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If you would like to do further research into this sector, the following webpages may be useful. 

• to read more about the different areas of healthcare.
• to identify your suitability for 1 of 350 different roles.
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•  - Overview of options in the sector, from medicine to allied healthcare professions such as occupational therapy and management roles.
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Or watch 

• – a searchable database of videos with professionals talking about their career experience.
• Professionals describing their career roles.
•  - Hear from people working across the sector, including some roles you may not know existed.

Making contacts is essential for success in this and other sectors. Many jobs in this field come through networking and speculative applications since many of the skills are in high demand, a network can be a useful way to uncover hidden opportunities which have not yet been advertised. You could start by speaking with the experts – find out what they did after graduation and contact them for advice.   

 Making contacts for work shadowing, informational interviews and speculative applications  

To help increase your networks who may also be able to suggest ways to gain experiences look at:  

• Ask an Alum: A fuss-free way to connect with Ó£»¨¶¯Âþ alumni to ask careers questions. 
• Career Mentor Scheme: A popular employability scheme which matches a student or graduate with an experienced professional, for sector insight and one-to-one careers advice and guidance, over a 6-month period.  Look out for industry specific opportunities 

Also consider joining  such as The Anatomy Society or British RedCross Society who may run Alumni events networking and volunteering opportunity.  

The Creating Career Connections pages will help to develop your confidence and learn how to reach out to others for valuable insights into their experiences in the role. Conversations of this nature are known as ‘Informational interviews’.

Recruitment fairs, careers fairs, open days, talks, and events give insights and opportunities to make contacts.  For details of future events visit . If you have not yet activated your account, select the Single Sign On (SSO) option and follow the onscreen instructions.   

• Careers Fairs | Career Zone | Ó£»¨¶¯Âþ Check out our annual student employment fairs that take place in the Autumn term – employers include local Charities and NHS representatives.
• Careers In Health and Life sciences fair runs annually in March at Streatham Campus.
• Find events that can support your journey into an NHS career. .
• Make contacts and enquiries where you can

Exciting career opportunities are available for individuals with diverse backgrounds and interests, particularly in allied health, frontline care and nursing. 

Many major graduate recruiters have policies and processes that are proactive in recruiting graduates from diverse backgrounds. To find out the policies and attitudes of employers that you are interested in, explore their equality and diversity policies and see if they offer ‘Guaranteed Interview Schemes’ (for disabled applicants) or are recognised for their policy by such indicators as ‘Mindful Employer’ or as a ‘Stonewalls Diversity Champion’.  E.g.  

 The UK law protects you from discrimination due to your age, gender, race, religion or beliefs, disability or sexual orientation and more. For further information on the Equality Act and to find out where and how you are protected, as well as information on what you need to do if you feel you have been discriminated against, visit the   

 To learn more about how to share details of a disability with an employer and the support you can receive applying for jobs and work experience visit our equality and diversity page.