careers Events

What students say about our events:

"This session lit a fire of inspiration." - On Preparing an effective presentation.

"I have adopted the mindset of confidence in my ability to learn more than just my ability to achieve." - On Be confident: find skills you didn't know you had session.

"I will now go forward with a highly presentable, updated professional portfolio with the confidence that I can talk about my experience and skills." - On Getting started with LinkedIn.

"Immediately after attending the session I felt really inspired and actually empowered to let go of limiting beliefs and really introspect into what it is that I want to do if I could do anything." - On You can't spell empowerment without women! BAME professionals panel discussion.

"I think what I liked most about it was that it made things a lot clearer in my mind and made me less stressed about my CV and just the job application process overall. I'd say it also really motivated me and I remember I started applying to jobs immediately after leaving the session." - On CV workshop.

"Overall it was the most informative, but also enjoyable session I attended as it was the first session that gave me a real good idea of what path I wanted to take after completing my studies at University." - On Graduate schemes: are they for me and how do I get in? session.

"As a first year undergraduate in a new country, it would have been very hard to navigate through various opportunities and balance my academia, the session made it easier!" - On How you can gain experience at UoR webinar.

Events are themed depending on the stage you are at in your career development, as follows:

Explore events are the perfect place to start researching different sectors, jobs and career paths, especially if you don’t have a clear idea what you want to do after your studies

Grow events in this series will open doors to gain experience, understand and get involved with initiatives which will grow your confidence, experience and ability to take on new challenges

Meet and Compete eventsoffer opportunities to meet organisations from a range of sectors, specifically targeting Reading students and graduates and learn how to compete for success in the graduate recruitment process

Employer in the Foyer sessions, which take place in Palmer Foyer between 12 and 2 pm every Tuesday, provide an informal opportunity to talk with employers from a variety of business areas.

Our events are open to all students from all disciplines, look out for the event stream labels on MJO to find the right ones for you.