Who we are

Reception team

Information team

Careers Advisers

Co-curricular team

Reception team:

• Explain our services.
• Direct you to relevant areas of the Careers Service.
• Book appointments with Careers Advisers.
• And much more…

Information team:

• Source and organise over 2500 information resources on our virtual library and maintain and develop a well-stocked library in the Careers Service.
• Manage a database of around 2000 employers and over 400 vacancies.
• Help you locate career related information both in our library and online.
• Help you find answers to information-related queries.

Careers Advisers:

Provide specialist support through individual interviews to students in each academic subject / area.  Interviews are impartial and confidential and you should be able to book an appointment within 14 days.

• Answer your quick queries via the bookable "duty" service.
• Deliver a range of career planning talks and workshops within academic disciplines – workshops can be arranged for groups of 8 or more students on topics such as CV Writing, Interview Technique, Assessment Centres; just email careers@abdn.ac.uk.

Co-curricular team:

The Careers Service also delivers a wide range of co-curricular opportunities to help students develop their transferable skills, build their CV and achieve Aberdeen Graduate Attributes. The remit of the Co-curricular Team based within the Careers Service is broad and includes the promotion, co-ordination and evaluation of:

• The STAR (Students Taking Active Roles) Award
• Career mentoring
• Work placement opportunities
• The BP Student Tutoring Scheme
• Study abroad
• Entrepreneurship and enterprise events