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Tools and resources

What can career services offer?

From facilitating internships to providing guidance in how to choose a career to specific advice on
creating a curriculum vitae (CV), interviews and networking, Career Services are a valuable resource
for students as well as industry and academic partners. Increasingly, remote and distance skills are
required even before entering the work force, as interviews and even internships have moved to digital
formats that can eliminate the barriers caused by geographical distance. A selection of activities and
services can be seen in Figure 13.

Selected Career Services activities and services
Figure 13

CAREER PROFESSIONAL
ORIENTATION MENTORSHIP
COUNSELLING DOCUMENT REVIEW
Greeting newly enrolled Guiding students in Career Services teams Networking assistance
students with selecting a career to review your cover to connect with alumni,
information about how pursue using relevant letters, resumes, emails discipline experts for
they can benefit from CS tools (aptitude test, and LinkedIn Profile. one-on-one advice
activities throughout career assessments) and guidance
their time in university

WORK CO-OPERATIVE
INTERNSHIPS FIELD STUDY
PLACEMENTS EDUCATION
Student position in A project carried out on Supervised practical Structured method of
an organisation to gain behalf of an organisation application of a studied combining
work experience or by a team of students as field or theory; differs classroom-based
satisfy requirements for part of their degree from internship because education with practical
a qualification. requirements. it focuses on work experience.
observation.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLING UP MEASURING SEMINARS
NETWORKING RESULTS
Building Increase competence or Collecting data about Informal information
mutually-beneficial expertise, especially in graduates success in sessions on career
connections with people soft skills e.g. teamwork, finding work or themes, e.g. what jobs
in a target profession or adaptability, problem continuing on with graduates can do with
industry. solving. further education. their degree (with expert
faculty partners).

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