want to do

What are you interested in?

What are you good at? What do you want to learn/improve?

What is important to you in what you do next?

What have you done already that you did or didn’t like?

Think about your skills, interests, values and personality

www.prospects.ac.uk What jobs would suit me?

www.sussex.ac.uk/careers/careerchoices/selfanalysis

www.profilingforsuccess.com/main/flash.php

How do you find out what jobs are out there?

www.prospects.ac.uk

- Industry insights

- Types of jobs & job descriptions

- Job sectors

- Options with your subject

www.sussex.ac.uk/careers/careerchoices/

researchingcareers

Research your options

• Careers with your degree (booklets and web resources)

• Information centre resources - career guides

• www.sussex.ac.uk/careers/whatourgraduatesdo

• Job sectors, job profiles and job descriptions

Events ProgrammeBuild your confidence and meet employersSee: www.sussex.ac.uk/careers/newsandevents/

Making a Decision

You have:

1 Assessed your skills, interests , abilities and values

2 Done your research

Consider:

Where am I now? Where do I want to be? How do I get there?

Do I need to develop experience? Do I need to develop my

skills? How can I do this? Are there stepping stones to help me to

get to where I want to be?12 April 2023

Gaining Experience - What could you do?

• Your part time job

• Internships with large organisations

• International work experience

• Local vacation work and work experience

• Voluntary work www.sussexstudent.com/volunteering

• Set up your own work experience

• Sussex Plus Schools and Colleges Programme

• Work shadowing

• www.sussex.ac.uk/sussexplus

• Learning to Lead

• Networking

www.sussex.ac.uk/careers

Making Applications

• For local jobs and graduate jobs use our jobs database:www.sussex.ac.uk/careers/jobs/search/

• We also have links to a large number of Graduate Job Websites:www.diigo.com/list/sussexcdec/jobs-other-job-sites

• Come into the Careers and Employability Centre - free guides to Graduate Employers www.sussex.ac.uk/careers/jobs/workinginsussex

• For CV, Covering Letter, Application Form & Interview advice:www.sussex.ac.uk/careers/jobs/applyingforjobs or come in & pick up our booklets

• For Postgraduate Study Options:http://www.sussex.ac.uk/careers/careerchoices/furtherstudy

What next?

Careers & Employability Centre

• Short interview with a Careers Adviser- discuss your career plans

10-4 Mon- Fri & 5-7 on a Weds

• Briefing sessions: Applications forms, CVs, Skills, Finding Work

• Events: we have a comprehensive events programme

• Mock Interviews, CV and Application Feedback

• Sussex Plus

www.sussex.ac.uk/careers