Resources
Bath Spa Careers are here to help you fulfil your potential and give you a head start in preparing for your future.
Helpful resources
Interviews are a crucial part of the recruitment process – for a placement, job, or a place on a postgraduate course. Their purpose is to give you a chance to demonstrate that your abilities and personality ‘match’ what they are looking for, and vice versa.
View our specialist resources:
- Guide to Preparing for Interviews (full guide)
- Guide to Preparing for Interviews (summary guide)
- Guide to Using the STAR Approach
- Guide to Completing Job Application Forms
- Guide to Making Speculative Applications
- Guide to Assessment Centres
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Choosing a career can seem overwhelming, but you're not alone. Career planning may seem daunting and can be time-consuming, so its important to give yourself the time to research. You need to plan ahead and feel able to make informed choices about your career direction.
View our specialist resources:
- Guide to Career Direction
- What are my Graduate Options?
- How Do I Make Career Decisions?
- Guide to 'Helping People' Careers
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Your CV is a marketing tool – promoting your skills, achievements, knowledge and experience. It's often the key to unlocking opportunities. If you're not going to sell yourself, who is?
View our specialist resources:
- Guide to CVs (full guide)
- Guide to a great CV (summary guide)
- Guide to Creative CVs
- Guide to Covering Letters and Emails
- Guide to Using the STAR Approach
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When thinking about employability, you may have concerns about how your disability could impact your future role or career plans. Here, we provide some helpful advice and guidance to help ease your worries.
External resources:
- Change 100 - Summer internships for students and graduates with a disability
- Blind in Business
- National Autistic Society: Finding Employment online module
- Udemy: Employability Skills for Autistic Students & Graduates
When thinking about employability, you may have concerns about how equality and diversity might play a role in your future work environment, and how you can contribute to a positive experience. Here, we provide some helpful advice and guidance to help ease your worries.
Freelance work brings both benefits and risks, so you need to be aware of these before you decide if self-employment is for you. There are lots of useful resources to help you kickstart your business or creative project, and you can also gain support by booking a 1:1 Freelance and Business Start-Up Insight Appointment.
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If you're looking for employment after graduation, you should look out for these three main types of opportunities:
- Graduate schemes
- Jobs
- Internships
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Networking is a natural element of cooperation at work, helping you to build relationships with people which in turn enables you to create opportunities for one another. This could manifest itself as a job, internship, industry event, a chance to work shadow, or anything that gets you a step closer to where you want to be.
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Many students and graduates choose to seek work-based opportunities abroad, be it casual, seasonal, placement or voluntary work. Heading abroad requires careful consideration and research – you may want to consider things such as your reasons for going, where to go and what to do, and how to prepare for other practical issues, such as money, travel, and visas.
View our specialist resources:
- Guide to Finding Work in the UK as an International Graduate
- Guide to Finding Work in your Home Country after Graduation
- Guide to Job Hunting Abroad as a UK Graduate
- Guide to Seeking Opportunities Abroad
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Working alongside your course (or as part of your course in a Professional Placement Year) is a great way to gain experience that has a direct impact on your studies, giving you fresh perspective and engagement with your course, fellow students, and the industry at large. Below you can find some guidance on finding working opportunities during your studies, whether you are a home or international student.
Postgraduate study offers a great opportunity to specialise in a certain sector and enhance your career. There are many courses and funding options available - we have created these resources as an overview, but we have also included some hints and tips to help you explore other issues around postgraduate study, such as techniques for effective applications and interviews.
View our specialist resources:
- Guide to Postgraduate Study: Applications, Personal Statements and Interviews
- Guide to Choosing and Funding Postgraduate Study
Further external resources:
- Find A Masters - Courses, Events, Funding
- Prospects - Guide to Postgraduate Study
- Find A PHD - Courses, Events, Funding
- Alternative Guide to Postgraduate Funding (free subscription with @bathspa.ac.uk email)
- BSU PG Funding Student Finance
Interested in a career as a teacher? This section covers different types of teacher teaching routes as well as strategies to help secure your first school-based teaching job.
View our specialist resources:
- Guide to Teacher Training in England (Primary and Secondary)
- Guide to Teacher Training for Early Years
- Guide to Teaching in Further Education and Higher Education
- Guide to Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
- Guide to Getting a Teaching Job
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Volunteering is a great way to donate your time to a worthy cause, while also building on your skills and experience for the job market. Below we have created the following guidance on how to choose and find volunteering opportunities, as well as options for considering volunteering abroad and more.
Industry sector guides
Do you have a particular job sector in mind? Or would you just like to find out more about a range of industries to better inform your career thinking? Our industry sector guides can help you gain an insight into a range of areas.
Our team can help you find graduate roles, further study and more. We'll guide you through your applications, and can help with other aspects of your career development, too.
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Disclaimer
Bath Spa Careers can't formally endorse external providers of information or opportunities, but we try to ensure all links are relevant. We can't take responsibility for the content of external sites and it is the user’s responsibility to verify all terms and conditions with any employer.