Other useful links – graduate jobs
Tips
Any job hunting will prove pretty fruitless unless you have already done some work on understanding your own needs and identifying your skills. If you are not yet at this stage try the Career skills website: www.shef.a.cuk.uk/careers/cms/. Once you have identified your needs and skills you should try and match them against particular jobs. Make use of Prospects Planner to investigate jobs that are appropriate to you: www.prospects.ac.uk/ - select ‘What job would suit me?’
The Careers Service website has a wealth of information on job hunting. Start by looking at www.shef.ac.uk/careers/students/gettingajob. Make sure you read carefully the Downloads on finding out about jobs, job hunting and meeting employers.
Published vacancies
Extensive databases of information on graduate employers can be found on Prospects: prospects.ac.uk/, Doctorjob: www.doctorjob.com and Hobsons: www.hobsons.com. The Careers Service also has copies of the printed directories associated with these websites.
The Careers Service itself offers finalists and recent graduates its own Vacancy Service plus links to other vacancy databases and national and international recruitment websites, go to: www.shef.ac.uk/careers/vacancies.html
Local, national and regional newspapers and specialist periodicals can also be useful as sources of vacancy information, and you will find copies of SOME these in the Careers Service. Publications advertising jobs for Civil Engineers include; The Engineer, New Civil Engineer, Water Bulletin and New Scientist.
If you are particularly interested in opportunities with small and medium-sized companies in Yorkshire, you should look at the GraduateLink web site: www.gradlink.com
Some useful engineering links
· Institution of Civil Engineers at www.ice.org.uk
· Institution of Structural Engineers at www.istructe.org.uk
· Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors at www.ices.org.uk
· Chartered Institute of Building at www.ciob.org.uk
· Association of Building Engineers at www.abe.org.uk
· Engineering Council at www.engc.org.uk
· Association of Consulting Engineers at www.acenet.co.uk
· Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers at www.cibse.org
· Construction Confederation at www..constructionconfederation.co.uk/
· Consultant Engineers 500 at www.ce500.co.uk
· Toryen Technical Recruitment: www.ttrecruitment.co.uk
· The Engineer Online: www.theengineerjobs.co.uk
· Index Civil Engineering Recruitment: www.indexcivils.co.uk
· Design A Job: www.designajob.co.uk
The Careers Service
Don’t forget, the Careers Service: www.shef.ac.uk/careers/students/ can also help you if you want to discuss your future career options, need further information about either undergraduate work/ work experience or graduate vacancies, want to find out more about employers or further study, or need help with your applications, interview or assessment centre technique. Even if you haven’t got a clue about where to start, we’re here to help.