{"id":727,"date":"2016-10-31T15:36:07","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T15:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/?p=727"},"modified":"2025-10-22T15:57:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T14:57:30","slug":"do-i-need-to-use-the-careers-service-in-my-first-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/2016\/10\/31\/do-i-need-to-use-the-careers-service-in-my-first-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Do I need to use the Careers Service in my First Year?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Firstly, welcome to all First Years! We hope that you have now settled in and are enjoying university life and your chosen degree programme.<br \/>\nRight from the start of this academic year, you will have opportunities to develop your employability skills and build on those skills you already acquired before arriving here. So it\u2019s a good idea to start to think about how you might do this. Getting some work experience or getting involved in student activities \u2013 from societies to taking part in many of the volunteering activities that take place in the local community is a great way to do this. These activities can help to develop your team and leadership skills, organisational skills, and communication skills which employers will want to see evidence of. So my advice is get involved as much as you are able to and challenge yourself.<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2016\/10\/8618916280_d68b2c46ac_z-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-740 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2016\/10\/8618916280_d68b2c46ac_z-2-251x300.jpg\" alt=\"8618916280_d68b2c46ac_z-2\" width=\"239\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2016\/10\/8618916280_d68b2c46ac_z-2-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2016\/10\/8618916280_d68b2c46ac_z-2.jpg 535w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>At the Fresher\u2019s Fair the other week, a common question from students to the Careers Service team was \u2013 \u201cShould I be worried about my career path now?\u201d Or \u201cDo I need to use you already?\u201d<br \/>\nThe answer to the first concern is, \u201cno\u201d! There is absolutely no need to be concerned, but it is useful to know the sorts of things we do in the Careers Service and how we can support you and help you to develop your employability whilst you are with us. So in answer to \u201cDo you need to use us this year?\u201d is \"maybe\"!<br \/>\nMany of you will already have attended or will be attending an induction day on what we offer. However, for those of you that missed these, I thought it would be a good idea to list some of the areas we are here for particularly in your first year.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Resources<\/strong><br \/>\nFirstly, on our Careers Web pages at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/students\/careers\">www.bath.ac.uk\/students\/careers<\/a> we have an extensive range of resources to help you develop your employability. Have a look through our listings and you will find information on<br \/>\nChoose a Career? \u2013 Lots of guidance and tools on helping you to make a career decision over the next few years<br \/>\nGet Work experience? \u2013 How to find guide, information on Gap years and websites to search for opportunities<br \/>\nSucceed in Selection \u2013 Covers anything to do with getting a job or placement - from our interview guide, psychometric tests to practice, to our video interview programme which allows you to practice your interviews.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Events and Workshops<\/strong><br \/>\nThroughout your time with us, we offer many careers events, including careers fairs, workshops and employer talks. Take a look to see what might interest you or help you in your career journey by going to <a href=\"https:\/\/myfuture.bath.ac.uk\/\">https:\/\/myfuture.bath.ac.uk\/<\/a><br \/>\nAn event of particular interest - Summer Internships Fair \u2013 25th November \u2013 Founders\u2019 Sports Hall<\/li>\n<li><strong>Career Appointments<\/strong> \u2013 you can talk to a Careers Adviser for one-to-one help either in a quick query appointment or longer guidance appointment. We suggest booking a quick query appointment initially and can help you with the following:<br \/>\n- Advice on options and modules<br \/>\n- Advice on changing or leaving your course<br \/>\nOur Careers Advisers are impartial and can help you understand the pros and cons of changing course. Check out other sources of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Bath.ac.uk\/students\/careers\/choose-a-career\/course-change.bho\">help<\/a>\u00a0.<br \/>\n- Finding work experience<br \/>\n- What career to aim for:-<br \/>\nYou don\u2019t need to have decided what you want to do before you speak to a Careers Adviser but you could read our Careers Guide to get you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/students\/careers\/information-resources\/bath-guide.bho\">started<\/a>\u00a0.<br \/>\nYou can also check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/students\/careers\/choose-a-career\">Choose A Career pages<\/a> to find out more.<br \/>\n- CV advice: \u2013 useful if you are considering an Insight Week or work experience in the summer<br \/>\nTo book just go to- <a href=\"https:\/\/myfuture.bath.ac.uk\/\">https:\/\/myfuture.bath.ac.uk\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Career Drop \u2013Ins For First Years<\/strong><br \/>\nFinally, in addition to our bookable appointments, from the 15th November we will be offering Career Drop-in sessions every Tuesday 5-7 pm aimed particularly for First Years. These will be in the Student Services area \u2013 just go to 4W.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I hope this has given you a taster of the support that we can offer you on your career journey and ideas for developing your employability skills. You will find a useful guide to employability in your library card wallet.<br \/>\nWe look forward to welcoming you soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firstly, welcome to all First Years! We hope that you have now settled in and are enjoying university life and your chosen degree programme. 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