You don't need to set aside an hour each day to research career routes, or finely craft a CV following the ancient paper art of origami. Your first year is a unique learning experience... inside and outside the lecture theatre!
It’s possibly the most frustrating thing in the world. You finish uni, decide on a job that you really like, apply and then get rejected because everyone has more experience than you. For some careers, you really do need to start thinking early.
It’s never too early to pay a visit to your friendly university careers service. It’s chock-full of handy information about all kinds of careers-related stuff you can do outside the lecture theatre.
Some people worry about their A Level/GNVQ/Higher results and believe that graduate employers won't even consider you unless you have at least 10,000 UCAS points. Hopefully, this snippet of information will help ease those fears.
Like almost anything in life, graduate job-hunting seems to have its own set of words and abbreviations. But with this handy glossary, you'll be able to speak recruiters' language...