Enhancing students' and graduate' prospects - the mission of the Careers Service is to enhance students' and graduates' career prospects. We draw upon our professional expertise in the context of higher education :
- to enable students and graduates from diverse backgrounds to develop the personal skills and confidence required to make appropriate career decisions throughout their lives, complementing the learning and development provided by academic colleagues;
- to enable academic colleagues and University managers to make effective use of labour market intelligence in their academic planning and work with students;
- to enhance the reputation of the University of Strathclyde as a preferred source of high quality graduate recruits;
- to service the changing needs of recruiters of students and graduates.
We achieve this by :
- providing a quality, comprehensive careers education, information, guidance and job search consultancy for students, appropriate to their needs during their course and after graduation;
- providing a consultancy service to the University on guidance and recruitment issues and to academics on changing labour market trends and graduate destinations;
- working with academics to integrate careers education within the curriculum;
- promoting a proactive, informed, professional consultancy service to employers on the benefits of partnership with Strathclyde and effective means of recruiting graduates;
- adding value to employers' contact with the Careers Service by linking them to students and academics appropriate to their recruitment needs;
- being open to learn from best practice amongst other careers services and practitioners in the field of graduate recruitment.