Careers Advisory Service - Mission statement

Mission statement

To help student and staff clients to understand and undertake the process of career planning, including developing their employability; clarifying their own interests, values, skills and abilities; identifying appropriate opportunities; making informed career choices and achieving their objectives both immediately after graduation and thereafter.

Aims

To enable clients to understand the career planning process, and to identify their values, interests and skills and reflect on these in order to make choices

To provide accurate and relevant information on occupations and opportunities, including graduate vacancies, internships, gap year activities, voluntary work and postgraduate study
To help students develop their employability skills and obtain appropriate work experience
To enable clients to understand how to market themselves effectively
To advise employers on the recruitment of Bath graduates, to offer employers efficient recruitment facilities and to promote the University and its graduates to employers
To support University staff by providing career planning and skills development for students, and by providing information on the destinations of their students
To keep the University informed about graduate recruitment trends, and help the University market itself to potential students through the collection and dissemination of information on graduate destinations

Vision

To be the service of choice for all students, employers and academic colleagues.

Statement of Principles

The CAS is committed to:

Providing services of a high professional standard, responding to client need and welcoming feedback from clients and colleagues
Ensuring equality of opportunity in the delivery of the service
Guaranteeing impartiality and confidentiality to students and graduates
Treating both clients and colleagues with respect and courtesy
Fostering a spirit of team working with colleagues.