Improve your career prospects
Most of you will be taking a course to improve your career prospects
Work experience is a great way of improving your career prospects.
During your course you'll develop skills employers are looking for, such as:
- Leadership and teamwork
- Problem solving
- Initiative
- Organisation
- Time management
- Communication skills
- Commercial awareness
But employers want you to be able to demonstrate these skills. They want to know that you are capable of taking on the demands of the working environment, and the best way you can prepare for this is by experiencing them.
At Derby, our courses are focused on helping you to get where you want to be by providing you with opportunities to control your own learning and gain the experience you'll need in the workplace.
How our courses are different:
- Because of our close links with employers, you'll have great placement opportunities and build up good contacts to help you to find a job.
- We always look to our students first when we've got a part time job or work placement opportunity to fill at the University.
- We organise competitions, such as Business Quest, to help you to develop your business and enterprise skills.
- You can do professional qualifications while you're working towards some of our degrees.
- You can tailor your degree to match your career aspirations by choosing from a wide range of modules.
- Wherever possible, our courses are accredited or endorsed by professional bodies to make sure you develop the knowledge and skills employers are looking for.
- You'll have lots of opportunities to build up the skills employers want while you're here - just look out for the Skill Builder icon on activities and jobs.
