Career Planning
It's never too early to start considering your career path! This is probably one of the most important decisions you will ever make, so it's worth investing time and effort into getting it right.
As with most things in life, there isn't a single solution that fits all circumstances as individuals approach decision making in a variety of ways.
The best way to approach this is to book an appointment and talk over your thinking with your Careers Adviser. However, to help you identify the elements of career choice that might be useful to consider, we've listed a few career choice tools below for you to use as a way of getting started.
Prospects Planner
Prospects Planner is the number 1 job exploration tool for higher education students and graduates and is fully supported by UK career services. It can help you identify what you want out of a job; generate new job ideas and check out your existing ones; find out what motivates you in a job; identify your skills and what you can offer to the job/employer; see how these match the jobs you are considering; research your chosen jobs in more detail, compare your options and decide on the right choices for you.
Target Jobs: Careers Report
TARGETjobs Careers Report uses questionnaires and psychometric tests to explore your interests, strengths, personality and abilities and matches you to jobs that would suit you.
Further Study
If you are considering doing a course of further study, the Careers Service can help you to find out what options are available and what funding might be available [more...]
Self Employment
Why become self-employed?
In some sectors, such as the media, the Bar and the creative and performing arts,
self-employment is a standard way of working [more...] (.pdf document)
Diversity Issues
We are committed to promoting equality of access and treatment in education, employment, training and guidance, regardless of race, religion, gender, disability, marital status, social class, age or sexual preference [more...]
The Graduate Labour Market
Keep up to date with what's going on in the graduate labour market, including graduate destinations, labour market trends, salary levels etc [more...]
HWU Alumni Profiles
A resource for students to gain an insight into working across the globe, based on our alumni's experiences since graduating. We hope to encourage our students to think globally, whether that’s UK students moving abroad or international students returning home [more...]
Are You Employable?
To find out if you have what employers are looking for, why not carry out your own Personal Skills Audit . This will help you reflect on your current level of skills, discover your strengths and your weaknesses and get tips on ways of gaining the skills that you still need to develop [more...]
PDP @ Heriot-Watt
Professional Development Planning (PDP) is a structured process to help you reflect upon your own learning, performance and achievements. It has been designed to support you in the planning of your professional, educational and careers development [more...]