Online Careers Resources

In this section you will find online careers resources, downloadable documents, catalogue of video resources and useful websites that can assist your career planning.

Online Vacancy Service

Browse this online database of vacancies from employers targeting University of Surrey students and graduates. Search for future and immediate graduate jobs, part-time and temporary vacancies, as well as summer internships, work experience and voluntary opportunities. Receive notifications when relevant vacancies are posted onto the system

Online  Careers Video-libraries

Careers Service online video library (Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services video production) 

Destinations website selection of video clips on a range of careers topics, such as job hunting, postgraduate study, CVs and interviews

CareerPlayer: graduate jobs and career advise on video

Online Careers Events Calendar

Check online for our programmes of events, talks, workshops, briefing sessions and presentations run throughout the academic year.

Careers Information Leaflets

All the careers leaflets are written by our careers advisers and are available for you to download in this section. Arranged by topic, they can easily be found and saved to your computer.

Useful websites

www.prospects.ac.uk The UK's official graduate careers website. A very comprehensive national site, it covers help in finding jobs, seeking employment, planning a career or selecting postgraduate courses.

www.prospects.ac.uk/links/jobvacs The Prospects job vacancy pages. Lots of vacancies with top employers.

www.prospects.ac.uk/links/coprofiles Profiles of Graduate Recruiters

www.surrey.ac.uk/destinations  Destinations® is a resource for students and recent graduates, designed to help you to manage your career from university to work and beyond.

www.careers.lon.ac.uk from the Careers Group, University of London. Go to Develop your Career/Online Careers Library.

www.targetjobs.co.uk Another well established site aimed at graduates, offering jobs and advice.

TARGETcourses A newly relaunched website that compares postgraduate courses in the UK for graduates considering further study. It has been compiled with UCAS and also has institution profiles with information on research and funding.

www.insidecareers.co.uk In-depth career information from professional bodies, plus graduate vacancies, company information and job alerts. They produce 18 specialist titles - in business, management, finance, engineering, IT and consultancy.

www.milkround.com Another well known graduate job hunting site

www.fish4jobs.co.uk Regional newspapers’ vacancies sections.

www.skill.org.uk The official British website offering specialised careers information for students/graduates with a disability.

www.wmin.ac.uk/careers/fusion To help you tackle the discrimination that can occur on the basis of factors such as age, race, disability, criminal record, sexual orientation, gender identity and overseas status.

www.wikijob.co.uk A graduate careers research tool that over 600,000 students & graduates use each month to find out about employers, discuss careers and apply for jobs

http://careers.civil-service.gov.uk Civil service. Good for jobs in governmental departments and agencies.

www.shldirect.com Information about the tests that employers may use in selection. Some free examples. Gives a chance to do a real timed practise test with feedback on how you compare to other applicants.

www.surreylocaljobs.co.uk and www.surreyjobs.info (public sector). Local job vacancies, full-and part-time, with links to other job sites.

www.windmillsonline.co.uk/interactive Site with practical exercises to help you assess yourself and make career decisions and plans.

Careers Service Blog

Follow our posts on www.uniofsurreycareers.wordpress.com 

Careers Service on Facebook

Become a fan of our Careers Service Facebook for updates on events, vacancies and news