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MyCareer User Guide
Everything you need to know about MyCareer and how to make the most out of it.
We have a wide range of information and resources to help you with your career planning. You can access all our resources online if you are studying remotely or based away from campus.
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The UoS Career Hub is an online platform that offers tools to boost student career development.
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Forage provides hundreds of job simulations, enabling you to gain business skills and industry insights.
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Online library of thousands of high-quality instructional videos about business, creative and technology skills and tools.
The UoS Career Hub is an online platform giving students and graduates access to hundreds of online employability resources and application support information. This includes advice for creating CVs, covering letters and applications, plus information to help you prepare for interviews, psychometric tests and assessment centres.
Our interactive Design Your Future Workshops help you to develop the skills required throughout the recruitment process. They cover five topics: Applications, Covering Letters, CVs, Interviews and LinkedIn. All sessions take place in person and can be booked via MyCareer. You can also access recorded versions of the sessions.
Careers books are available in the Hartley Library, the Winchester School of Art Library, the National Oceanographic Library and the Health Services Library at Southampton General Hospital. The books cover many topics, including application and interview advice, career planning tips, working abroad, starting your own business and sector specific information.
In addition to this, there are over 100 careers-related e-books that can be read online or downloaded as PDFs. Topics include writing applications, communication skills and online test preparation. To access e-books off-campus, users must log in via globalprotect.soton.ac.uk or use the Library Search website.