Planning your career
I am a current York St John student or graduate
and I want ...... help with planning my career
Only you can make the decision what to do for a
job/career and/or further study or training. It helps to have a
sense of direction but finding this can be difficult if you are
unsure what you want to do. Career Development provides a
range of services to assist you with your career planning
including:
- One-to-one confidential careers interviews by appointment (see
our home page for contact details and how to book)
- Informal drop-in sessions with an adviser for help with, for
example, a CV or job application
- A programme of careers events and presentations
Career Development carries out a survey each year to gather
information about what kind of jobs or further study our
graduates have entered. The latest data on York St John
graduate destinations and examples of occupations will be available
on our website in the near future.
Nationwide Graduate Data
To find out what types of work or further study graduates from
across the country with your degree have gone on to do
visit the What do graduates do? pages on
prospects.ac.uk, the UK's
official graduate careers website. Information is
available across 27 subject areas.
Find out what I could do
with my qualifications. Your subject and qualifications open up
different doors for you, prospects.ac.uk, the UK's official
graduate careers website allows you to explore the available
options.
Get more information
about particular occupations Explore different job roles and 'A
day in the life of' testimonials giving you more insight into
different occupations via prospects.ac.uk.
This type of research can help you to identify important factors
to consider when choosing an occupation.
Job Exploration and Skills
Awareness Programmes
Take a look at our guide to Job
Exploration and Skills Awareness Programmes the
programmes use various methods (questionnaires,
activities and tasks) to explore your skills, knowledge,
experience and career motivation in order to encourage you to
begin to think about what type of job / career would suit you. Some
programmes may even suggest occupations which match your
profile.