Career Information

The University Careers Service offers a wide range of information and assistance in all areas of career decision making. Below is a list of quick links to some of the pages we think you will find useful.

1. Not sure what to do after you graduate?

• How to plan your career
• University of Leicester Careers Service
• Prospects Planner - to help you generate career ideas
• Prospects Web: Options with different subjects (links to individual subject pages)
• Prospects Web: What do graduates do? (UK graduate destinations by subject)
• Prospects Web: Explore types of jobs
• Prospects Web: Find out about the graduate labour market

2. Getting more experience for your career

• Work experience, placements, voluntary work, taking a year out
• Work placements online
• Prospects Web: National Council for Work Experience placements online

3. Further study

• Postgraduate courses and funding
• Scholarships, awards and fellowships for postgraduate study
• Prospects Web: Search courses and research opportunities

4. Employers and vacancies

1. Finding out about employers and vacancies
2. Current and future vacancies online
3. Prospects Web: Search for job vacancies

5. Applying for jobs and going for interviews

• Applications and interviews

6. Careers related fairs, events, presentations and workshops

• Latest news on events and activities on campus and elsewhere

7. Specific careers information for:

ethnic minority students; international students; students with a specific learning difficulty, health difficulty or disability; mature students

• Equal Opportunities

8. University of Leicester Careers Service

• Opening times
• How to get careers advice