Careers Service
Information, advice and guidance for our students and graduates on building skills, experience and contacts to improve employability
Email: careers@plymouth.ac.uk
Phone: +44 1752 587456
Or drop-in Monday to Thursday 8:30–17:00, Friday 09:30–16:30
Phone: +44 1752 587456
Or drop-in Monday to Thursday 8:30–17:00, Friday 09:30–16:30
How the Careers Service can help you
We want you to secure a fulfilling and successful future when you graduate. To help you get there, we offer a comprehensive range of resources backed up with individual advice and guidance.
- See an adviser
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Skills development workshops and resources -
Careers support for first-year students - Events and professional development to help you network and grow
- Careers support for international students
- Careers support for postgraduate students
- Finalists and Graduates
- Careers support for degree apprenticeships
- Equality, diversity and social mobility
- Find out more about us and meet the team
Gaining work experience, looking and applying for work
All work experience is of value: part-time work, volunteering, placements, internships and mentoring are all excellent ways to develop skills. Find out what you are good at and enjoy, and make professional connections.
Exploring your career and further study options
You may have some career ideas in mind, but before you can begin to focus and make decisions it is a good idea to spend some time investigating them further. You will find a variety of useful
digital career resources
and opportunities to help you further explore your future career ideas and options.
- Where could your degree take you?
- Explore different industries and sectors
- Explore further study options
- Explore graduate jobs and schemes
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Digital Career Resources - Gain insight through a professional mentor
- Understanding LinkedIn and getting connected
- Explore self-employment, freelancing and running your own business
Helping you achieve career success
Advice for finalists and graduates
We have a range of advice, tailored support and resources for finalists and graduates to help you achieve your career goals.
Digital tools
We provide some great digital resources to enhance your skills.
- – Find part-time, placements, and graduate roles, book events and appointments, and discover learning pathways.
- – Optimise your CV in minutes! Compare your CV and cover letter against a job description to tailor your application to a vacancy.
- – Practice for interviews, assessments, and other recruitment-based tests to prepare for upcoming interviews or assessment centres.
- – Prepare for interviews to graduate schemes, jobs, internships, and more with their modular, video-based, interactive eLearning courses.
- – Worldwide job and internship vacancy resources for more than 120 locations, including location-specific career guides and key corporate profiles.
- – Build skills directly from world-leading organisations through Virtual Experience Programmes.
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LinkedIn Learning – Access over 16,000 online tutorials.
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Keep in touch with your Careers Service
Monday to Thursday from 8:30–17:00 Friday 09:30–16:30