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Tag: careers advice

  • Your Essential Guide to Securing Placements and Jobs at UoY

    9 January 2026 by Nimra
    3 minute read

    The pressure to balance degree demands with career planning can be daunting. As students, we often feel we lack the professional experience employers demand. However, the University of York’s Careers…

  • How York’s careers service helped me find my dream job

    17 July 2023 by Gary
    3 minute read

    Hi, I’m Gary and I’m from Hong Kong. I had the privilege of studying at the University of York from 2006 to 2009, where I pursued a degree in Economics.…

  • Where my York degree has taken me

    29 June 2023 by Najwa
    3 minute read

    Hello, I’m Najwa from Malaysia and I graduated from the Department of Language and Linguistic Science at the University of York in 2018. Here’s how I progressed from gaining a York…

  • 5 ways Computer Science students can boost their employability!

    22 June 2023 by Ben
    5 minute read

    This post is primarily aimed at those looking to study computer science at the University of York. If you’re interested in studying here and curious about how you could make…

  • What can you do with a degree in Languages?

    30 January 2023 by Amelia
    4 minute read

    Hi, I’m Amelia, and I’m a 1st-Year French and German student. I’m enjoying my course so far, and I’m looking forward to exploring the more specialised modules next year! In…

  • Things to look forward to about Law at York

    24 February 2020 by Zainab
    3 minute read

    The diversity of Student Law Firms I’ll be the first to admit, it‘s quite daunting thinking about working with a group of people you’ve never met. That was certainly the…

  • Working as a Market Analyst at Sony

    5 February 2019 by Christy
    3 minute read

    Hello, I’m Christy. I am a 3rd year BSc Business and Management student. My course is quite similar to Accounting, Business Finance and Management, and there are a lot of…

  • Working for Unilever on a year in industry

    Working for Unilever on a year in industry

    29 January 2019 by Anish
    2 minute read

    Hi, I’m Anish. I study BSc Business and Management and I’m currently on placement with Unilever for my year in industry. I found out about Unilever because a business student…

  • Moving on from York

    Moving on from York

    6 July 2017 by Samuel
    3 minute read

    In this blog post I’m going to give my personal advice about moving on from university – I hope you find it helpful. Start early  It might seem a long way…

  • Careers Help

    16 February 2016 by Katie
    3 minute read

    I know it’s a little early to start thinking about careers, but let it comfort you that at York, you have a lot of guidance and support along the way.…