The Careers and Employability Service can guide you through every stage of your career planning. We will work together to help you make informed decisions that will put your plans into action. We can help you to find opportunities, make applications and succeed at interviews.

No! We will help you clarify your goals, identify strengths gained through academia, employment or work experience. By exploring your interests and career options we can help you work towards achieving your career objective.

We offer one-to-one appointments which can be booked on the day, either in person or over the telephone, in the All Saints Building, Manchester and the Laurence Building, Crewe. Careers & Employability Advisers also run appointments at Hollings, Didsbury and Aytoun. Further details are available on our appointments page . We also offer a careers advice by email service.

Attend our workshops and get advice from a Careers and Employability Adviser. Our website also provides lots of useful handouts and career guides to guide you through CVs, applications and interviews. Contact us if you’re stuck.

• Careers Information rooms with extensive careers resources and IT facilities. Different formats available, please ask us about this.
• Individual appointments with a Careers and Employability Adviser bookable on the day, face to face and telephone appointments available.
• Workshops on job seeking strategies, disclosing disability, CVs, Assessments and other career related topics aimed at meeting needs of MMU students.
• Online psychometric testing
• Online careers information and careers advice via email.
• Support at careers fairs.
• Details of employer presentations taking place at the university.

If you are looking for help to generate suitable career ideas, you can access an online guidance questionnaire. You may find it helpful to see a Careers and Employability Adviser to discuss the career suggestions, entry requirements and recruitment processes in more detail.

Our mentoring service Mentormatch puts you in touch with an online career Mentor. Mentors can help by offering you more in depth information on the realities of the career you have chosen, access to contacts to set up work experience, feedback on CVs, applications and job interview as well as helping to encourage you to realise your potential.

You can also network with employers at presentations, fairs and other careers events. See our events page for details.

For details of local careers fairs visit our events page and for national careers fairs you can look on the Prospects website.

For job vacancies, visit our online jobs board or read our job seeking guides

MMU students can use the Careers and Employability Service up to three years after you graduate. Alternatively you may use the Prospects service for graduates.

If you have a disability or impairment, learning difficulty, health problem or are D/deaf, then there is additional support available to you. Marina Matosic is our Careers & Employability Adviser who specialises in the area of disability. You can pre-book an appointment with Marina by calling 0161 247 3483.

Visit our online jobs board and read our guide to finding part-time or temporary work

Jobs4students recruits for student ambassadors and temporary assignments within the university. The Student Union Job Shop also advertises part-time work.

Volunteering MMU offers a free brokerage service for Not for Profit (NFP) organisations across Greater Manchester and Cheshire. The aim of this service is to help students to develop their employability skills by gaining experience within the community, supporting a wide range of organisations.

If you would like to speak to a member of the team, contact us by telephone on 0161 247 2211 or email us at volunteering@mmu.ac.uk.

Some careers such as Teaching, Law and Social Work will have specific deadlines, especially in the autumn term. Please contact the Careers and Employability Service for full details.

Recruitment / Employment fairs, Careers talks and Employer presentations start from early October onwards.

The Civil Service, NHS, Accountancy and many blue chip companies require applications to be submitted in the autumn term.

The MMU Careers and Employability Service supports the Best Practice in Graduate Recruitment National Code of Practice. We have a duty of care to our students and graduates and reserve the right to edit or omit vacancies according to suitability, and in line with current employment, equality and diversity legislation.

Visit our contact us page for contact information, opening times and location details.