Work Experience

  • New Semester - New Careers Events - New Jobs

    The staff in the Careers Service are delighted to see campus back in to full swing, especially now students are booking appointments and once more engaging with their careers research and investigation. We do like to be busy! Here are three...

  • Make the most of your Summer!

    Yesterday, my colleague Ghislaine Dell and I contributed to a session on 'Make the Most of Your Summer'. We loved it and are really looking forward to the participants letting us know what they're getting up to over the summer...

  • Make the most of our summer careers fair!

    Did you know we are hosting a Summer Graduate Careers Fair on Tuesday, 28th April from 10am-4pm in Founders Hall? The fair is a great opportunity to explore graduate roles (if you are a finalist) or summer internships / work...

  • Looking for an internship this summer? Here are 6 great sites to help you find one

    A few weeks ago we published our most comprehensive resource to help you find an internship! I was intrigued to see the Independent's post on 6 great sites to help you find an internship and in particular wanted to see if there...

  • Our most comprehensive resource to help you find an internship!

    For a number of our students thoughts have turned to finding a summer internship and we thought we would pull together helpful websites to kick start your internship applications. General sites CareerPlayer - Search graduate internships by industry and location....

  • Researching Career Sectors

    Here are our 5 top tips to research career sectors:   Look at sector overviews:  Prospects, TARGETjobs and Inside Careers offer good sector overviews as well as example job profiles for multiple sectors. Talk to alumni: Log into Bath Connection and talk...

  • Should you disclose your nationality on your CV?

    Lately I have seen a number of International Students who have asked me the same question,“should I put my nationality on my CV?” and “will this affect how employers view my application?” My view is to be upfront about this… Remember...

  • Democracy Day - Have you thought of a career in Politics?

    Today across the BBC, Democracy Day is marked with special programmes looking at democracy in the UK and across the globe. The 20th January 1265 is widely recognised as the day England's first parliament was held.  This year also sees...

  • MyFuture opportunities round up!

    There are currently over 1000 graduate jobs, internships and work experience opportunities on MyFuture - the Bath Careers Service's online jobs board. Here's a selection of opportunities: MMC Sport - 3-9 month paid Editorial Internship based in Munich. Google - Fulltime Software...

  • Internships for First Years

      In my afternoon drop-ins yesterday the vast majority of questions from new students were around how to find an internship.  Whilst it is generally more common for recruiters to offer internships to second years, there is a shift in...