UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, CAREERS SERVICE (THE

capitalise on the awareness of gaps in study. It also gave me contacts in the field which are

very helpful.

My supervisor was very kind to give so much of his time to helping me learn and it will be

invaluable towards my future work. Even if I do not go into academia the transferrable skills

I gained from undertaking self-guided research will help me work independently and

carefully wherever I end up. I found the experience enjoyable and stimulating as well as a

very good opportunity to build some concrete experience in something which I had not

really done before.

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, CAREERS SERVICE

Mia Sorenti, Wadham College, Second Year Undergraduate, BA History, Remote working

Work Projects

I was a publishing assistant for the

Oxford University Careers Service,

helping to assemble the annual Oxford

Careers Guide. I was mainly responsible

for the adverts in the Guide - I made sure

they were submitted by companies

before the deadline and with the right

dimensions, formatted them and laid them in to an InDesign template. I kept track of the

progress of each submission and worked closely with the designer. I also completed tasks

like copy editing profiles, writing social media posts, selecting images and proof-reading the

whole Guide. Overall, my role involved a lot of emails, spreadsheets and formatting

directory listings in InDesign.

Daily Life

This was a remote internship, so days were spent working in a separate office space in my

home. I usually spent a chunk of time early in the day sending and responding to emails,

processing advert submissions and updating the spreadsheet that I used to track the

progress of each submission. The rest of the day would be spent doing whatever tasks