Develop Your Career: Job Search, CV Writing and Applications

Develop your Career: Job Search, CV writing and Applications

Here are some useful reference links to complement the material covered in the course

None of these companies/websites are officially endorsed by the University of Cambridge

Planning your Career guidance – Personal and Professional Development

Job search – a rough guide to some resources you may find helpful. They are in no particular order and by no means comprehensive, just a random selection

Online job sites

Some of these list current vacancies whilst others also include options to upload your CV and provide tips on job search

University of Cambridge -

Monster - monster.co.uk/

Fish4jobs -

Totaljobs - totaljobs.com/

My JobSearch - myjobsearch.com/

Directgovjobs -

Guardian jobs - jobs.theguardian.com/

Indeed -

Local Newspapers

Cambridge News Jobs: Jobs in Cambridge–

Jobs - East Anglian Daily Times- jobs_2_491

Cambs Times -

National Newspapers

The Guardian Jobs online –

Local Recruitment Agencies

Tate -

Reed -

Aspire Cambridge -

Select –

Hayes Recruitment specialising in accounting and finance -

50 steps to finding a new job

Constructing your elevator pitch

Finding a professional network or organisation relevant to your profession

A beginners' guide to finding a job using social media – The Guardian

Top 10 tips: using social media to find work – The Guardian

How to use social media in your job search – The Guardian

- unfortunately, the text of this article appears (in some browsers) as corrupted but if you ignore the coding and read the text itself, it provides some useful tips and hints

Using Social Media in Jobhunting – University of Kent

This article is targeted at graduates but contains some helpful generic tips for using social media to support your job search:

Build your LinkedIn profile and boost your career chances – The Telegraph

How to Write a Professional Bio for Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook & Google+

Examples of successful LinkedIn profiles and why they are work

Guidance on writing CVs and Cover letters for PhDs and Postdocs – University of Cambridge Careers Service

Cover letter templates:

CV templates:

Job Application guidance – including tips on completing online applications

University of Cambridge guidance – Applying for Jobs

Guidance for complete a CHRIS 5 and CHRIS 6 style applications forms – University of Cambridge

External sites with some useful reference guides: