Development opportunities

• Our internal candidate programme will help you understand the recruitment process at York and how you can best prepare your job application.
• The professional and career development planning workshop doesn't provide specific careers advice, but is aimed at helping participants identify their own goals and their next steps in achieving them.
• Our award-winning Leadership and management programmes can help improve your capability as a manager
• Our coaching scheme helps you think about your current situation and identify outcomes that you are committed to
• New academic staff may benefit from a mentoring programme
• Our general programme of personal and professional effectiveness courses can help you develop your workplace skills

Sources of information

• Careers have a selection of reference books and journals, covering a range of topics,including self-assessment, career planning, self-employment, recruitment processes, and job sector-specific information.
• National Careers Service - The national information and advice service can direct you to possible sources of help and information.
• Local work and training initiatives - information is available from York Learning
• Graduate Prospects holds a huge range of careers information including occupational profiles, CV writing, applications and interviews, details of job vacancies etc.
• Learn Direct has information about courses and training throughout the country.
• jobs.ac.uk - as well as job listings, jobs.ac.uk also has careers advice on the HE sector.
• Careers Report - a series of questionnaires and psychometric tests to help you explore your strengths and weaknesses, your personality and abilities.
• Prospects Planner - web-based exercise matching your interests with career ideas (click on Jobs - What jobs would suit me?)
• Guardian Careers - careers news and articles
• Future Learn - a diverse selection of courses from leading universities and cultural institutions from around the world. These are delivered one step at a time, and are accessible on mobile, tablet and desktop, so you can fit learning around your life.