Books on career planning
| The Graduate Jobs Formula |
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This book explains how you can succeed in finding a graduate job in the current competitive labour market. It aims to give you a headstart on your competitors and an insight into how graduate recruiters think and behave.
You will find this book in the Careers Service library on the second floor of the Hub. |
| The Graduate Career Guidebook |
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This book divides the career journey into manageable steps and helps you navigate each stage, from deciding what you want to do, to gaining work experience, networking effectively, conducting a job hunt, writing a knock-out CV, impressing at interview and getting the job. It is available to borrow from the Careers Service library. There is also a companion website with extra activities and videos (follow link below).
You will find this book in the Careers Service library on the second floor of the Hub. |
| Let Go of my Leg! |
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Information for working mothers who are planning on returning to work.
You will find this book in the Careers Service library on the second floor of the Hub. |
| Moving On In Your Career |
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A career planning and professional development guide for academic researchers and postgraduates.
You will find this book in the Careers Service library on the second floor of the Hub. |
| Brilliant Employability Skills |
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This book aims to help you to identify and develop the employability skills that will give you the edge in the job market.
You will find this book in the Careers Service library on the second floor of the Hub. |
| Employability Skills |
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Advice on how to develop the skills that employers expect new recruits to possess.
You will find this book in the Careers Service library on the second floor of the Hub. |
| How to Get a Job You'll Love |
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This book aims to help you to identify the career you really want. It contains exercises to focus on your skills and potential as well as advice on job-search strategies.
You will find this book in the Careers Service library on the second floor of the Hub. |
| The A-Z of Careers and Jobs |
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Profiles of over 300 job types with information on skills/ qualifications required and career prospects.
You will find this book in the Careers Service library on the second floor of the Hub. |
| Stand Out from the Crowd: Key Skills for Study, Work and Life |
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This book highlights skills that employers are looking for and explains how you can provide evidence of them in your job applications.
You will find this book in the Careers Service library on the second floor of the Hub. |
| Fifty Ways to Boost your Employability |
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This book contains 50 tips and activities that will help you think about career options and enhance your career prospects.
You will find this book in the Careers Service library on the second floor of the Hub. |
| The Work-based Learning Student Handbook |
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This book explains what work-based learning is and how it can enhance your career prospects. There is also practical advice about how to make the most of your work-based project and where to look for support.
You will find this book in the Careers Service library on the second floor of the Hub. |
| Building a successful career in Scientific Research |
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This guide for PhD students and Postdocs offers advice on a range of topics, including time management, report writing, presentation skills, writing papers, supervising students, teaching and writing grant proposals.
You will find this book in the Careers Service library on the second floor of the Hub. |
| You're Hired - Graduate Career Handbook |
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This book offers wide-ranging advice on planning your career, including strategies for identifying job types that would suit you, tips on making the most of your time at university and recommendations for finding and applying for jobs.
You will find this book in the Careers Service library on the second floor of the Hub. |