Semester 1

Welcome to the Careers and Employability Service

The Team look forward to supporting you in 2021/22 and can’t wait to welcome you to our new location in the Bell Burnell Wing soon.

In the meantime we continue to provide our services virtually using Zoom for our face to face appointments, briefing sessions and events. Employer-led sessions continue to be delivered virtually, for now, giving you access to a wide range of employers nationally and internationally. 

Events

We will be delivering a full calendar of virtual events from careers fairs, to employer presentations and briefing sessions.   Visit our  events calendar regularly, or check out our events on the university app.  

Appointments

  • We will be offering our CV/application checking service as a virtual service over zoom.  Bookings are online through MyCareer as normal and slots can be booked from 8am, 2 days in advance of each session.
  • Our Careers Consultants are also available for careers guidance appointments.   Please contact our reception team by email at yourcareer@strath.ac.uk to arrange this.

Vacancies

We are continuing to advertise work experience, voluntary and graduate opportunities on  MyCareerHub.   Many employers are continuing to recruit, although recruitment processes may look very different to normal.

Resources

  • Online Careers Toolkit including career assessment tools, online psychometric tests, careers e-learning hub and online practice interview simulator

General careers enquiries

We will be happy to answer your questions with our careers enquiry service by using  Ask a Question or by email to yourcareer@strath.ac.uk


Labour Market Updates

  • Regular expert updates on the graduate labour market are available via Prospects Luminate
  • Monthly Scottish COVID-19 Labour Market Insights includes spotlights on specific sectors and regions
  • For help and information about the labour market outside the UK GoinGlobal carries COVID-19 global employment briefings and job search advice

Resources for Job Search and Work Experience during Covid

  • Employer directories : links to the major graduate employer directories on the Careers Service website
  • Next Step Support provides additional support to students regarding employment in light of COVID-19. It offers content and tools from various trusted sources including hiring updates, webinars and virtual events from employers. You can register for alerts and ask to be connected back to your Careers service, where appropriate.
  • Prospects: Your career and COVID-19 page provides advice for students preparing for and applying for jobs during the pandemic. It includes tips on increasing your online presence and preparing for phone interviews
  • Internship Experience UK Organised by Bright Network, this is a programme of virtual internships for students and graduates, across a range of careers.
  • TARGETjobs has prepared a Student's guide to virtual internships
  • TARGETjobs has just published an article on Job-hunting during the pandemic
  • TARGETjobs has prepared advice on work experience options
  • Forage virtual work experience programmes (formerly Inside Sherpa)
  • Goinglobal now features a Remote Jobs filter on the Job and Internship search pages; all country guides include a Covid-19 section under Finding a Job / Job Search Overview 
  • Chambers Student is collating opportunities for virtual legal work experience at the bar
  • TARGETjobs has published an article on Job-hunting in 2021
  • Ratemyplacement has produced a guide on virtual internships
  • Prospects has published an article on Job hunting in a pandemic

Interviews during Covid

International students