Careers Resources

Careers Resources

The resources listed below are mostly hosted on external websites. The Careers and Employability Service website also has information on Work Experience. Find out more.

Work experience

Rate My Placement

RateMyPlacement allows students to review their placement provider and experience. There is also a searchable database of placement and internship opportunities.

Copies of this item are available to take away from the Careers Service on the second floor of the Hub.

Bright Network

Free resource for finding internships and graduate jobs. They offer a 4-day virtual internship programme, "Internship Experience UK", which runs in the summer. You can use their website all year round to search for internships and graduate jobs, as well as accessing helpful careers advice.

Forage - virtual work experience programmes

Free resource that allows you to undertake work experience tasks set by real graduate employers. You watch videos of employers explaining what the tasks involve and then you can opt to upload your work to the site. After completing a task you will learn how employees of the company would have completed the task.

Springpod - free virtual work experience programmes

Free, interactive virtual work experience programmes in a range of sectors, including healthcare, engineering, finance, media, law and environment. Please note that you must be aged 14-19 years old and live in the UK to register for these programmes.

Prospects: Work Experience

Articles and job advertisements, available in paper copy and on the website.

This book is available to borrow from the Sir Duncan Rice Library. Please check the library catalogue for details.

Copies of this item are available to take away from the Careers Service on the second floor of the Hub.

targetjobs: internships

Search for the latest work experience opportunities by job sector.

Mini Career Course: Finding Volunteering Opportunities

In this mini career course you will find out about the types of volunteering opportunities available to you and where to find volunteering opportunities. The course should take around 15 minutes to complete.

Mini Career Course: Finding Internship Opportunities

In this mini career course you will find out about the types of internship opportunities available to you and where to find advertised as well as hidden opportunities. The course should take around 15 minutes to complete.

Mini Career Course: Finding Part-Time Jobs

In this mini career course you will find out about the types of part time jobs available to you, where to find advertised opportunities and access the "hidden job market". The course should take around 15 minutes to complete.

Environmental Work Experience

The link below will take you to a list of recommended websites and downloads for finding environmental work experience, paid and voluntary.

International Work Experience Opportunities

The link below will take you to a list of recommended resources for finding work experience outside of the UK.

Casual Job Opportunities Worldwide

The link below will take you to a list of websites, recommended for searching for casual/ seasonal work abroad.

Step - Placements for students and graduates

Paid placements throughout the UK for current students and graduates. View the current opportunities by clicking on the link below.

AAI EmployAbility - graduate placements

Advertises opportunities for recent graduates and postgraduates in a range of sectors.

Magnet.me

Search for internships, placements and graduate jobs across the UK. This site allows you to specify the type of roles you are interested in and connect directly with employers.

Shaw Trust - supporting disabled people

National charity which provides vocational training, work tasters & help finding jobs.

Brilliant workplace skills for students and graduates

This book gives you advice on how you can build on the skills you have learned during your degree and apply them in a workplace setting. If you are about to start a placement, internship or first graduate job, it offers useful information on what to expect from the workplace environment.

  • Author: Bill Kirton
  • Published: 2012

This book is available to borrow from the Sir Duncan Rice Library. Please check the library catalogue for details.

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

KTP offers recent graduates a real job, lasting for one to three years, working on a defined project within a UK business with a commercially competitive salary.

Rising High in Suffolk - placements and graduate schemes in local government

12 week summer placements and graduate schemes at local authorities in Suffolk.

Legal Work Experience (AllAboutGroup)

Representatives of law firms explain the value of all types of work experience, emphasising that part-time/ casual jobs and volunteering can stand out on your job applications as much as work placements.

Huzzle

Find graduate jobs, work experience and events in the UK, customised to your preferences.

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