Careers Department
- About the department
- What's ahead
- Applications
- Workshadowing (PaWS)
- Voluntary Service
- Careers Advisers
- Student support
- Student Destinations
- Careers Intranet
Head of Careers - Gillian Peers
Careers Adviser - Rowena Burton
About the Department
The Careers department provides various ways of exploring the opportunities
available to students on completion of their courses here.
For those who are
uncertain about what they want to do, there are exercises, computer programmes
and personal interviews to help them clarify their aims.
For those who know
what they want to do but would like to find out more about what's involved
or how to qualify, there is a comprehensive collection of information on
a host of careers from Artist to Zoologist.
The Careers Library is open to students at any time and contains:
- Careers Literature
- Careers Magazines
- Careers Videos / CD Roms
- Computer data-bases
- FE/HE Prospectuses
- Directories & Degree Courses Guides
- Information on Job Opportunities, including part-time employment
- Video Prospectuses / CD Roms
- Information on Study/Work Abroad
- Information on Student Finance
- Information on personal support eg. health, housing
The Open-Access facility in the Careers Library is supplemented by:
- Visits to Careers Conventions
- Careers Tutorials
- University Open Days
- Employer Fair
- Careers Service (Connexions)
- Work Shadowing/Experience
- Voluntary Service
- Advice on Course fees/Sponsorships
- Mock Interviews
- Vacation Job Information
- Help with Applications (HE/Jobs)
- Summer seminar - "What's Ahead?"
What's Ahead?
This seminar, held in the Summer term, is designed to start you thinking about your options beyond Greenhead College. The programme includes the following:
- TEACHER TRAINING (admissions tutor)
- HEALTH SERVICE PERSONNEL (careers allied to medicine)
- MEDICAL CAREERS (Admission Tutor)
- STUDENT LIFE (University Students Union)
- DEGREES OF FLUENCY (A Language Lecturer)
- LOOKING FOR A JOB (An employer)
- A YEAR OUT (Opportunities with The Year In Industry Scheme, "Gap Force " and Project Trust)
- PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT SKILLS (RAF)
- ENGINEERING (University Tutor)
- STUDYING ABROAD AS PART OF ANY DEGREE
- LAW (what does an LLB involve, University Law Lecturer)
- ART AND DESIGN (Admission Tutor)
- ENGLISH DEGREES AND WHERE THEY LEAD (Admission Tutor)
Applications for Higher Education and Employment
Students are given guidance on methods of application eg writing a CV,
writing a letter of application, filling in an application form for a job
or further or higher education, and coping with interviews. Mock interviews with outside agencies are arranged for students applying for highly competitive courses.
For those wishing to defer entry to HE, information is available for paid and
unpaid opportunities in the year between A-levels and university.
Careers Advisers
Students can book Careers interviews with a qualified Careers Adviser throughout the week. They can choose whether to see the college Careers Adviser (Rowena Burton) or Zoe Smith from Calderdale & Kirklees Careers. Students can request free literature from a comprehensive collection kept by the Careers Service.
The Careers Adviser is also available at Parents' Evenings and Open Evenings.
The Careers Intranet provides up to date information for students and is accessible from within college or at home.
