Today's graduate employers demand substantial evidence of relevant knowledge and skills gained during your time as a student through, for example, undertaking high quality work experience. If you want to beable to compete effectively in the job market at the end of your degree or postgraduate award, you will benefit enormously from being proactive and creating opportunities that will increase your employability such as:
- gaining relevant work experience
- researching formal placements and internships
- exploring options for temporary employment
- becomming involved withthe UWE Community Volunteering Programme
- consider becoming a UWE Ambassador through the Widening Participation and Community Action Centre , Tel. (0117) 32 82162
Visit the Career Development Unit (CDU) or look at the resources on the CDU website.
The UWE Community Volunteer Programme (CVP) is open to current UWE students and staff and brings together a range of voluntary work opportunities available with charities, community groups and statutory organisations in the Bristol area. The work is unpaid, but can offer excellent work experience whilst benefiting the local community. There are a number of ways to get involved in volunteering through the CVP such as:
- taking on a placement in a local or national charity
- getting involved in one of our projects, volunteering with a group of other students
- attending a one-off Community Action Day
- taking sports into the Community and gaining a coaching qualification.
CVP also has opportunities for you to gain experience related to your course of study.
More iinformation can be found at 'What is volunteering and why might it be interesting to me?' Alternatively, visit: http://www.uwe.ac.uk/volunteer, email cvp@uwe.ac.uk, or tel. (0117) 32 82190.