The resources listed below are mostly hosted on external websites. The Careers and Employability Service website also has information on Career Planning. Find out more.
Career planning
| Mini Career Course: Developing Career Plans |
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This mini career course introduces you to a wide range of tools that can be helpful at every stage of the career planning journey, enabling you to explore your options, developing and building on ideas you already have and perhaps widening your scope and introducing new ideas to consider. This mini career course is relevant to students who haven't started to think about their career plan yet. It is also relevant to students with a set career path in mind to ensure you know of the steps needed to make it a reality. The course should take about 15 minutes to complete |
| Career Choice Tools |
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Here is a list of links to career choice tools, including online career planning programmes from a range of organisations. |
| Researching your Career Ideas |
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List of links to websites and other resources to help you to research job types in more detail to help you make informed career choices. |
| My Plus Students' Club |
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Lots of useful information on the job application process, including advice on disclosing a disability to an employer. There are also detailed employer profiles. |
| Mini Career Course: Finding Graduate Vacancies |
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In this mini career course you will find out about the types of graduate opportunities available to you, where to find advertised opportunities and access the "hidden job market". |
| Mini Career Course: Job market research |
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Understanding the job market and opportunities in different sectors and locations is an important part of career planning and decision making. This mini career course gives an insight into the type of information available to you and how it can help inform your next steps. |
| Factors influencing your Career choice |
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When you are considering your career options there are a number of factors that may influence your decision. This activity will explore some of the main factors that might affect your motivation and satisfaction within a role. Note: you do not need to sign in to complete this activity. |
| Prospects - What can I do with my degree? |
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The Prospects 'Options' Series allows you to discover how best to use your degree. The 'Options' series gives an idea of the skills gained throughout your degree, job options, career areas, further study, case studies, contacts and resources. Those studying for a combined degree might find it useful to look at an 'Option' sheet for each subject. |
| Career Callings - identify careers and employers matched to your values |
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Select the global challenges that matter most to you and find related employers, occupations and training opportunities. |
| Job-seeking and career planning for Researchers |
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Click on the link below to find our top resources for Job-seeking and Career Planning for Researchers. |
| Books on Career Planning |
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The Sir Duncan Rice Library has a range of useful books that will help you to plan your career. For details, click on the link below. |
| Activity Log |
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A document to allow you to see what you are spending your time on, how much time it takes and the value of the activities from the Mind Tools website. |
| Career guide for having a positive impact on the world (80,000 Hours) |
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Access a career guide with advice on finding a fulfilling career that does good. |
| Tiny Bite video: Self awareness tools for career planning and skills development |
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Find out how to use self awareness assessments to help you plan your career and skills development. |
| Tiny Bite video: Finding careers and employability resources on the Careers website |
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Did you know we house over 2500 career-related resources on our website? From where to start with career planning to specific sector recruitment processes, our website provides the perfect starting point for researching your options. Watch this video for more detail on our resources and how to find them. |
| Tiny Bite video: Job market research |
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Find out how to use web resources to research employment sectors and the labour market. |
| Skills Map Poster |
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A printable version of the Skills Map poster.
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| Skills Map (interactive) |
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This activity will help you think about the skills that you already have and give you an idea of skills you would like to develop. Note: you do not need to sign in to complete this activity. |
| SMART Goal Setting Activity (word version for MAC users) |
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This document explains what SMART goal setting is, how to set effective SMART goals and gives you a form to complete with your own goals. This can be a powerful tool for motivating you and focusing your career related activities.
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| Skills Audit Template |
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A template to help you audit your skills.
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| Skills Audit Template (word version for MAC users) |
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A template to help you audit your skills.
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| SMART Goal Setting Activity |
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This document explains what SMART goal setting is, how to set effective SMART goals and gives you a form to complete with your own goals. This can be a powerful tool for motivating you and focusing your career related activities.
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| SWOT analysis grid (word version for MAC users) |
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A template to help you analyse your Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. |
| SWOT analysis grid |
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A template to help you analyse your Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats.
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| GCAS graduate wellbeing resources |
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Access four toolkits containing advice and strategies for making the transition from university to employment. There are helpful tips on making applications, developing confidence and resilience, job-seeking and coping with anxiety. |
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