Career Development & Employment Centre

CDEC offers a lot of great services to University of Sussex students, whether looking for a part time job to supplement student loans or planning a career for after graduation. Staff members are really friendly and willing to print off any necessary information or lists of dates, programs, company names, etc, or to lead you to the appropriate section of brochures and pamphlets.
The centre is organised by career-​path, so if you know what type of work you’re interested in, it’s really easy to gather the relevant information and advice.
CDEC also puts on several events, from small information sessions (I attended one on Teach First and found it quite well organised and useful) to campus-​wide events like Grad Fair. Individual services include c.v. building, interview tips, and career counselling sessions.
I really recommend taking advantage of this really great service — and much of the information can be found on CDEC’s website if you don’t feel like dropping in.

There comes a time in the life of a Humanities graduate from Sussex University to visit CDEC, throw down their CV’s, their tattered clothes and their aspirations to still play in the Premier league, and really start thinking about their future career prospects.
The people at CDEC must have taken lessons in compassion and empathy, because they really are masters of making you feel less panicked about your current situation, and provide you with invaluable advice.
I would recommend booking an appointment with one of their advisers. These appointments last about half an hour, which in my experience have been amazingly helpful, from helping me to write my C.V. to showing me just how and where to look for jobs and volunteering opportunities. Any career or volunteering question you may have is neither too big nor too small for these peeps, and brilliantly the service lasts for a year after you have finished your degree, so you have time to panic, but also receive some well needed advice.
If you don’t want to book you can just pop in to their office on campus and browse through their files and folders of different sector jobs, for different undergraduate degrees, or probably better you can log on to their website. The website has a massive wealth of knowledge, and once you know how to maximise it, it becomes the best place to search for and learn about jobs, ever in my opinion.