If you need to contact the Careers team, please email careers@reading.ac.uk or call us on 0118 378 8359. For specific queries about how you can get more involved, please contact the Employer Engagement Team.
My Jobs Online
Before registering or submitting a vacancy, please ensure that you have read our privacy notice, and are happy to accept our terms and conditions.
Please register to join My Jobs Online to advertise vacancies and events to our students and alumni.
Once you have registered, it can take up to two working days for your organisation to be approved. Please get in touch with us if you have not heard back within two working days. If we have any questions for you before we can approve your organisation, we will email or call you.
If you are having problems with any part of this process, please call us on 0118 378 8359 or email careers@reading.ac.uk.
Please register to join My Jobs Online to advertise vacancies and events to our students and alumni.
Once you have registered, it can take up to two working days for your organisation to be approved. Please get in touch with us if you have not heard back within two working days. If we have any questions for you before we can approve your organisation, we will email or call you.
If you are having problems with any part of this process, please call us on 0118 378 8359 or email careers@reading.ac.uk.
Make sure you have an organisation website that looks professional and includes information about careers.
Sign up with your company’s domain email address, not a gmail, hotmail or yahoo. This helps us see that it is a professional company.
If you have a companies house or charity number, please include this as it makes it easier for us to check the organisation is legitimate.
You can find common reasons for organisation rejections on our terms and conditions.
Sign up with your company’s domain email address, not a gmail, hotmail or yahoo. This helps us see that it is a professional company.
If you have a companies house or charity number, please include this as it makes it easier for us to check the organisation is legitimate.
You can find common reasons for organisation rejections on our terms and conditions.
Please read our terms and conditions for more information regarding what vacancies you can advertise.
You can call or email us with their name, phone number and email address for us to add manually. Once we have added their details, they will receive an email to create a password and log in
Alternatively you can add new users via your MyJobsOnline account, on ‘Profile’, select ‘Update my organisation profile’, go to the ‘Contacts and users’ tab and select ‘Add new contact’
Alternatively you can add new users via your MyJobsOnline account, on ‘Profile’, select ‘Update my organisation profile’, go to the ‘Contacts and users’ tab and select ‘Add new contact’
You can update your profile on your MyJobsOnline account, under ‘Profile’, ‘Update my organisation profile’, or by contacting the Careers team to make these changes for you.
You can do this on your MyJobsOnline account, or by contacting the Careers team to extend it for you.
You can do this on your MyJobsOnline account, on the ‘Opportunities’ tab, selecting ‘Actions’ on the vacancy you would like to close, and pressing ‘Withdraw’, or by contacting the Careers team.
Depending on the categories you selected for the vacancy, emails will be sent to students and alumni who have specified they would like to hear about certain kinds of jobs.
Students, alumni and staff with user accounts can search and view all vacancies on MyJobsOnline.
Yes, however please ensure they are for different roles, not just different locations for the same role. We reserve the right to reject if you post multiple similar vacancies that could have been turned into one.
If you have several similar roles, you can select multiple criteria for the one vacancy and add in different locations and further information regarding these.
Too little information in the job description – please give as much information as possible for students and alumni to make informed decisions
Selecting the incorrect salary range, such as N/A (for Events/ Insight Days/ Scholarships only) – this is only to be used for events, insight days and scholarships. Please select a different category if you are advertising something other than an event, insight day or scholarship
Duplicate vacancies – please ensure similar vacancies are merged into one
3rd party company is unnamed – if you are advertising on behalf of a 3rd party organisation, you must include the name. You can choose not to make it visible, but the team approving the vacancy must see the name in order to approve.
Closing date is within 9 days – all vacancies must have at least 9 days before closing date to give students appropriate time to apply for the vacancy.
Sometimes we may email the person who uploaded the vacancy if we have a question before we can approve it. If we do not hear back from them within the time frame we have provided in the email, we reject the vacancy. You are welcome to resubmit the vacancy, but please ensure you address the question from the email in the new submission to ensure it will be approved.
Abroad opportunities not providing information as to whether any fees will be expected of the successful applicant – if the opportunity is abroad, please ensure you state any expectations as to what is covered. For example, state if the organisation will pay for or sponsor visas, travel expenses and accommodation, or if the applicant would be expected to fund it themselves. As per our terms and conditions, we are unable to accept vacancies where students are expected to pay, to ensure we are advertising equal opportunities for all regardless of their financial situation
Selecting the incorrect salary range, such as N/A (for Events/ Insight Days/ Scholarships only) – this is only to be used for events, insight days and scholarships. Please select a different category if you are advertising something other than an event, insight day or scholarship
Duplicate vacancies – please ensure similar vacancies are merged into one
3rd party company is unnamed – if you are advertising on behalf of a 3rd party organisation, you must include the name. You can choose not to make it visible, but the team approving the vacancy must see the name in order to approve.
Closing date is within 9 days – all vacancies must have at least 9 days before closing date to give students appropriate time to apply for the vacancy.
Sometimes we may email the person who uploaded the vacancy if we have a question before we can approve it. If we do not hear back from them within the time frame we have provided in the email, we reject the vacancy. You are welcome to resubmit the vacancy, but please ensure you address the question from the email in the new submission to ensure it will be approved.
Abroad opportunities not providing information as to whether any fees will be expected of the successful applicant – if the opportunity is abroad, please ensure you state any expectations as to what is covered. For example, state if the organisation will pay for or sponsor visas, travel expenses and accommodation, or if the applicant would be expected to fund it themselves. As per our terms and conditions, we are unable to accept vacancies where students are expected to pay, to ensure we are advertising equal opportunities for all regardless of their financial situation
As our online advertising service is free to employers, the Careers Centre receive a huge volume of organisation registrations and opportunities. Due to this, we unfortunately do not have the resources to provide personalised feedback on reasons why students have not applied.
We direct all students to the website but it is up to the student to decide if they wish to apply for any of the opportunities posted and we are not involved in the recruitment process.
The system is extremely targeted in the way that it allows students and recent graduates to set their preferences to receive details of opportunities they are interested in and this is why it is crucial for you to ensure the criteria you select are appropriate to job hunters. A few tips are listed below:
Job title:
• Please ensure this is clear and self-explanatory
Occupational area:
• This is very important because students select this as one of their main search criteria. If you have not selected the correct category, the opportunity will not be visible to the right students. It is possible to select more than one area.
Opportunity summary:
• Please ensure that this is not too long but does cover the main objectives of the role in plain English. For graduate and placement roles, it is also important to ensure that you clearly state what degree disciplines you are interested in recruiting from, even if it is all disciplines.
• Ensure that the experience you expect candidates to have is applicable to a current student or recent graduate. If you request 5 years’ experience, you are unlikely to receive interest.
• If possible, please post links to the opportunity details on your own website so that you can simply use our website to post a brief summary.
• It is also good to state where exactly the opportunity is based, rather than just rely on the location field, which simply narrows the search down to Local, National, International, etc.
Salary:
• As the salary bands are very broad, it is best to provide more detail of the actual salary in the ‘salary details’ field. If the salary is quite high but the salary simply states ‘minimum wage and above’, it may deter some candidates from applying.
How to Apply:
• Please ensure you provide enough detail. If you expect candidates to email you, ensure you state what you expect to receive. For example, “please email your covering letter and CV.”
If you wish to make alterations to your opportunities, you can edit them on your My Jobs Online profile, they will then await approval by one of our team. You could also withdraw the vacancy and upload it again so that the relevant students receive an email with the vacancy information. Alternatively you could contact specific schools within the university that the role may appeal to, staff details are included on the relevant school webpages.
We direct all students to the website but it is up to the student to decide if they wish to apply for any of the opportunities posted and we are not involved in the recruitment process.
The system is extremely targeted in the way that it allows students and recent graduates to set their preferences to receive details of opportunities they are interested in and this is why it is crucial for you to ensure the criteria you select are appropriate to job hunters. A few tips are listed below:
Job title:
• Please ensure this is clear and self-explanatory
Occupational area:
• This is very important because students select this as one of their main search criteria. If you have not selected the correct category, the opportunity will not be visible to the right students. It is possible to select more than one area.
Opportunity summary:
• Please ensure that this is not too long but does cover the main objectives of the role in plain English. For graduate and placement roles, it is also important to ensure that you clearly state what degree disciplines you are interested in recruiting from, even if it is all disciplines.
• Ensure that the experience you expect candidates to have is applicable to a current student or recent graduate. If you request 5 years’ experience, you are unlikely to receive interest.
• If possible, please post links to the opportunity details on your own website so that you can simply use our website to post a brief summary.
• It is also good to state where exactly the opportunity is based, rather than just rely on the location field, which simply narrows the search down to Local, National, International, etc.
Salary:
• As the salary bands are very broad, it is best to provide more detail of the actual salary in the ‘salary details’ field. If the salary is quite high but the salary simply states ‘minimum wage and above’, it may deter some candidates from applying.
How to Apply:
• Please ensure you provide enough detail. If you expect candidates to email you, ensure you state what you expect to receive. For example, “please email your covering letter and CV.”
If you wish to make alterations to your opportunities, you can edit them on your My Jobs Online profile, they will then await approval by one of our team. You could also withdraw the vacancy and upload it again so that the relevant students receive an email with the vacancy information. Alternatively you could contact specific schools within the university that the role may appeal to, staff details are included on the relevant school webpages.
We only accept unpaid vacancies from charities or voluntary groups, these vacancies are reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
The Careers Centre has the responsibility to ensure that any unpaid opportunities we promote to our students are fair and valuable sources of work experience and not just "unpaid work", so the expectation is that these vacancies must be short-term (under 3 months), not require payment from the students, and are not roles which would normally be paid.
The Careers Centre has the responsibility to ensure that any unpaid opportunities we promote to our students are fair and valuable sources of work experience and not just "unpaid work", so the expectation is that these vacancies must be short-term (under 3 months), not require payment from the students, and are not roles which would normally be paid.
We can only advertise home based support for individuals in receipt of Direct Payments or a personal budget from the local council, for which you must provide evidence by way of a recent letter from your direct payments / personal budget team worker. The roles advertised by Direct Payment holders may include personal assistants, carers, tutors, cleaners and gardeners, for example. If you cannot provide evidence, unfortunately we will not be able to advertise your position.
Fairs
You will first need an employer account on MyJobsOnline. Once you have registered and been approved, you can search for and book a stand at our fairs. These are unconfirmed bookings and subject to the team’s approval. If your booking is confirmed you will receive an email with payment method or confirmation if it is free.
You can find more information about the fairs and how to book on our Careers Fairs webpage.
You can find more information about the fairs and how to book on our Careers Fairs webpage.
For more information on our upcoming careers fairs please visit the employer events webpage.
Other Services
Please contact the Employer Engagement team who will be happy to provide further information.
• Email the Careers team at careers@reading.ac.uk or call on 0118 378 8359
• Employer Engagement team, you can find their details on the employers webpage.
• Employer Engagement team, you can find their details on the employers webpage.