Helpful Resources
The Careers Service produces a number of in-house publications which are available in hard copy (available free in our office in the Students' Union Building). Links to relevant publications are included as appropriate throughout our website but you can also find a complete list below. You’ll also find lots of links in the General Resources below for all kinds of work opportunities.
Help Sheets
- Acting CV (PDF)
- All about Interviews (PDF)
- Application Forms (PDF)
- Assessment Centres (PDF)
- CV Checklist (PDF)
- CV Checklist - Part-Time/Casual Work (PDF)
- CVs (PDF)
- CVs for the Media Industry (PDF)
- Covering Letters (PDF)
- Covering Letter/Letter of Application Example (PDF)
- Covering Letter/Letter of Application Template (PDF)
- Finding Part-time Work in Aberystwyth (PDF)
- Getting a Job - Psychometric Tests (PDF)
- Guide to eMentoring (PDF)
- LinkedIn - Developing a Professional Profile (PDF)
- Speculative Applications (PDF)
- How to Obtain a National Insurance Number (PDF)
- Networking (PDF)
- Personal Statement for Masters Level Study (PDF)
- Writing a Personal Statement for your UCAS Teacher Training application (PDF)
- What Do Employers Want (PDF)
- Work Experience (PDF)
We also have a range of pre-recorded webinars which you can find on our ABERcareers and Events page. You can also have a look at our newsletter for this month's events - ABERcareers events newsletter March 2022
External Resources
General Resources
Prospects website is the official source of graduate and undergraduate careers and vacancy information. It covers graduate careers, occupations, employers, vacancies, application methods and help with career choice.
The Careers Service subscribes to the GoinGlobal database (available to AU students and staff only) which includes country guides, an employer directory and jobs and internship opportunities worldwide. You can access the database from AU computers on campus. To gain access off campus, you can either use a VPN connection or else set up a personal account on the GoinGlobal website from a computer on campus which will then allow off-campus access.
UK
- TARGETjobs
- Step
- Inspiring Interns - graduate internships, mainly in London
- Internwise - internships in London and the rest of the UK
- Gradcracker - includes placements for science, engineering and technology students
- Employment 4 Students
- Milkround
- Instant Impact - paid internships with SMEs
- EmployAbility
- Placement UK
- GradJobs
- SeasonWorkers.com
- Anywork Anywhere
- StudentJob UK
- Student Jobs
- iAgora - jobs and internships in the UK (and other countries)
- Graduateland - jobs, internships and graduate programmes across Europe (including the UK)
- Europe-Internship - placements in Europe (including UK)
- LinkedIn - Jobs section for students and recent graduates worldwide (including UK)
- Graduate-jobs - graduate jobs and internships
- Rate My Placement - jobs, reviews, advice and information on placements
- British Council
- Enternships - entrepreneurial work placements
- Jooble
- MisterWhat - Business Directory
- Discover Creative Careers
- New Scientist Jobs
- Conservation Careers - vacancies in the UK and abroad
- Countryside Jobs Service
Voluntary Work/Charities (UK)
- Student Volunteers Aberystwyth
- Cancer Research UK
- Barnardos
- Oxfam
- Red Cross
- Young Foundation
- Volunteering Wales
- Wales Council for Voluntary Action
- Volunteering England
- Volunteer Scotland
- Volunteer Now (Northern Ireland)
- Gov.UK - Find volunteer Placements
- do-it.org.uk - predominantly UK opportunities but some overseas options
- Project Scotland - opportunities in Scotland for those aged 16 - 25
- Volunteering Matters
- Reach Skilled Volunteers - opportunities for skilled volunteers]
- Step Together
- Idealist - projects in the UK and overseas
Overseas
- TARGETjobs - working abroad (country profiles)
- Prospects - working abroad
- Prospects - country information
- Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE)
- IST Plus
- iHipo
- BUNAC
- Camp America
- CCUSA
- Euro Placement
- IAESTE
- British Council Generation UK - China Programme
- British Council Language Assistants
- SeasonWorkers.com
- Anywork Anywhere
- Student Jobs
- iAgora - jobs and internships abroad (and in the UK)
- Overseas Job Centre - lots of useful links
- Graduateland - jobs, internships and graduate programmes across Europe (including the UK)
- Europe-Internship - placements in Europe (including UK)
- LinkedIn - Jobs section for students and recent graduates worldwide
- Career Break site
- Eures
- Jobted
- GlobalGraduates
- Gradlink
- Study.eu
Voluntary Work Abroad
- ABERcareers
- World Service Enquiry
- International Citizen Service
- Restless Development
- Working Abroad
- Real Gap
- Year Out Group
- Outreach International
- Raleigh International
- Changing Worlds
- i to i
- Projects Abroad
- Volunteers Abroad
- Global Nomadic
- Gapforce - overseas volunteering opportunities
- Quest Overseas - projects and expeditions in South America and Africa
- Inter Cultural Youth Exchange (ICYE) UK - volunteer opportunities in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe (EVS)
- Love Volunteers - opportunities in about 30 developing countries
- Volunteering Solutions - opportunities mainly in Asia, Africa and South America
- International Volunteer HQ - volunteering opportunities abroad
- Volunteer World - volunteering opportunities abroad