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INTRODUCTION
Welcome to our annual Careers Guide, written for everyone
at Oxford and designed to help you scan the horizon, begin
to explore your options, and make better decisions about
what you choose to do next. I think once you’ve read it,
you’ll realise why this is the most read university Careers
Guide. Don’t just take our word for it; the independent survey
next most popular guide.
The Careers team has a wealth of experience and is ready to
support you in the coming weeks, months, and years, whether
you are:
] Making a start and breaking the inertia.
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might love.
] Seeking alternatives to the well-trodden paths and
accessible routes.
] Or, hitting your target and making a successful transition.
advice offered to you by meeting a Careers Adviser for a
1:1 meeting.
You can also:
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] Gain really useful and valuable knowledge, skills, and
experience with The Student Consultancy, a Microinternship,
or our Insight programmes for Teaching/
Medicine/Business/Academia, as well as our rolling
programme of workshops.
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successful internship and Micro-internship programmes
] Find thousands of jobs and internships on our
Opportunities board in CareerConnect
Whether you already know what you want to do or have
barely started thinking about that, your Careers Service can
help you address key questions and work round apparent
obstacles for greater clarity and options better suited to your
unique perspective. From considering options for further
study to careers options across all sectors, from the arts to
engineering, public sector or private business, or staying in
Oxford to working overseas, we can help you draw your own
map and plot your own course.
Enjoy your time at Oxford and we look forward to meeting
you at our fairs and events; in your college, department or
while you are here and for the rest of your career.
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Jonathan Black
Director of the Careers Service
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JACK HAMPTON
President, Oxford University Students' Union
Welcome to your Careers Guide! It’s packed full of general
career paths and handy signposts to what you can do while
you’re still at Oxford to get some relevant experience under
your belt.
OUSU works with The Careers Service to make sure Oxford
students are equipped with the skills and experience that will
best prepare them to enter the working world. You can work
to improve our student-community relations by becoming
one of our Community Wardens, write for the Oxford Student
newspaper, host a slot on OUSU’s Oxide radio station,
campaign for scholarships for refugee students with our
Oxford Student’s Refugee Campaign, and so much more.
There are loads of ways to get involved in our work at the
Students’ Union which will develop the skills you need for a
what contribution you could make to student life at Oxford.
While I was studying, I found navigating intern and career
applications daunting. Oxford graduates are some of the
world’s best, but sometimes it hard to see past the traditional
also so many other options available– from the charity sector
guide!
I work at OUSU, representing Oxford students, campaigning
on key issues, and improving the student experience at our
University. I’m learning so much and working on a really
diverse range of projects. Working for students is such a
opportunity to give back to the student and local community.
Don’t forget you have the opportunity to involved in our
elections in Hilary Term and play your part in improving life
for students here at Oxford.
Enjoy and make use of this guide – it’s a brilliant resource. If
you’re still feelings lost don’t forget you can always ask The
Careers Service for more advice throughout your degree,
and even after you leave – alumni are welcome to get in
touch at any point in their career. So get stuck in, but, most
importantly, don’t worry if you’re not sure what you want to
do – most of us are in the same position!
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