What we offer

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• Our Services

  Career Guidance – Access 1-1 careers guidance appointments with our Careers Advisers and HE specialists. Careers advisers are available to help individuals to explore options open to them and make choices about what they do next. Careers Advisers work with people to understand their motivations and values in life, where they see themselves in their future, what life they want to have and how they can get there. They help to explore barriers and formulate plans of actions to achieve life goals. Careers advisers understand the local, regional and national labour markets and can guide on where growth and decline will be in occupational areas. They can also help individuals to understand their previous experience, skills, knowledge and expertise in order to position themselves successfully for new opportunities. Bookable appointments, E-Guidance, and careers-drop ins (ASK reception) are available. Users are encouraged to use the appointment finder triage tool to direct to the most appropriate support.

  Employment opportunities – The university’s only students and graduate dedicated opportunities board. Gain access to our online directory of vacancies including graduate jobs, part-time jobs, vacation work, voluntary work, internships and placements.

  Events – Employability events including our series of Community Connect events, and employer and industry insights.

  Self-guided resources – Careers and Employability are home to Pathways, self-navigated careers and employability online learning modules to support career planning and management. Career Discovery is home to our dedicated online library of over 2500 tools, interactive guides and videos to cover all careers and employability topics. We also recommend suitable external resources during guidance such as LinkedIn Learning, the Pay Index, WorkFinder, and the Business Graduate Association.

  CV and careers document reviewing service – Once our CV Pathway has been completed, careers documents including CV’s, cover letters and applications can be reviewed, with feedback from a Careers Adviser. Targeted employability student support – HEFCW funded targeted employability support.

• Current students

  Our service aims to develop skills and confidence, linked to the University’s Skills Framework.

  Linked to your programme of study, our Careers Advisers also offer employability support in curriculum, through Career Development Learning sessions. Speak to your tutor if you are interested in group sessions to suit your needs.

  Students are pre-registered to our Careers Portal and can access support upon enrolment for the full duration of your studies. Log in with your student email and password. Students leaving Wrexham University without an award are entitled to use the Careers Centre for a period of up to 3 months after their study ceases.

  The National Student Survey allows students an opportunity to feedback on your learning experience. Your views inform prospective student choices and helps universities and colleges improve the student experience.

  Once you graduate, you will be asked to complete the Graduate Outcomes survey. Graduate Outcomes is a national survey that aims to capture information about graduates’ views, experiences and current activities. The survey aims to help current and future students gain an insight into career destinations and development.

• Graduates

  Careers and Employability offer a free life-long service for graduates. Once you have graduated from Wrexham University, our support doesn’t end there. We continue to work with you as you fulfil your next steps into employment or further study.

  Graduate Outcomes is a national survey that aims to capture information about graduates’ views, experiences and current activities, 15 months after graduating. The survey aims to help current and future students gain an insight into career destinations and development.

  The Careers and Employability Service support the Students’ Union Alumni Society, a dedicated space to encourage and support a network of Wrexham University graduates.

  To continue to receive support as a graduate, register to the Careers Portal as a graduate, using a personal email address.

• Prospective Students

  The Careers and Employability team is here to support prospective students to make informed careers decisions when you are thinking of undertaking a university degree programme here at Wrexham University.

  As a prospective student, we can support you to have a think about questions to ask yourself and questions to ask others, including tutors and course providers. We can provide tips for researching courses and potential careers, and signpost to resources and useful websites to support your career development research.

  We invite Wrexham University prospective students to register on our Careers Portal using a personal email to seek guidance from our HE Careers Advisers.

• Employers, Recruiters and Voluntary Organisations

  Careers and Employability work with Employers, Recruiters and Voluntary Organisations to promote their vacancies and opportunities and support them to link to a motivated workforce of students and graduates.

  If you have vacancies or opportunities, whether they are full-time or part-time, paid or unpaid, we offer the option for employers to register and advertise on our Careers Portal. Through the portal we offer:

  • Easy and direct access to a motivated and enthusiastic potential workforce.

  • Free of charge, with no limit to the number of opportunities that can be advertised.

  • Personalised organisation profile, with dedicated occupational areas to target talent sourcing.

  • Students and graduates can receive opportunity alerts direct to their inbox.

  After advertising on our portal, we may share your vacancies on our social media, and encourage organisations to tag us in your opportunities.

  We are continually planning opportunity events throughout the academic year. If you are interested in increasing your visibility to students and graduates seeking opportunities, please request to be added to our employer mailing list for consideration.

  We work in line with guidelines set out in our employer policy and from our professional body AGCAS and reserve the right not to advertise opportunities that don’t fit within guidelines. See our Employer Policy and Ethical Careers Policy, under our policies and documents.

  Employers can connect with us through our Careers Portal by registering your organisation. Contact the service through the portal for any queries.