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The Handshake Platform is your key resource for searching for internships, placements, graduate jobs and even on campus part time opportunities.

Handshake not only helps you search and apply for opportunities, it enhances your connections and helps you expand your network. In a competitive labour market your connections, networks and visibility become even more important so the timing could not be better.

As well as graduate jobs there are several forms of work experience ranging from part-time or summer work, shadowing, volunteering, insight weeks or employer open days, freelancing, industrial placements and internships.

In this section you'll find our top tips and resources on finding different types of work experience as well as graduate opportunities.

Using Handshake to find graduate jobs

One of the questions you may ask about your Graduate Job Search is “Where do I start”? The answer to that is Handshake

Managed by Employability & Careers at Ulster, Handshake is your platform for connecting with opportunities, employers and other students and graduates.

Watch this short guide on using Handshake and get started up updating your profile:

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Internships & Insights

The benefits of completing an internship are boundless – they provide you with invaluable insights into organisations and help you gain employability skills and make your CV and job applications stand out to employers. No matter what year you are in it’s never too early or late to start thinking about applying for an internship. Check out current opportunities via the link below:

Internships & Insights

Campus Jobs

Ulster University is increasing the number of paid, on campus jobs that are open to students. Faculties and departments across the University will be advertising a range of part time, term time and casual opportunities. All opportunities are paid £8.65 per hour and opportunities will be across a range of different areas including events, marketing, administration and much more.

You can keep up to date with Campus Jobs via Handshake and you can also set up weekly email alerts to your preferred email address.

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Internship & Insights

Find out more about internships including existing programmes and how to access live opportunities