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Careers & Employability Service,
Swansea Metropolitan University,
Mount Pleasant, 
Swansea SA1 6ED
Phone: +44 (0) 1792 481109
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Careers Service Opening Hours*

We are open throughout the year. 

Monday to Thursday 08.30 - 17.00
Friday 08.30 - 16.30

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Careers Team

The Careers Adviser is available to provide advice or an informal discussion about::

  • Career Choices

  • Work placements

  • Postgraduate Study

  • CV Writing

  • Job hunting 

  • interview techniques 

Or anything else students would like to know about careers and employability.

Careers Adviser : Jill Nicholls 
Phone: +44 (0) 1792 481206
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Vacancy Administrator: Kayleigh Churchill
Phone: 01792 481000/ext:4706
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Go Wales Advisers

Work Experience

Students and graduates are offered the chance to develop their skills and improve their CV through GO Wales Work Placements and Work Tasters. For further information please contact the GO Wales Advisers:

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Go Wales Administrator
Phone: +44 (0) 1792 481213
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Job vacancies

Swansea Metropolitan University offers a free employment service intended for students and alumni  looking for graduate vacancies and for students needing part-time or vacation work while they study.  For further information please register with Prospects or visit our Careers Facebook and Twitter pages for the latest job vacancies and careers related articles.

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Careers publications are available to students and alumni in the Thompson Library in Mount  Pleasant and distributed in areas around all the campuses.

There is also a wealth of information on line, covering all aspects of career choice, CV writing, job seeking skills and more.

 
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PebblePad

You and Your E-portfolio
The best way to learn about your E-portfolio is to log on and get stuck in!
Here's how:

1. Launch the SMU PebblePad site: Swansea Met
2. Use your standard network username and password to log in
3. That's it ! you now have your very own PebblePad account!!

Your E-portfolio is what you make it so dig deep and make it your own. To help develop yourself and your learning you can visit the LEAP or PDP courses found in your course list in Blackboard. This will link into your e-portfolio and kick you off in the right direction!

And remember an e-portfolio is the 21st Centuries way of reflecting with yourself and others, helping you develop and learn. It can be a communal, collaborative or a private process depending on what you make it. You can create Webfolios, CVs, Blogs, Journals, to share with peers, colleagues or Employers, or you can just use it as a personal tool to help you manage and control your learning allowing you to digest it more effectively! So log on and happy Paddling!

The video on this page may help you.

 

 

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Vacancies PDF Print E-mail

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UK national and international vacancies

The SMU Student Vacancy Database covers permanent, vacation, year out and volunteering opportunities as well as short-term temporary jobs in the local area.

Your easy guide to registration

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Social Networking Sites & Moodle

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Don't Forget to join us on Facebook & Twitter.*

* To keep up to date with the latest job opportunities and careers related information why not join us on Facebook & Twitter? Simply click on the relevant image above to be taken directly to the SMU Careers & Employability page, then 'Like' or 'Follow us'.

We also have a Careers & Employability page on the SMU Moodle site. We will be usning this site to host careers forums, events, resources and latest careers news. To find us look under Support --> Student Support --> Careers & Employability. Once on our page select enroll on course. 

Graduate Opportunities Wales (GO Wales)

For graduate level jobs, part time, temporary and casual jobs and voluntary opportunities in Wales

Jobs - If you are a graduate from a degree or HND/C or you will be graduating in the next 12 months, and you are looking for vacancies that are located in Wales, try GO Wales Jobs.

Work experience/Work Placements - The GO Wales Work Placement sceme is Wales' flagship work experience scheme. Students and graduates gain paid, project-based work experience.

Work tasters - Work Tasters are short, flexible, unpaid periods of work experience designed to help undergraduates and graduates gain experience of working in a particular business sector or career.

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Job Hunting Sites

careerplayer - An impressive interactive site with lots of careers information and resources with tips and advice for job search.

careerjet - A site that's well-laid out and easy to use. It comes up with some good results for Sport as well as other categories
Get Assist - Assist Employment offers the latest in temporary online recruitment, specialising in temporary administration and support jobs across the UK
Indeed a comprehensive search engine for jobs.
Total Jobs a comprehensive search engine for jobs. Totaljobs.com not only provides you with the best jobs but also top career advice.
Tiptop Jobs This is the online recruitment resource for jobseekers to search jobs and recruiters to advertise jobs and vacancies in the UK and worldwide. Search and find your next job on this job site.
Monster a comprehensive search engine for jobs.Try their new Browse Jobs feature. Simply narrow down the results until you find a list of jobs that are right for you.
Fish4jobs Save your CV on fish4jobs and let employers find you.                                                 http://jobs.wipikit.co.uk/ - comprehensive search engine for jobs
www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk/  - Search for a job online, then contact the Employment Service for details
http://jobseekers.direct.gov.uk/  - UK government agency
www.agencycentral.co.uk/  - From this site you can link to a host of jobsearch resources
www.jobsite.co.uk/  - Quite easy to use, try the power search.
www.jobsearch.co.uk/  - Jobsearch site with CV help
www.jobserve.com/  - Jobsearch site offering searches for different sectors of industry including IT, Engineering etc
www.allthetopbananas.com/  - Job Search Engine
www.workthing.com/  - Impressive site featuring a number of the bigger hospitality and retail operators with links to lots of vacancies and career information resources
www.reed.co.uk/  - Large recruitment agency
www.mycardiffjobs.co.uk/  - Large jobsite for Cardiff and the surrounding area.
www.e4s.co.uk/  - includes part-time, vacation, gap year and graduate jobs.
www.joboasis.co.uk/  - Permanent and temporary job site.
www.jobs1.co.uk/  - Links to lots of other jobs sites organised by industry sector and is easy to use. http://www.devjob4u.net/ - International Development, NGO, UN and Humanitarian jobs globally.www.charityjob4u.co.uk - specialist charity jobsite in UK.                                           http://www.askgrapevine.com/  - online service for students in particular to MBA's and Alumni to help them work with top level recruiters                                                                                                                                                           http://www.jobs.uk.bigrecruiters.net/ - BIGRECRUITERSTM - Job Vacancies, Job Search, Jobs in UK Top Companies                                                                                                               

http://www.artsculturemediajobs.com/ - the job website for creative people.

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Work Experience

Work experience can take the form of short term, long term (e.g. one year) or part-time employment, and could be paid or unpaid. Whether it's bar work, volunteering or a Saturday job it can give you a whole range of skills.

Your easy guide to registration

http://www.work-experience.org/ncwe.rd/about_wales.jsp - The National Council for Work Experience (NCWE) promotes, supports and develops quality work experience for the benefit of students, employers and the economy.
http://www.e4s.co.uk/search/internship-jobs - Details on internships, work experience and work placements

http://cardiff.work-experience.co.uk/ - This site provides schools and colleges with information about placement opportunities offered by employers taking part in Careers Wales Cardiff & Vale work experience programme.

Volunteering opportunities

Direct link to work experience opportunities, including volunteering: http://www.SMU.prospects.ac.uk/RSS/SMU_W_partial.rss

http://www.volunteering-wales.net/searchops.html - This website will give you information and advice about getting involved in volunteering as well as offering a search engine for volunteering in your area.

GO Wales 'Tasters' and Placements

Visit http://www.do-it.org.uk/for opportunities nationwide.

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Guide to Careers & Employability Service PDF Print E-mail

 

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The Careers Service aims to enhance the employability of students and graduates of the University and to assist them in their career planning.

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