The Oxford Guide to Careers 2022

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GAINING EXPERIENCE AND DEVELOPING SKILLS

Making the most of the Internship Office The Internship Office at the Careers Service offers a range of unique schemes that provide Oxford students with research and professional work experience opportunities with organisations across the UK and around the world.

The Summer Internship Programme

This programme offers hundreds of summer internship opportunities in locations across the globe, all exclusively available to current matriculated Oxford University students. They’re offered in a wide variety of sectors, and often come with funding support or travel scholarships. There are opportunities suitable for students of all levels of experience and of all years of study, from first-year undergraduates to final-year DPhils. Internships can be in person or remote. Examples of funded opportunities offered previously include: Internships with world-leading international development organisations, such as the UN Development Programme as well as development charities in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Professional placements from multinational organisations like Mitsubishi in Japan and consultancy companies around the world. Scientific research internships with universities and institutes in China, Brazil, Russia, Germany and more. Teaching positions in schools around the world. A wide range of arts and heritage internships.

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Tech: IT, data, AI and machine learning

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page 134

Other careers

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pages 138-140

Start-ups and entrepreneurship

2min
page 131

Science

2min
page 127

Publishing

3min
page 124

Law

5min
pages 113-114

National policy and government

3min
page 122

Media and journalism

3min
page 120

International policy and development

3min
page 111

Health and social care

3min
page 109

Engineering

2min
page 105

Energy, sustainability and environment

2min
page 103

Education

3min
page 99

Charity and social enterprise

3min
page 90

Consultancy

3min
page 93

Business and management

3min
page 85

Business with purpose

3min
page 88

Banking and investment

3min
page 80

Arts and heritage

3min
page 78

Advertising, marketing and PR

3min
page 75

Cover letters

4min
pages 56-57

Assessment centres

4min
pages 62-63

Accountancy and financial services

3min
page 72

Recruitment tests

4min
pages 60-61

Academia and higher education

3min
page 70

CVs

7min
pages 53-55

Equality and diversity in the application process

2min
page 52

Successful applications

4min
pages 50-51

Making the most of the Internship Office

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Developing core skills

6min
pages 39-40

Seven ways to gain experience

7min
pages 44-46

Gaining experience and developing skills

1min
page 38

Visa options for working in the UK

2min
pages 36-37

Working in different countries

4min
pages 34-35

Building your occupational awareness

6min
pages 27-29

Further study

4min
pages 32-33

Routes into graduate employment

4min
pages 30-31

Careers year by year

5min
pages 16-18

Careers term by term

5min
pages 14-15

Five steps for better career planning

11min
pages 19-23
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