Careers Fairs o Workshops and seminars o Internet and CD Rom resources. Careers services aim to provide students with some of the materials needed for self assessment, knowledge of the workplace, companies and employment opportunities. They can also help you with resume preparation, career decision-making and techniques for a successful interview. Companies that place job advertisements are often deluged with responses, particularly in graduate recruitment, so you will have to apply a few rules for achieving direct contact. Advertisements are often clustered by profession, industry, as well as alphabetically.
Recruiters often run graduate recruitment adverts in the main news or business sections.
Very often you will be able to read between the lines and gauge whether an organisation is likely to be recruiting six or twelve months later on. Consult the professional associations. Some publish salary surveys and surveys that keep track of the occupations and industry sectors that recent graduates have entered. Most publish magazines with job listings and many have established placement or referral services to help members list and find jobs. Some are retained to conduct graduate recruitment campaigns on behalf of employers.