Finding Work
Access our jobs database CareerHub here. There are a range of graduate roles, placements and work experience opportunities, and part-time roles available. You can also use the job search section on Keele Careers Online to research employers and hunt for jobs.
You can now find part-time and casual roles on the CareerHub Opportunities tab by selecting 'part time job' from the Opportunity Type drop-down menu, and selecting search.
Vacancy guidelines for students
Careers and Employability at Keele University aims to place vacancy adverts that are accurate and as up-to-date as possible. All information is given in good faith based on the information provided by the employer to Careers and Employability. Job seekers must confirm for themselves that this information is accurate.
We make all reasonable efforts to ensure vacancies advertised by Careers and Employability are in accordance with discrimination legislation, including those relating to gender, age, race, disability, religion and gender orientation.
Students and graduates applying to vacancies advertised by Careers and Employability are advised to check with employers all details concerning issues such as salary, hours of work and holidays and request and sign an employment contract.
Careers and Employability will not enter into contracts between employers and students. These must be directly between employers and students.
Students need to think carefully about the advantages and disadvantages of unpaid work experience/internships. Please speak to Careers and Employability if you are unsure about this.
For information on scam jobs go to Manchester University Careers Service advice on spotting scam jobs.
Feedback
If you are successful in getting a job advertised through Careers and Employability we would like to hear from you.
If you have any complaints or comments about the vacancy service provided by Careers and Employability please email careers@keele.ac.uk
Relevant websites
National Minimum Wage
Equality Act 2010
Employment
Equality and Human Rights Commission
Working in the UK
Targetjobs
Immediate vacancies and information on graduate employers.
Prospects
Details of thousands of graduate opportunities and vacancies can be searched for both by location and type of work. In addition to vacancies aimed at finalists, this site also contains immediate vacancies.
Milkround
Careers information, advice and vacancies.
graduate-jobs.com
The UK's leading independent job board.
Pink Jobs
LGBT friendly job vacancies.
Conservation Jobs
Job portal that advertises both paid and unpaid jobs in the conservation sector.
Green Jobs
A jobs board where you can search for a range of opportunities in green industries.
LinkedIn Jobs
LinkedIn's job search tool for jobs advertised through LinkedIn. Please note that we do not monitor jobs posted on LinkedIn, so please seek advice from us if you have any questions after finding a job using this tool.
Engage Education
A recruitment agency for teachers, who advertise vacancies across the country aimed at fresh graduates, international applicants and job seekers from all backgrounds who are looking to work in schools.
AllAboutCareers
A jobs board for graduate vacancies, internships and placements.
Bright Network IT and software development graduate jobs
Bright Network accounting, tax and audit graduate jobs
Bright Network investment banking graduate jobs
Bright Network marketing graduate jobs
Newspapers
For an extensive list of newspapers, local, national and worldwide see www.onlinenewspapers.com
Links to agencies that promote graduate employment and work experience at a regional level.
Keele Internships www.keele.ac.uk/internships
Keele University's Internship Scheme offers students and graduates paid work experience opportunities.
Jobted
Provides opportunities for student and graduate paid work experience placements in businesses within Staffordshire and the West Midlands. Register on the website.
Cambridge Science Park
Vacancies with hi-tech companies.
Graduate Jobs South-east
Vacancies and employment advice for graduates living in the South East.
Yorkshire Graduates
Current graduate jobs and a database of over 500 companies in Yorkshire.
Information from the University of Manchester Careers and Employability Service. This includes advice on how to use recruitment agencies as well as an option to search for appropriate agencies.
National Recruitment and Employment Confederation
You can search for REC corporate members by location and industry.
Agency Central
Search for a recruitment agency by location or sector.
Women In Technology
Aims to provide a range of information technology employment opportunities with companies who have an open and explicit commitment to inclusive recruitment policies.
Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP)
A KTP could be the perfect launchpad, helping enhance your career prospects by providing you with an opportunity to manage a challenging project central to a business’s strategic development and long term growth.
CAREERS AND EMPLOYABILITY RESOURCES
Keele Careers and Employability receive copies of the Prospects and the Times Top 100 graduate directories which detail the graduate training schemes commencing each autumn. These are free and can be collected from the Careers and Employability Centre located on the 1st Floor of the Campus Library.