Help with researching sectors and employers
Help with researching sectors and employers
Help with researching sectors and employers
Help with researching sectors and employers
Highlighted resource - employment sector pages
Take a look at our A to Z of employment sectors for more information about the sector, job board links, and more.
If you need more information about employment sectors and employers operating within them, this page outlines various resources you can use to find out more.
Events
Choosing a career or even a direction to take can be tough. This webinar will provide you with an introduction as to how to go about choosing a career. For the latest events, please check Handshake.
This session will explore different careers styles, provide information about different ways of working and help you evaluate whether freelance or portfolio working may suit you.
For the latest events, please check Handshake.
Resources
Employment Sectors: Take a look at our A to Z of employment sectors for more information about the sector, job board links, and more.
There are a number of useful tools on Handshake including:
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'Employers' section - Here you can review company profiles, as well as look at the reviews that have been left by employees. You can also follow employers for job/event updates.
- Career Paths - Learn about different jobs and fields to make the next step in your career.
- Community pages - By making your profile visible you can network with alumni, students, and employers on Handshake.
- Browse and ask questions on the Handshake community Q&A forum.
- Prospects Job Sectors - Employment sector information and information on specific jobs within the sectors, including responsibilities, salaries, employers, and future career prospects.
- Prospects - What can I do with my degree? - Information about job options based on the subject you are studying.
- Prospects’ ‘Luminate’ - The home of student and graduate labour market information from Prospects.
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Industry Reports - Information about employment sectors including Charities, Media, Banking and Consulting. Each employment sector includes SWOT analyses and trends, top companies, and links to further information.
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Industry Insights - Helping you understand what it's like to work in a particular sector, usually in the form of short videos. Covering sectors from Accounting to Television.
Career Zone Blog - This link takes you to features on career planning on our blog. On this there are blogs on various careers and how to begin your career, as well as job hunting advice from students and alumni.
Our podcast covers a range of careers topics such as:
- What are employers looking for?
- In Conversation with Joanne and Hollie, from ForgeRock: working within the technology industry
- How will graduate jobs be affected by Covid-19? Parts 1, 2, and 3
- In conversation with a video games entrepreneur
- In conversation with Adam Alton, Co-founder of FidlLeaf
- Have young people's job prospects been worst affected by the COVID-19 pandemic?
The Library has created a page to help you research companies and organisations for your job search.
This includes Finding Company Information - University of Exeter Library online guidance on selecting and using company information sources.
You may also be interested in Windo- Windō is an open website designed for students to easily review and compare the Sustainability, DE&I (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) and Employee Wellbeing plans and progress of the world’s largest graduate employers.
- Target Jobs Graduate Career Sectors - Resources on employment sectors, including advice on securing jobs in the sectors, company guides, and graduate and internship job adverts.
- Target Jobs (from ISE data): Where in the UK are you most likely to get a graduate job?
Below are a number of resources to help you with market research:
Useful websites:
- Where Next? Up to date Information from PWC about employment sectors
- Prospects Luminate - The home of student and graduate labour market information from Prospects
- Institute of Student Employers (ISE)
- High Fliers: Graduate Market Report 2023
- Complete University Guide: Survey of UK's largest employers of graduates
- Target Jobs (from ISE data): Where in the UK are you most likely to get a graduate job?
- Office for National Statistics (ONS): UK labour market
- Analysis of LMI Reports from the UK Commission for Employment Skills (UKCES)
- Institute of Employment Studies
- LMI for All
- Labour market outlook Quarterly report on national LMI issues
- Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEP) are locally-owned partnerships between local authorities and businesses. They play a central role in determining local economic priorities and undertaking activities to drive economic growth and the creation of local jobs (mainly for the strategic economic plans for each area e.g.,: South West.
- Resolution Foundation: Supporting low/medium income people to improve their living standards.
- International: McKinsey Labour Market (international)
Blogs
Alumni panel recordings are available covering a number of subject areas and career paths. Single Sign on required to access the recordings.
Speak with the experts
The Career Mentor Scheme is a popular employability scheme which matches a student or graduate with an experienced professional, for sector insight and one-to-one careers advice and guidance, over a 6 month period.
The Ask An Alum (Careers Q&A) is a fuss-free way to connect with University of Exeter alumni to ask careers questions. By filling in our quick and easy application form, you can be introduced to alumni working in your field of interest…whatever that may be at the time of applying.
Appointments
If you would like help with researching your career options, or know what you would like to do but don’t know how to get there, you can book a Career Guidance appointment. You can contact us via the Live Chat icon at the bottom of this page, or you can phone us on +44(0)1392 724493. For any other enquiries please email careers@exeter.ac.uk.