Career Planning
Career Planning
Deciding on your career path takes time, research and planning - attend one of our events to help you get started.
On this page, you can find both Careers Service and external events on career planning. We also work closely with top graduate employers who offer events specifically for Newcastle University students.
See below for details of upcoming live events. You can also find recorded sessions from previous events and webinars below.
Upcoming events
Events will be listed by date below. Clicking on each link below will take you to MyCareer for more details and to find out how to attend.
Recorded events and webinars
Access our recorded careers sessions and webinars, for you to watch in your own time.
Career planning in uncertain times
The recent pandemic and subsequent economic impact make these uncertain times for all of us.
Our 10 minute presentation looks at how you could approach the process of career planning in uncertain times.

The job search: getting started
Looking for graduate roles and work experience can seem a daunting prospect if you’re not sure where to start. This 10 minute presentation on getting started with your job search will explore:
- where to focus your job search
- job-hunting strategies to improve your search
- how to remain resilient during the job search

Graduate training schemes
Our 17 minute presentation on Graduate training schemes covers:
- what is a graduate training scheme [1:11]
- who offers graduate schemes or training [3:18]
- how to find a graduate scheme[7:04]
- getting onto a scheme [11:37]
