Agents Handbook 2024

Undergraduate careers support

Placements and Internships Within the CareersPlus team, the

Further support Alongside our in-house CareersPlus team, the University of Warwick’s Student Careers & Skills team provide Undergraduate careers support through skills workshops, access to job vacancies and further opportunities to meet employers on campus. They organise a range of Careers Fairs and events during the academic year including a Business, Finance and Consultancy event as well as other sector specific events. Students can get involved in their volunteering programme (Warwick Volunteers), the Warwick Skills Award, and can access multiple on and off campus work experience opportunities.

Our CareersPlus team are dedicated to helping Undergraduate students find the right career path for them, and offer support ranging from increasing self-awareness of relevant strengths, to developing in-demand employability skills whilst at university, sourcing work experience, and coaching through each stage of the recruitment process. Guidance on offer includes career guidance appointments, careers workshops, mock interviews and mock assessment centre sessions. Meet potential employers Employer and sector-specific events are organised throughout the academic year, providing students with unique networking opportunities. Bespoke employer events organised specifically for our Undergraduate students have seen the likes of Jaguar Land Rover, L’Oreal, PwC, IBM, NatWest, AlphaSights and Vodafone visit us.

Undergraduate Placements and Internships team source a wide variety of opportunities with employers across all sectors, both in the UK and internationally. Students on the BSc Accounting & Finance with Placement Year and BSc Management with Placement Year courses will spend their third year doing a work placement. The team will help students to find the right placement, complete their applications, and prepare for interviews and assessment centres.

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