Careers

The Library has a large Careers Section where you will find information on different careers and jobs, college prospectuses and university prospectuses. In addition there are many guides which will assist you in preparing a CV, applying for a job and attending an interview.

For university applicants there are books which will help you make a good application including guides for particular courses e.g. Medicine, Dentistry, Psychology, Law, Engineering, Business and Art and Design.

There are also books which rate the different courses at universities and books on completing your UCAS application and on Personal Statements.

If you want to have a gap year there are publications which can help you plan your year.

The Careers library is colour-coded for ease of use: Blue - finding out about careers Yellow - going to university Red - going to college Green - applying for work and training Orange - taking a year out Websites that you might find useful are:

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[|www.ucas.com/documents/ucasguides/scottishguide2012.pdf]

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The Careers Advisor (Mr Smith) is currently in school on Mondays and Thursdays, you can drop in to his office on those days at lunchtime to get information from him or ask a quick question.