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Can you tel us what it looks like? *5</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=3"> IWelcome The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide </a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=4"> ContentsI INSIDE... What can the Careers</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=5"> IContents THE A–Z OF GRADUATE CAREERS (Se</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=6"> What can the Careers Service do for me?I </a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=7"> I'm a postgraduate... The Careers Service has ple</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=8"> What can the Careers Service do for me?I I</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=9"> I'm a disabled student... The Careers Service aim</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=10"> Getting startedI The Cambridge experienc</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=11"> Getting started Photo: Sir Cam © University of C</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=12"> Getting startedI Cambridge graduates are</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=13"> Getting started To see what students leavi</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=14"> Getting startedI I haven't a clue where </a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=15"> Thank you so much for the careers advice. I now h</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=16"> Exploring my optionsI Meet the Careers Advis</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=17"> Catherine Alexander Music (Birmingham Conservatoi</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=18"> Exploring my optionsI Careers Library </a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=19"> What you'll find in the Library Takeaway materia</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=20"> Exploring my optionsI Careers Service we</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=21"> CamCareers – email news alerts CamCareers is a t</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=22"> Exploring my optionsI Internships and va</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=23"> Internships and vacation work Careers Events in </a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=24"> Exploring my optionsI Postgraduate study</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=25"> to be partly or fully self-funded, especially for</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=26"> Exploring my optionsI It is also possible t</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=27"> IExploring my options Careers Service eve</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=28"> All you need to know about getting a jobI </a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=29"> IAll you need to know about getting a job </a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=30"> All you need to know about getting a jobI </a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=31"> Cover letters CVs for jobs should be accompanie</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=32"> All you need to know about getting a jobI </a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=33"> Further interviews are designed to assess your su</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=34"> Managing your timeI Making the most of y</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=35"> Work experience Unlike at other universities, Cam</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=36"> Managing your timeI Time out If you do</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=37"> IWorking in and around Cambridge Working</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=38"> International careersI Becoming a global</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=39"> Developing your career, longer term When making y</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=40"> The A–Z of graduate careers | Advertising and com</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=41"> (Advertising and communications | Arts and herita</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=42"> Arts and heritage | Economics) </a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=43"> a higher degree. Don't forget the think- tanks do</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=44"> Education sector | Engineering and technology) </a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=45"> (Engineering and technology | Environmental and c</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=46"> Finance) for a very demanding lifestyle</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=47"> (Finance | For more than profit It's im</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=48"> For more than profit) Microsoft to Apti</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=49"> (For more than profit | Healthcare I ha</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=50"> Healthcare | Hospitality, sport and leisure | Ind</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=51"> (Information technology (IT) | Languages – using </a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=52"> Languages – using them | Law and legal services) </a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=53"> (Library and information work | Management </a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 54" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=54"> Management) the organisation's finances</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 55" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=55"> (Management | Management consultancy re</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 56" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=56"> Management consultancy | Media and publishing) </a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 57" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=57"> I got my first journalism internship after meetin</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 58" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=58"> Property | Public service) PROPERTY Char</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 59" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=59"> Don't be put off by the Civil Service selection p</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 60" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=60"> Public service | Science) Working with o</a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers Guide page 61" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec11db3d?page=61"> (Science | Self-employment and small businesses </a> <a title="The 2016 Cambridge Careers 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