University of Manchester Careers Service

All universities should have a careers service, but a quality careers service is a little harder to meet. I don’t know, judging from my time at University of Leeds, they’re both pretty good.
I’ve made use of the literature, the newspapers, the information booklets, the CV help service, the psychometric tests books, all a lot of good information. However they run a mock interview session if you get a job interview but never seem to have any sessions free. They insist that you have an interview secured before you can make an appointment but most of the time interviews are short notice and I’m always always missing out.
However the advisors are pretty good on giving general advice and for giving you a confidence boost and you can really tell that they want you to genuinely get the job. There’s many talks and information sessions to attend and you get the regular emails to inform you of the new things going on as a current student. There are actually forums and blogs that you can keep up to date with if you’re a fan of the online.
Overall having the careers service there gives me the confidence that I’ll get somewhere as a University of Manchester graduate. Thank god.

I would go as far as to say that the University of Manchester careers Service is one of the best things about the University.
If you want direction in your career they will provide it for you. Not only do they allow you access to hundreds of great jobs, graduate programs and internships, they’ll actually meet you if you book a one to one session and sort your life out for you. Personally I’m doing a masters, but so many of my friends are now in careers, almost all of which they got onto through this wonderful service.
If you’re like me though, and don’t need a career just yet, they still provide services for you. They have hundreds of great part time jobs advertised through the careers service, so that businesses can get students or graduates of Manchester University to fill their posts. In fact, its how I got my job for Unilocal (which is amazing)!!
Its also a great place to advertise jobs if you run a business because you can guarantee that all the applicants will be graduates of a top class university.
A wonderful service that works to benefit all parties, I too am thankful that I have access to this joyous opportunity!