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University Placements: My Experience

Committing to extra-curricular experience alongside university can be a daunting decision to make. Studying seems to take up 99.9% of your time already, so the idea of committing to anything else can seem like a wholly impossible task. On the other hand, with constant reminders of how competitive the graduate job hunt can be, and just how many applicants there are for each job (around 118!), having some extra-curricular experience under your belt might just be the difference between landing an interview, or not.

I am not a label, I am capable and I can – my navigations through finding a job when dealing with visible and invisible disabilities

The Employability and Skills team is interested in hearing student voices! We put a call out on our CCCU Careers and Disability Facebook group, asking students to share their experiences, both in life and in the workplace. Here Lauren shares her experiences as a CCCU student and staff member.

Disabled to Enabled: Anxiety; my weakness and my strength

The Employability and Skills team is interested in hearing student voices! We put a call out on our CCCU Careers and Disability Facebook group, asking students to share their experiences, both in life and in the workplace. Here student Rebekah shares her experience of balancing anxiety, depression and student life. Read on for her story.

My palms are sweaty.                                                                                                                                          Knees weak, arms are heavy.                                                                                                                           The thought of vomit on my sweater in front of everyone in this lecture theatre fills me with debilitating anxiety.