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Welcome to the website of the Careers Centre @ Staffordshire University!

*NEWS* Creative CV Competition 2012
Fancy winning a new 64gb wi-fi ready new iPad2?

Then why not enter our Creative CV competition. Open to all AMD students, all courses, all levels. Click here to find out more.

*NEWS* Just 45 minutes of your time could help you get the job/career you want!
Get a FREE employability skills review and learn what skills you already have and how to get the ones you need (worth up to £150 in the private sector).

Available to ALL students at Staffordshire University from ANY degree discipline

Call into a Careers Centre, drop us an email, or give us a call : Careers Centre Stoke, Ground Floor, Cadman Building, tel: 01782-294991 (9-5, Mon-Fri)

Career Centre, Beacon Building, tel: 01785 353233 (9-5, Mon-Fri)

You can email us at careers@staffs.ac.uk

*NEWS* - Graduate Internships
Brilliant news, we have funding from 1st January 2012 to run our third wage subsidised graduate internship scheme. Follow the link below to find out more.

Staffordshire University Graduate Internship Scheme 2012

*NEWS* - SEOTY Awards 2012
SEOTY is here! SEOTY stands for Student Employee of The Year and these nationallty recognised awards are run annually, to celebrate student part time working. Find out more by following the links below:

Employability
Find out how Staffordshire University prepares it's students for work by reading our employability statement:

Staffordshire University Employability Statement (PDF, file size: 96.02KB)

Find out about all the fantastic ways we can help you using the links below

What's On
We have lots of FREE events running throughout the academic year, including: workshops (on topics like CV writing and interview techniques); employer visits; CV clinics (a chance to get your CV checked by a Careers Adviser); Careers on Tour (meet us out in your faculty); and loads more. Use the links below to see a list of events for the Stoke and Stafford Campuses.

Stoke Campus Careers Event List (PDF, file size: 75.05KB)

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Stafford Campus Careers Event List (PDF, file size: 76.15KB)

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Go to JobZone and either login, or register and login, to view a full list, including national events, and to book a place on an event. On the welcome page select Main Menu from the left hand menu and then Events Calendar.

View events on JobZone
Students
Our students page has links to lots of information and online resources just for you.

Graduates
Just finished your studies at Staffordshire University? Visit our graduates page for information and online resources to help you in your transition to life after university.

Thinking of going to university?
Are you at school or college and thinking about your next steps? Or maybe you've had a break from education and want to return to study for a degree. Whatever you circumstances making informed decisions about your future is difficult without relevant information to back you your choices. Read our leaflet about getting careers advice if you are thinking about going to university, linked below, for details of where you can get careers advice, and online resources to help with your planning.
A Careers Centre Guide to . . . getting careers advice if you are thinking of going to university

Need some Careers Advice?
Follow this link to find out how you can get help from a Careers Adviser.

Jobs
Go to our JobZone for part-time, vacation and graduate jobs.

Getting a job
How to find and apply for jobs

Planning your Career

Careers Centre Resources and Locations

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