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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.
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