“Employability” is a term used to describe the skills, qualities and accomplishments that make individuals more likely to gain employment and be successful in their chosen career. You may choose a specific profession, self-employment, research or an academic career.
Employability is becoming increasingly important within higher education to ensure graduates are prepared for their future careers.
The Library is not just there to support you in gaining your degree.
It's never too early to start thinking about your career!
The Library has a wide range of books and e-books to support you from writing a successful CV, completing your job application to useful tips on interview preparation.
Take a look at a few examples of the titles available in the Library...
Library Skills
As a student, you've developed skills in searching for information, analyzing and interpreting it as well as using information correctly and effectively. These skills are highly valued by employers.
Book an appointment with your Subject Librarian, Non, for further guidance on enhancing your transferrable library skills and...
The Careers Service provides an excellent and supportive service which empowers individual students and graduates to realise their aspirations, make informed life choices and achieve their potential.
The Careers Service web pages provides support from choosing a career, sourcing work experience, finding and applying for jobs to being work ready.
Support is available for
You can visit the Careers Service - the office is located next door to the Student Union Shop on Penglais Campus.
Opening hours are:
Monday - Thursday 9.00am – 5.00pm
Friday 9.00am – 4.00pm
Closed between 1.00pm – 2.00 pm
General contact details:
Telephone: 01970 62 2378
Email: careers@aber.ac.uk
Visit the Prospects website: https://www.prospects.ac.uk/
The UK's biggest graduate careers website with more than 2.3 million monthly browsers.
They help to guide students and graduates to a bright future with unrivalled information, advice and opportunities.
To access data for a UK charity for pre-interview/job application.
Provides financial data and key information for registered charities in England and Wales.
A free, online database holding all the public information on UK companies concerning their finances and the appointment of secretaries and directors.
This is a package with...
Over 28,000 periodicals including 4,595 titles from the JCR Impact Factor Science list
Over 1,700 eBook editions (4,000 volumes) including award-winning encyclopedias and directories
Over 13 million pages of historical primary sources from the 13th to the 21st centuries
Over 1.5 million items of literature criticism and full-text literary works
Gale Primary Sources: Digital historical documents from over 500 years of world history, curated by Gale and partnering libraries from around the world.
Gale Onefile News: Full text database including regional, national and international newspapers
The University has access to IBISWorld, which has a collection of forecasts and analysis of over 3,300 industries across the globe.
Search and find career related books by using our library catalogue, Primo.
Here are some examples of titles:
