Careers & Your Future

Careers Advisory Service (CAS)

The Careers Advisory Service at our Cornwall Campus provides high-quality careers information and guidance to students of all disciplines. Our experienced careers team can give you individual support whilst you are at the University and after you have graduated. Services include talks, confidential careers interviews and an extensive careers library of reference books, magazines and journals. A new computer suite is also available for accessing online careers information, vacancy services and specialist software on, for example, sources of funding for courses and worldwide volunteering. The CAS can help you to identify attractive jobs, careers paths and employers and assist with your CV, interview technique and identifying work experience placements.

The CAS works closely with all students in their final year, typically offering a tailored service for each degree programme. Students can attend individual careers interviews, group workshops and a variety of careers events and fairs.

As well as careers fairs held in Cornwall, Cornwall-based students can also attend careers fairs that take place in Exeter with transport often provided by the CAS. Two Careers Fairs are held each year in Exeter, as well as an annual law fair, all of which are well attended by major employers (eg Accenture, Cadbury, Debenhams, ExxonMobil, Freshfields, JP Morgan, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Reuters). 

Part-time work for students

Part-time work is plentiful in Cornwall and vacancies are advertised on www.gradsouthwest.com and in the CAS office.

Find out more

You can find out more about Careers and Your Future on the Undergraduate website.

“My friends and I do a lot of volunteering through the University – mainly conservation work: A couple of weeks ago I was clearing rhododendrons near St. Ives, this weekend I’m doing a beach clean and sponsored abseil. Last summer I spent seven weeks in Northern Cyprus, working with Mediterranean marine turtles, which was a fantastic experience. Whatever you choose to do, volunteering is really rewarding - you meet new people, make a difference and it looks great on your CV! “ Iain Stott, 2nd year student

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