The Job Shop

Welcome to the Job Shop!  If you are a student and have not done so already please register with us.  Please feel free to browse our vacancies, then come and see us during our opening hours to receive further details.  If you are an employer please visit our employer information page.

Term Time and Vacation Opening Hours for Academic Year 2007/08 are:    

We are the student employment service based at Newcastle University's Students' Union. We offer a range of services to current undergraduates and postgraduates including advertising hundreds of part-time, temporary and vacation positions in the Newcastle area.  The Student Job Shop has been developed in response to the increasing number of students having to seek employment whilst at university. The Job Shop is a Student Employment Service, acting as an information exchange (rather than an employment agency) between students seeking temporary and part-time work, and employers seeking temporary or part-time workers. 

We are based on the first floor of the Union Society building and are open in both term time and vacation periods. 

Do you need help with interview practice?

The Student Job Shop will be running weekly interview workshops over the summer term for any student that needs to gain additional skills and knowledge of interview skills.  
The workshop will be quite informal and will not just consist of us talking to you about interviews. It will involve everyone participating in a mock interview for five minutes in front of the rest of a small group of students. We realise that this may be a bit scary but that’s what interviews are like!  Most interviews are conducted by at least two people so we hope that the workshop will help you to get used to being observed by several people.

Aims and Objectives of the workshop:
By the end of the session, participants will have:
• Increased their understanding of what an interview is like.
• Observed themselves and others in an interview situation.
• Have greater awareness of questions they may be asked and their ability to answer them.
• Have experienced asking the questions and observing responses from the employer’s perspective.

You will only have to answer two or three interview questions and each participant will get a turn playing the role of the interviewer and the person being interviewed. We will provide the interview questions for you to ask when you are the interviewer. 

The workshops will last for a maximum of one and a half hour’s each and before you come to the workshop you must do a small amount of reading, as the more you prepare the more you will gain from it!
Dates and times of the workshops are as follows: Thursday 15 May from 3 - 4.30pm, Wednesday 21 May from 3 - 4.30pm.

To book your place on one of the above workshops, please email your contact details (name, course, telephone and email address) to job.shop.union@ncl.ac.uk and wait for our reply to confirm your place - don't forget to include the date of the workshop that you want to attend.   Hurry, spaces are limited!

Shell Step Summer Placements

Shell Step is a dynamic Work Placement Programme dedicated to providing challenging paid projects for ambitious undergraduates to undertake in small and medium-sized businesses, community organisations and social enterprises during the summer holidays. Not only are these positions paid, but they can provide great work experience related to your degree! You are not expected to be an expert in the field, but have the necessary knowledge and skills to be able to complete a given project. They last for 8 weeks in the summer starting 23 June.

If you are a second or penultimate year undergraduate you are eligible to apply. For a current list of these Summer Placement opportunities see our Shell Step Summer Placements page. NOTE: Shell Step is not open to temporary exchange students from overseas universities, or first or final year students. You also cannot take part if you have already previously completed a Shell Step placement.

Get Trained for Retail Work

Place: Shop for Jobs, Eldon Gardens
Time: 2 days per week, between 10am-4pm
Duration: 6 weeks

Would you like a job in retail?  Are you finding yourself unable to get a job because you lack the experience or skills that you need?  Shop for Jobs in Eldon Gardens is offering Route to Retail, a free training course to many local people, 2 days per week for 6 weeks.

• Gain retail sector related qualifications
• Get help and support with CV and interview skills
• Receive interactive training in a friendly environment
• Get 'hands on' practical experience
• Lunch and travel expenses will be paid for

If you are interested in finding out whether you are eligible to participate in this course, visit their office in Eldon Gardens (attached to Eldon Square) or phone them at 0191 261 7205.

In addition, Shop for Jobs lists some retail vacancies for local shops.

Jobcentre Plus Vacancies

The Student Job Shop is now posting a selection of vacancies being advertised with the Newcastle city Jobcentre Plus. 

The Job Shop is on Facebook!! 

Did you mean to apply for that job, but forgot because you were spending too much time on Facebook?  Good news!  The Job Shop now has its own Facebook group!  This will be a useful way for you to be kept up to date with upcoming events and other jobs related news, and to tell your friends as well.  Anyone at Newcastle University is free to join, so join the Job Shop Facebook group today!  

Notice to International Students

If you are currently in the UK on a student visa the number of hours you are legally allowed to work may change over term-time and the vacation.  For more information bring your passport/visa into the Student Advice Centre during their drop-in hours or arrange an appointment with them.

The Job Shop is proudly sponsored by: