Finding jobs and experience
Whether you are in your first or final year or have just graduated, you may be looking for opportunities to gain experience or start your career. Opportunities include everything from paid work to volunteering, entering competitions and short term work experience (internships and placements). Everything you do will help you gain skills and understand more about yourself, different sectors and the job market.
Some opportunities are advertised widely, while for others you may need to do more research for or find your own.
Getting started
- Use our Job search strategies to help you identify the best way to look for opportunities This includes using LinkedIn, networking, using social media, speculative job search and applications.
- Common Terms Used in the UK Job Market
- Skip straight to the sector or career you are interested in to find out about entry routes ways to get experience
University of Manchester Schemes
In CareerConnect you will see a tab entitled “UoM Schemes”. These opportunities include a variety of schemes that the Careers Service is either wholly responsible for, or is managing on behalf of a recruiter (either The University of Manchester or in some cases an external organisation)
This means in many cases there will be no external applicants so you have a far greater chance of being considered.
UoM Schemes include:
- Student Experience Internship (SEI) Opportunities within The University of Manchester
- Manchester Graduate Talent (MGT) Opportunities within The University of Manchester and external organisations
- One year industrial placement Not all placements are managed by the Careers Service only the ones listed in Managed Opportunities
