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Life after college - students
Summary: What happens when you finish your studies? Find out about options for volunteering, work experience and finding the right job, plus CV advice.
As you finish your course, careers advisors can help you to choose the right way forward. Your options might involve volunteering or a gap year. Combining an academic achievement with some work experience can give you good points for your CV.
- Choosing a career
- Finding work experience or planning a gap year
- Gemma's story - getting student work experience
- Developing skills through voluntary work
- Guide to taking psychometric tests
- CV advice (from Employment)
- Jobseeker information (from Employment)
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Content author: studentsite@rnib.org.uk
Last updated: 20/11/2008 11:13
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Gemma's story - while at university Gemma volunteered as an events assistant in a charity. Being partially sighted, she faced some challenges working in a paper-based office. "The positive response to me asserting my needs has helped me feel more confident about the future." Gemma is also "convinced that employers recognise work experience as essential" and saw it as a great opportunity to develop new skills. Gemma's full story
