RESOURCES
Resources List The Resource Centre holds a wide range of resources to help you: • Consider your options • Plan your career • Find and apply for work • Apply for further study This factsheet lists the resources available for take away, loan or reference.
TAKE AWAY DIRECTORIES AND MAGAZINES DIRECTORIES
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Jobs Crowd - Top companies Prospects Employer Directory - How to get a graduate job, which employers recruit graduates, what the job is like
EMPLOYMENT
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Prospects Student Career Guide – Work experience and career ideas Finalist magazine - Five publications a year with jobs, advice and training
LEGAL SERVICES
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Prospects Law - Career options, training, work experience opportunities . . .
POSTGRADUATE STUDY
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Postgraduate Courses and Careers - Magazine with information on PG courses in UK and overseas Prospects Postgraduate Directory – Directory of courses Prospects Funding Guide - Guide to funding further study, how to get funding Prospects Postgrad Magazine - Includes advice & guidance, course information articles Prospects Postgraduate UK - Aimed at international students, includes institutional profiles and funding information
FACTSHEETS We have a limited number of the take away leaflets and factsheets. For links to online versions of these publications go to the E-resources section of the BG Futures: Careers, Employability and Enterprise module on Blackboard or our website www.bishopg.ac.uk/careers. ABOUT OUR SERVICES
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Answers to frequently asked questions Careers Advice and Guidance Careers Guidance Appointments – Answers to frequently asked questions CV and application help
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Department Leaflet Jobs and volunteering Online Resources Resource Centre
EMPLOYABILITY
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Employability Skills Career Planning Action Career Plan with your year of study – first, second/penultimate, final year
ENTERPRISE
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A guide to Self-employment
JOB SECTORS Each factsheets contains links to job profiles and resources to find out more about the sector.
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Administration Arts and Heritage Charity Education Environment Finance Health Legal
Leisure Marketing Media Public Services Recruitment and Management Services Retail Science Services Social, guidance and community work
Teaching in a non-school/college setting
JOBSHOP
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Jobshop Guides:
A guide to the Jobs+ Vacancies Board | Researching Employers | Career Fairs
Directory:
Job agency Directory | Teaching Agency Directory
Disability:
A guide to employment for disabled students and graduates | Disability at work resources
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CV’s, applications and interviews: Applications | CV’s and Covering Letters | A guide to interviews
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Networking:
Job Hunting: Students: Graduates: Working Overseas:
Searching for part-time work | Vacation/gap year job hunting | Work experience Guide to graduate job search | A guide to Job Hunting | Teaching Assistant Guide to Working Overseas | Teaching English as a Foreign Language A guide to LinkedIn | Networking
Teaching Job Hunting/Applications: | A guide to Job Hunting for teaching jobs | Applying for your first teaching post (EPM) | Teaching Interviews | | Teaching pools | Teaching induction FAQs |
MISCELLANEOUS
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Changing or leaving your course - Advice on making a decision and putting in place a plan of action
OPTIONS
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Options with your course of study - Options based around BG courses, with career and postgraduate study ideas
POSTGRADUATE STUDY
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A guide to postgraduate study A guide to postgraduate funding
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A guide to teacher training
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Volunteering
A guide to completing the teacher training personal statement (with information from www.education.gov.uk) A guide to the teacher training interview
A guide to completing a UCAS (top up/undergraduate) application VOLUNTEERING
BOOKS http://www.librarything.com/catalog/BGcareers (list of books available in the Resource Centre) CAREER GUIDES And what do you do? Brilliant Workplace Skills for Students and Graduates Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People Cultivate a cool career: 52 brilliant ideas for reaching the top From Recruit to High Flyer Graduate Career Guidebook Grad Expectations CV AND APPLICATIONS Brilliant Graduate CV Creating your first ever CV Seven easy steps… Great Answers to Tough Interview Questions High impact CVs How to Master psychometric tests DIRECTORIES Apprenticeship Guide Equality Britain - Directory of opportunity Guardian 300 EMPLOYMENT Your Rights at Work ENTERPRISE Business as Unusual - Anita Roddick Dragons’ Den - Success from pitch to profit Dragon’ Den – Your idea can make you rich How 40 successful entrepreneurs reveal all How to sell - Improve your technique and maximize your sales GAP YEAR / WORK ABROAD Gap year guidebook Gap years for grown ups JOB SEARCH 3 easy steps to the job you want Get That Teaching Job How to find work in the 21st Century JOB SECTORS Art & Design Uncovered The A-Z of careers and jobs - Over 920 full job descriptions Becoming an accountant Becoming a Social Worker – Global narratives Get Into Nursing and Midwifery Contacts - The essential book of contacts for the entertainment industry How to get a job in a Museum or art gallery Journalism uncovered OPTIONS What can I do with an arts degree? What can I do with a Teaching Qualification? Working in: English
The Graduate Jobs Formula How to get the job you’ll love The New Rules of Networking Choosing Your Career Dude where’s my career? You want to do what?!
How to pass Graduate Psychometric Tests How to succeed at Interviews Job Interviews - Top answers to tough questions Successful Interview Skills You’re hired! Assessment Centres Prospects Employer Directory Women in enterprise: east midlands directory of business support for women
Pitch Perfect Lessons in Life – Richard Branson The next generation – Ready, Willing and Able? Understanding Business Accounting for Dummies
Planning your gap year Your gap year What colour is your Parachute? Guide to job hunting What colour is your Parachute? Workbook You’re Hired! Total Job Search Media Uncovered Music industry uncovered Performing arts uncovered Sport & fitness uncovered Working in: Cultural Heritage Straightforward guide to Job and Career Opportunities The Theatre Careers Handbook
Stand out and be counted - A guide for students studying Social Science and Humanities subjects Real life guides: Working with young people
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Brand you - Turn your unique talents into a winning formula Make your own good fortune Branding yourself The New Rules of Networking Detox your finances: secrets of personal finance success The Rainbow Years . . . the pluses of being 50+ Everything you need to know at work Transform your life Find the balance Unleash your creativity: Secrets of creative genius. POSTGRADUATE STUDY How to get a PHD - A handbook for students and their supervisors SELF-EMPLOYMENT Anyone can do it In good company - start-up guide for women Business Plans for Small Businesses Smarter business start-ups eCommerce without tears Starting and running a business for dummies Enter the Dragon - Theo Paphitis from Dragons Den Starting your own business Good Small Business Guide The Beermat Entrepreneur How I made it - 40 successful entrepreneurs reveal all The definitive business plan How they started The new business road test How to make millions‌ The small business start-up workbook How to start a Home-Based Web Design Business TEFL Teaching English Abroad VACATION WORK Summer Jobs worldwide You want to work where? Work your way around the world VOLUNTEERING Green Volunteers - The world guide to voluntary work in Voluntary Agencies Directory 2013 - Search A-Z of nature conservation agencies or search by charity sector WORK ABROAD Live & Work in Australia Working Abroad: The complete guide to overseas employment * Please note some books may be over two years old, some information may be out of date.
POSTGRADUATE STUDY SECTION OF THE RESOURCE CENTRE POSTGRADUATE STUDY COURSE INFORMATION Postgraduate Prospectuses - A range of Postgraduate Study prospectuses Overseas study - Prospectuses and information Other Study Options - This includes local part-time courses POSTGRADUATE STUDY DIRECTORY Prospects Directory - Course listings, information and advice POSTGRADUATE STUDY GUIDES Prospects Postgraduate Magazine - Includes advice & guidance Prospects Postgraduate UK - Aimed at international students, includes institutional profiles and funding info POSTGRADUATE STUDY FUNDING INFORMATION Prospects Funding Guide
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