Need Advice?

The Careers Centre at Staffordshire University has a dedicated team of Careers Advisers, ready and waiting to help you.  You can access their help in a number of ways, as follows:

• attending one of our regular Quick Query sessions.  Normally between 10-4pm, Monday-Friday at both Careers Centres.

• book a one-to-one appointment with a Careers Adviser at one of our Careers Centres.  You can have as many appointments as you need and can discuss anything careers-related.

• book a mock interview to practice your interview technique ready for the 'real thing'

• attend one of our CV Clinics to get your CV checked

• come to a workshop on subjects like job hunting, making applications and interviews

• meet employers at one of our fairs and events

• meet us in your Faculty - look out for Careers on Tour

• use our online jobs database, Staffs JobZone, to find part-time and vacation work

You don't need to know what you want to do

In the feedback we gather from our clients a popular misconception that students and graduates have is that you need to know what you want to do before you see a Careers Adviser.  That's not true at all.  Our Advisers can coach you through the whole process of planning your future, from looking at what you're good at and what you like to making applications and preparing for interviews.

A Careers Adviser can:

• coach you through the process of planning your future

• help you to research and decide on which career areas you might want to pursue

• make effective decisions, based on accurate information, about routes into careers and the current labour market

• create an amazing CV

• look for jobs

• guide you through filling in application forms

• practice your interview technique by role playing an interview with you

• show you how to prepare for assessment centre and psychometric testing

• discuss further study with you

• get you started if you want to work or study overseas

• and loads more . . .

Talking to a Careers Adviser

We have two Careers Centres, one on the Stoke Campus and one at Stafford - see addresses and location maps below.  You can see a Careers Adviser by:

• attending one of our daily* quick query sessions - no need to book, just drop in to one of the Careers Centres between 10am and 4pm, Mon-Fri and you can have a quick chat to an Adviser.  *Session times may vary, so we recommend that if you are travelling any distance, please check times of the sessions first by giving us a call on the numbers in the next bullet point.

• 'phoning one of the Centres and booking a half hour appointment - Stoke 01782 294991, Stafford 01785 353233

• dropping us an email at careers@staffs.ac.uk

• calling in to one of the Careers Centres and speaking to our friendly Information Team.

If you're a part-time student, distance learner or are unable to get in to one of the Careers Centres, you can use our 'eguidance' service to communicate online, follow the link below to submit a query (you can attach a CV or other word document, to your query):

• Talk to a Careers Adviser through eguidance

Careers Centre Locations

The Careers Centre on the Stoke campus is in room B6 on the ground floor of the Cadman Building (you might know it as the Thompson Library), on College Road

The Careers Centre on the Stafford campus is on the ground floor of the Beacon Building, next to Dolche Vita, the Student's Union and the main reception.

You can find location maps by following the link below. 

• The Stoke Campus of Staffordshire University (PDF, file size: 3.05MB)
  (we're in the building marked 'C' on the Stoke Campus Map linked at the bottom of the page)

• The Stafford Campus of Staffordshire University (PDF, file size: 3.05MB)
  (we're in the building marked 'A' on the Stafford Campus Map linked at the bottom of the page)