Employability
Welcome to the Employability Hub. We have compiled a range of resources across this mini-site to help you:
Understand what opportunities are available to you to help you build skills and experience
Show how you can articulate your skills development in interviews, applications and CV's and reflect on your student leadership roles
See what different options are available to you after graduation and what to expect from the graduate job market
Explore skills guides to help you understand a range of employability skills and graduate attributes, and see how you can develop skills further in these areas
Our 24-26 Employability Plan:
Click the links below to navigate through each page of the Employability Hub.
Find out about the various opportunities you can get involved in to help build skills and experience in York SU and across the University, such as volunteering, placements or getting involved in sports or societies.
How to understand the skills you have gained from York SU opportunities, and learn how you're able to articulate this on future applications and in interviews.
Learn how you can use reflective practice to reflect throughout your York SU roles, and explore different methods of self-reflection that might work for you such as journaling, skills tracking and logbooks.
Explore the different part-time work opportunities available to you on the University of York campus as well as how to find opportunities to find part-time work in the City.
Not sure what your different options are as you near the end to your time at York? Find out about the breadth of different options available to you, and importantly, when you need to apply.
If you're now at the stage of being ready to apply for roles, check out guidance on making you and your skillset stand out during an application process.
Hear from York Alumni on how their time at York impacted them, and what they've gone on to do since leaving York.
Find out what to expect in the graduate job market, and how to prepare for the graduate world.
Check out skills guides that give you top tips on building and utilising a range of different skills such as Professional Communication, Leadership and Resilience.
Find out how you can boost your employability through free courses that are a great way to help expand your knowledge, help you learn something new and support your personal development, without incurring large costs.
Check out useful guidance from the University Careers Service if you need further support in your Career Journey.