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When looking for vacancies,
there are a number of options:
Graduate
Careers Directories
- Prospects Directory
- Hobsons Graduate
Careers Directory
Containing useful advice
and summaries of hundreds of major employers, these are both worth
getting and you should be able to pick up free copies for yourself
at your University Careers Service.
New editions come out
each autumn.
Newspapers
National newspapers and
periodicals should be watched, mainly during the Spring and Summer
for suitable graduate vacancy ads.
As the year goes on,
depending on how their recruitment drive is going, many organisations
use newspapers and other journals more aggressively to advertise
their posts.
Broadsheets:
Keep an eye on the local
press - the 'Situations Vacant' pages is often useful for those
who wish to work locally. Click
here for a list.
Vacancy
Lists
Vacancy Bulletins usually
appear in two versions: national lists produced by the CSU ('Prospects
Finalists' until May, 'Prospects Today' thereafter) and local ones
produced by the Careers Services of individual Universities.
Copies of both are usually
free to pick up in University Careers Services.
CSU Vacancy
Lists (National)
a) CSU Prospects Finalist
Following on from its
annual Prospects Directory, the CSU publishes regular updates between
October and June. These contain specific vacancy statements from
employers wishing to recruit final year students for jobs starting
in the summer or autumn of graduation.
b) CSU Prospects Today
Starting in May each
year, Prospects Today is a series of fortnightly listings of immediate
job vacancies for those newly graduating.
Careers Service
Vacancy Bulletins
University Careers Services
usually publish their own vacancy bulletins regularly from October
onwards, which include opportunities specifically promoted to students
at their University.
Professional/Trade
Journals
Such as:
Ask your Careers Service
for a list of relevant journals for you, or contact appropriate
industry or trade associations.
Some of these will be
available in your University Careers Service, others in your University
Library or local Public Reference Library.
Recruitment
Events
A number of such events
are held at Universities throughout the country in June and July.
They are intended to
give employers who still have vacancies (and students still seeking
employment) an opportunity to meet and discuss what is available.
Advance notice is given
through Vacancy Lists and notice board displays in Careers Services.
Remember, however, that
the vacancies available at these are likely to be those not filled
earlier in the recruitment year.
Directories,
Yearbooks and Annuals
For example:
Some of these will be
available in your University Careers Service, others in your University
Library or local Public Reference Library.
Commercial
Directories
For example:
Some of these are available
online, others will be in your University Careers Service, University
Library or local Public Reference Library.
Internet
>> Check out our Web Directory for useful Careers links.
Universities
Regional Employers' Lists
For those interested
in working locally, most University Careers Services have lists
of local employers for you to browse.
Unsolicited
Applications
Some employers never
advertise vacancies. They don't need to; they get so many unsolicited
applications.
Publishers, for example,
and other media organisations rarely advertise.
For these kinds of jobs
you should apply be letter and CV, using your University Careers
Service or local library to obtain a list of names and addresses
of potential employers.
Even companies which
prefer responses to specific vacancies may be prepared to receive
speculative enquiries.
What have you got to
lose? Go for it!
Networking
Many vacancies are never
advertised with candidates being introduced or recommended by contacts.
As such, ideas from the
3F's (Friends, Family and members of Faculty) can definitely be
worth following up.
Checking with friends,
relatives, neighbours might help you to become aware of unexpected
vacancies. Let them know what you are looking for; ask them to keep
you informed if anything becomes available.
Despite your likely and
understandable reluctance to rely on others in this way, do not
be shy of seeking such help.
This content
is © The University of Hull.
Edited and reproduced with kind permission from John Franks - Head
of Hull University Careers
Service. All Rights Reserved.
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