Swansea University - Jobs

Jobs

Links to some key sources of information on job vacancies for finalists and graduates in both the private and public sectors:

Jobs database - UK-wide job vacancies notified direct to Careers and Employability, including opportunities in Wales.  This database has graduate vacancies for finalists, immediate graduate vacancies, work experience placements, year out and volunteering opportunities as well as short-term temporary/casual jobs in the local Swansea area.

Our short video about our interactive Careers services explains how to access the vacancies database as well as other online services.

 

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Focus on Wales:  The GO Wales website offers information about opportunities in Wales for Higher Education students and graduates.  Vacancies in the GO Wales database include  placements, work tasters, voluntary opportunities, part-time and temporary/casual vacancies, graduate vacancies for finalists and immediate graduate vacancies.

 

 

For details of opportunities at Swansea University, see the Human Resources Department's vacancy pages.

 

The Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services has produced a video on working for Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs):

Recruitment consultancy for graduates in Wales:

  • Prosper Recruitment UK Ltd  Metropole Chambers, Salubrious Passage, Wind Street, Swansea, SA1 3RT, Tel:  01792 645151, email:  info@prosperec.co.uk.  This consultancy originated as a spin-out from a project within our Careers and Employability service.

Top 300 companies in Wales:  http://www.walesonline.co.uk/business-in-wales/top300/

Graduate Prospects - the UK's official graduate careers website, offering the following services from My Prospects:

We work in partnership with Graduate Prospects so that you can 

  • Create tailored job or postgraduate course searches
  • Receive the latest jobs and courses direct to your email or mobile
  • Receive Prospects.ac.uk newsletter and Prospects Graduate digital magazine - packed with the latest news and vacancies
  • Access career planning tools, including Prospects Planner
  • Have your CV checked by a professional and receive free careers advice**
  • Use your online CV and apply for Postgraduate course opportunities**

** For graduates

I'd like to sign up to My Prospects as well and gain access to the above services.

 

Link to contacts and resources in the section of the Prospects website  that discusses issues relating to disability for information on career opportunities specifically for disabled students and graduates.

 

Gradintel is a FREE online recruitment service for students and graduates. This innovative service is designed to help you find the 'right opportunities' by matching yor gradintel.com profile to graduate vacancies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

TotalProfessions.com :  This site brings together information that Professional Bodies provide on professional careers, routes of entry, internships, graduate schemes and professional qualifications as well as available funding to gain professional qualifications.

More Graduate Careers websites that include jobs, placements, links to employers' websites and information about types of careers:

  • Hobsons Graduate Careers Centre
  • TARGETJobs:  jobs, employer database, articles on over 30 sectors, advice on making applications, and lots more
  • Inside Careers:  focuses on Accountancy, Actuaries, Banking, Engineering, IT, Logistics, Management Consultancy, Patent Attorneys, Purchasing and Tax
  • Gradcracker:  jobs and placements for engineering students

Key sources for public sector jobs:

Green jobs: 

 www.environmentjobs.co.uk  includes both UK based and international jobs, voluntary roles and expeditions.

Careers subscribes to the Countryside Jobs Service vacancy bulletins.  Registered Swansea University students can access the password Interactive Career Planning course in Blackboard.  Alumni may obtain login details at the Careers reception desk or by telephoning 01792 513266.