Placement Search
Are you looking for work experience, a placement or internship, to gain relevant practical work skills, either as part of your course or during the vacation?
All relevant employment experience is highly regarded by employers.
Top Tips
Be prepared with a positive relevant CV and covering letter. For advice go to the section on Job Applications. If you are applying to major organisations and graduate recruiters, you must expect to encounter graduate/student placement application forms and possibly graduate aptitude testing;
Be proactive. Many opportunities are either never advertised or perhaps not where you are checking. You should consider contacting employers on the possibility that a vacancy may occur in the near future, or that a post is created for you because you present yourself so successfully.
Resources
College Course contacts - use your tutors to identify employer contacts, perhaps building on past student success
College HE Unit for further help - contact heunit@bpc.ac.uk or masons@bpc.ac.uk
Useful Links
http://studentportal.bournemouth.ac.uk/career/
Bournemouth University Graduate Employment Service - check for visiting employers and industry events being publicised
www.prospects.ac.uk/work_experience.htm
Graduate Prospects - national careers website for HE students studying in the UK:
Drop down sub-heading 'Careers advice' to click on 'Job hunting'
Drop down sub-heading 'Jobs' to click on 'Working abroad'
www.get.hobsons.co.uk/advice/work-experience
Hobsons/GTI Media graduate careers publication - Work experience, placements & internship schemes
GTI Media publication for graduate jobs and career advice- go to sub-heading 'Work experience'
Bright Futures - national student organisation working with employers
