University of Sheffield Careers and Employability Service

Graduate with valuable work experience on your CV 🧑‍🎓

Book your place for the next placement year info sessions taking place in April to find out how to make the most of your degree!

Want to hear from students who are now doing or have returned from a placement year? Watch this space 👀

Head to Career Connect to register for the sessions through the link in our bio ☝️

Explore opportunities in the Health industry! 🧑‍⚕️

Join the very first edition of Opportunities in Health, a one-week event series for any and all students (regardless of degree!) interested in a career or further study in the Health industry 🩺

👆 Head to the link in our bio to see the interactive calendar and sign up for any session that interests you!

"How do I know if I have the right experience for this job?" Here's how 👇

The first thing to do is take a look at the job's person specifications (or candidate criteria) and see what sort of experiences or skills they're asking you to demonstrate - that is, to write about in your application.

,💭 Then, think about some examples when you've developed or used the skill they're asking for.

💁 If they're mentioning specific experiences, try to remember when you've had similar experiences in previous jobs or extracurricular activities.

💌 Pro tip: check your mySkills portfolio to see all your past experiences at a glance and choose from there!

💌 Bonus tip: if the job description is asking for a kind of experience you haven't had but have the skills for, focus on demonstrating these skills when writing your application.

❓What other skills are you struggling to demonstrate in your job applications?

Curios about a career in Asia? Don't miss this series! 🌏

Asia Careers Insights Week is an annual event series that gives you a quick overview of the opportunities open to you if you want to work in China 🇨🇳, South East Asia or Hong Kong SAR 🇭🇰

You'll get lots of employer presentations and insights into their application processes 💌

👆 Access Career Connect from the link in our bio and search for the events you'd like to sign up for!

Some of these are workshops led by our Employability Advisers team, too, so you get some extra support and guidance for getting started in your career! 🧑‍🎓

pov 🧍your skills standing there waiting to be seen and appreciated

It can be quite tricky to identify the skills you have if you haven't practiced self-reflection before. But there are ways you can get better at it and become comfortable talking about your strengths! 👆

Job applications often ask you to ❗demonstrate❗a set of skills - that means to show that you've developed and can use the skills you're describing, by using examples from your past experiences.

💌 Save this for the next time you're writing your applications for jobs or further study or preparing for an interview.

Are there any other skills you've been struggling to demonstrate in your applications or interviews? 👀

What's your main reason for joining? 👀

Look no further! 👇

🧑‍🎓 The eMentoring scheme allows you to link up with alumni of the university, find out more about the world of work, and network with a professional working in an area that interests you.

🌸 The Spring eMentoring scheme will run from February 2024 until the end of April and you'll be able to connect with your mentor either through email, phone, video call or face-to-face. The scheme runs for around 8-10 weeks.

💌 Register your interest at the link in our bio and we will be in touch at the start of February with details about how to apply.

Our graduates go on to do impressive things 🧑‍🎓

Here's a quick selection of the graduate destinations of some of our former Arts and Humanities students 💫

Curious where your degree can take you? Check out our Graduate Case Studies database for a bit of ✨inspiration✨ - link in our bio ☝️

Job applications 🤝 ramen recipes

Next time you're applying for jobs and feeling like this 😫 - think of it this way!

🌟 You most likely have more skills than you may think, and it's so important to remember that many (if not most!) of them are transferrable - meaning that you can use them for more than one role and in more than one industry.

📝 For example, the same type of critical thinking skills that you develop through your course can be used both for your dissertation and for a job that requires evaluating options or data. And that's a lot of jobs!

💌 Pro tip: before thinking whether the job you're applying for is something you're totally confident doing, think of situations when you've developed and used the required skills!

Looking for a career that helps people? We’re Frontline, a charity working to make life better for children with social workers in England.

Join our three-year Frontline programme and become a children’s social worker.

You’ll qualify as a social worker, complete a fully-funded master’s degree, and earn an average salary of £34,000 in your second year on the programme.

You’ll help keep children safe from harm and create positive change for them and their families.

This is the work that makes a difference. This is social work.

Learn more about , our Employer of the Week, at the link in our stories!

You've probably heard the term 'sustainability agenda' before - but what does it really mean? 👀

🌟 Having a sustainability agenda differs from one organisation to another and it can take many shapes.

🌱 Here are some useful ways to think about what it can mean in the context of an organisation - and some tips on how to get informed about it.

❗️ However, having a sustainability agenda doesn't necessarily mean an organisation is *sustainable*. In many cases, it means that they're on a path towards becoming more sustainable and planning to make progress towards it.

🔍 Check out where the organisations attending the Autumn Careers Fairs next week stand when it comes to sustainability by heading to the Fairs Webpage at the link in our bio and using the filters.

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