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Final Year Student? Consider Your First Move
CAS has produced a new publication to help graduating students in south-east England find their first jobs in small and medium-sized organisations (SMEs).
First Move South East 2010 offers careers advice to students and provides details of graduate opportunities in SMEs, as well as postgraduate courses in higher education.
How can we help you?
Need advice? Then find out more about our advice and guidance services - summary of one-to-one services.
Quick links...
If you're in a hurry, start here - we reckon these are the most important issues!
- Options with your degree
- What type of jobs might suit you
- Find out what University of Reading graduates go on to do
- Take practice aptitude tests (University of Reading students only)
- Take practice numeracy test (Links to Top Employers website)
- Information for students with disabilities
- Information for international students
- Information for mature students
Funder Finder (database to look for grants) is accessible from PCs on campus. Reading graduates and students off-campus should email careersreception@reading.ac.uk for details on how to access this database. Please quote your student number.
Destinations (Career Management Skills)
Online material for those doing Career Management Skills is available on the Destinations website. Remember you can dip into the site at any time for advice and information, or just to access the web links whether or not you are doing CMS as part of your degree.
Look for this icon throughout the website for links to more information on Destinations, our career planning site (University of Reading students only).
Headstart programme
The Headstart programme enables you to build experience, skills and knowledge to help you impress employers when you apply for their vacancies. Events include sessions on helping you to write winning applications, psychometric testing, careers in law, careers in the media, what to do if you have no career ideas and much much more!
Interested? Then find out more...
herecomestheboss video clips
Watch short video clips of top CV tips from careers advisers, as well as employer video clips and getting the best from our Careers Fairs by visiting the UoR Careers page at
Register for My Prospects
We work in close partnership with Prospects - the UK's official graduate careers website - to offer you the following range of services exclusively from My Prospects:
- Create tailored job or postgraduate course searches.
- Receive the latest jobs and courses direct to your email or mobile.
- Receive Prospects.ac.uk newsletter and Prospects Graduate digital magazine - packed with the latest news and vacancies.
- Access career planning tools, including Prospects Planner.
Interested? Then sign up to My Prospects as well and gain access to the above services.