Surrey Careers blog

Official blog of the University of Surrey's Employability and Careers Centre

Returning to university from placement – our four transition tips

When your placement comes to an end the thought of returning to University for final year can often bring up mixed feelings. Often when your placement year has been a positive experience, where your contribution was really valued it can be a comedown to be thrown back into uni. You find that you are ‘just […]


Going into second year and want to start preparing for placement applications over summer?

As your summer progresses the last thing you want to think about is the pressures of coming back in October. However, a little preparation now will save you time and worry later on. How can I start preparing for placement over the summer? Our step-by-step online placement module is on Surrey Pathfinder. It takes you […]


What I gained from doing the Employability Award – Beatrice, Psychology

In my second-year, I received an email promoting the Employability Award. Curious to know more, I joined the introductory talk, where I learnt that the award’s aims. It recognises your engagement in extracurricular activities, while connecting you to the world of work. It can be seen as an ‘ID’ of who you are beyond your […]


How to Turn Your Creative Skills into a Career in Digital Marketing

Whether you’ve got a creative skill set and know fully well what industry you’re looking to get into once you’ve graduated or whether you’re weighing up your options for what job would perfectly match your skills, have you ever thought to consider a career in digital marketing? Today the digital marketing industry is booming, and […]


My Professional Training year at Unilever, Lucy, Nutrition and Food Science, graduated 2019

I spent my placement year as a Student Nutritionist at Unilever. I applied for around 5 other placements and I received my offer from Unilever in April 2017. I couldn’t wait to start transferring my degree knowledge into a job in the food industry. Placement Induction week I had an induction week with the current placement […]


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