SERVICES
Student Resource Centre
INTRODUCTION We offer a professional, impartial and confidential service to all our clients. Professional
Staff are professionally qualified and / or trained and have experience relevant to their roles.
Impartial
Impartial advice and guidance based around the needs of our clients.
Confidential
We offer a confidential service where any information disclosed to us will be treated sensitively and in confidence.
ABOUT THE RESOURCE CENTRE Located in the Hardy Building, Open Monday - Friday You should go to the Resource Centre with your initial enquiries. The Resource Centre houses a wide range of up-to-date careers, employability and enterprise information. The Resource Centre has a number of main sections: Options
Job Sectors
Jobshop
Postgraduate study
Enterprise
The Resource centre includes: • Books • Factsheets • Magazines http://issuu.com/bgcareers/docs/resources (factsheets) http://www.librarything.com/catalog/BGcareers (book list)
OPTIONS FOLDERS Options with your course of study folders. If you are uncertain what to do after your course and need some ideas, take a look at the Options section. Course subjects have their own folder of information giving ideas on the type of job or postgraduate study you may be interested in.
JOB SECTORS Use the job sectors
Administration
Leisure
section to find out
Arts and Heritage
Marketing
Charity Sector
Media
Education
Public Services
Environment
Recruitment & Management Services
Finance
Retail
Health
Scientific Services
Legal
Social, Guidance and Community work
about the different career sectors, each section also contains relevant books and guides.
JOBSHOP The Resource Centre holds guides and books to assist with your job hunting activities, such as Job Search, CV’s & Applications, Work Experience, Vacation Work, Overseas / UK, Gap Year, Working Overseas, Self-employment, Searching for Teaching Jobs, Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Improving your employability and Volunteering. POSTGRADUATE STUDY This section contains guides about postgraduate and further study including funding guides. There is also a selection of Postgraduate prospectuses which include both academic and vocational courses. ENTERPRISE This section includes books and resources on business start- up. We also have:FACTSHEETS Most of these are produced by our staff to help you to explore your options, plan your career, make yourself more employable, find and apply for a job, explore postgraduate study, start your own business. TAKE AWAY INFORMATION We have a limited number of careers magazines and directories for you to take away. BOOKS AND DIRECTORIES There is a wide variety of books.
Some of these are available for short term loan.
Categories include: Career Guides, Choosing a Career, Employer Directories, Personal Development, Enterprise. Many of the books are grouped together; however, you will also find numerous books in the Jobshop and Occupational Profiles sections.
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