Jobs database

UK-wide job vacancies notified direct to Careers and Employability:  

  • Graduate vacancies for finalists
  • Immediate graduate vacancies
  • Work experience placements
  • Volunteering opportunities
  • Temporary/casual jobs in the local Swansea area

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Graduate Prospects

 

Graduate Prospects, the UK's official graduate careers website, is a portal to many key online sources of information including advice on many career management topics, job vacancies, graduate employers, recruitment fairs and lots more.
My Prospects provides personalised careers advice, jobs and further study opportunities tailored to your specific preferences:

  • Set up vacancy alerts to notify you of new opportunities that match your preferences
  • Find out what jobs suit you based on your profile of skills and interests and access the latest vacancies immediately
  • Keep up to date with the latest news on the graduate job market by subscribing to the Prospects newsletter and digital magazine

More graduate careers websites

These include jobs, placements, links to employers' websites and information about types of careers: 

  • TARGETJobs:  jobs, employer database, articles on over 30 sectors, advice on making applications, and lots more
  • Inside Careers:  focuses on Accountancy, Actuaries, Banking, Engineering, IT, Logistics, Management Consultancy, Patent Attorneys, Purchasing and Tax
  • Gradcracker:  jobs and placements for engineering students

Focus on Wales

GO Wales offers information about opportunities in Wales for Higher Education students and graduates including  placements, work tasters, voluntary opportunities, part-time and temporary/casual vacancies, graduate vacancies for finalists and immediate vacancies.  If you are a student or graduate enquiring about GO Wales work experience and professional development programmes, please visit the GO Wales website initially to view opportunities and register/apply online.  You can also enquire at the Careers and Employability Helpdesk in the central hall on Level 3 of the Library, telephone:  01792 513266.  The GO Wales team at Swansea University is located in the CDS building behind the Taliesin Arts Centre - building number 32 on the campus plan that you can download here.

GO Wales Jobs, Placements, Work Tasters, Graduate and Freelancer Academies

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Professional Bodies

TotalProfessions.com  brings together information that Professional Bodies provide on professional careers, routes of entry, internships, graduate schemes and professional qualifications as well as available funding to gain professional qualifications.

Read more about professional bodies on the Graduate Prospects website too.

Key sources for public sector jobs:

Green jobs

www.environmentpost.co.uk  includes both UK based and international jobs, voluntary roles and expeditions.

Careers subscribes to the Countryside Jobs Service vacancy bulletins.  Registered Swansea University students can access the password Interactive Career Planning course in Blackboard.  Alumni may obtain login details at the Careers reception desk or by telephoning 01792 513266.

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Quick Links

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Want to use a recruitment agency?

The Graduate Prospects website provides a guide to finding and choosing agencies.

Interested in self- employment?

Have a look at our Entrepreneurship pages.

Even if you're not aiming to run your own business, remember that employers value recruits with an enterprising mindset.