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Opening Hours

The Information Room is open Mon, Tues, Thurs and Fri 09:00-17:00, Weds 10:15-17:00.

CV clinics every Mon 2-4 in term-time at EmployAbility.

Quick Query sessions 11:00-16:00.

Office Closures

Closed for lunch 13:00-14:00 during vacations.

Careers Centre Websites

Careers Using Languages Fair (inc. TEFL)

• Tuesday 2 March 2010, 12.00 - 15.00
• University of East Anglia, Student Union LCR

The Careers Using Languages Fair offers information about a range of jobs where your language skills will be used, from Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) to translation work, as well as summer opportunities. There will also be information about accredited TEFL / TESOL courses as well as postgraduate language courses. The fair will be of interest to anyone who wishes to use or develop their language skills, people wishing to travel and also international students. [more...]

Construct your future using CV Builder

CV Builder is a new tool providing space to chronicle your activities and skills developed from academic work, employment and leisure time. It can act as a personal inventory of your progress at UEA and helps to translate it into the language used in CVs and applications.

Designed to be used by all UEA undergraduate and taught postgraduate students, you can begin to use CV Builder from your first year as you gain experience and as soon as you need to develop a CV. [more...]

Ten ways to beat the 'Careers Crisis'

Unless you’ve been living on the moon, by now you’ll be very aware that the credit crisis has spread into a sharp global recession, with potentially serious employment implications for all students. Whilst you can follow links to some of the recent dramatic headlines below you should also know that all is not lost, provided you act now to get a grip of your employability.

Whilst we’re putting on extra events, including CV clinics every term time Monday afternoon from 2pm to 4pm in EmployAbility on The Square, you can help yourself by following our ten ways to beat the 'Careers Crisis':

1. Stay positive – some sectors, especially in this region, aren’t doing as badly as general headlines might make you think.
2. Be pro-active in improving your employability. If you haven’t already done so, gain as much relevant work experience as you can.
3. Volunteering and active involvement in sports and societies are highly prized by employers - being great talking points.
4. [more ...]

EmployAbility on The Square

Visit our drop-in centre on The Square at UEA for help finding student jobs, volunteering opportunities, graduate level jobs and much more.

• Latest local student jobs.
• Latest voluntary opportunities.
• Latest graduate-level vacancies.
• Careers advice.
• Etc, etc.

EmployAbility on The Square is open 10-4pm Monday to Friday (closed 1pm-2pm during vacations). We hold regular CV Feedback clinics every Monday afternoon during term time, 2pm-4pm. [more ...]