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 Careers Service

Vacation Work

Summer vacations are very long at Cambridge University - this means you are fortunate enough to be able to study, relax and to gain invaluable experience undertaking vacation work - allowing you to develop key skills for the future.

Vacation work...

  • Allows you to decide if a particular type of work or employer really suits your own future career plans
  • Can lead to a permanent job offer post-graduation - saving you time to focus on your degree in your final year
  • Creates opportunities for networking
  • Develops useful skills, knowledge and abilities
  • Gives you direct insight into how an organisation works
  • Adds real value to your CV

Unpaid/voluntary work

Paid internships, stages, training corps...

As part of your academic work

I just need the cash