In our last post featuring our online careers resources we discussed some of the occupational information www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/careers/explore/occupations available on the Careers Service website and how to use that information to inform your choices. This post, also from my colleague Janet Onyia, will focus on Vault which provides careers information and company intelligence worldwide. You can access Vault via the Myed Careers channel. 
Vault is a popular international careers information resource that the Careers Service subscribes to so that you can benefit from free access.
Vault provides career, industry and advice guides covering a huge range of industry sectors including; law, veterinary medicine and animal care, medical equipment, computer software, wealth management, energy and much more. You can use these guides to research the sector which interests you and have a look at its structure, outlook and key trends. You can also identify leading employers, explore specialisms, rankings and get up-to-date news. Vault guides are particularly helpful if you’re interested in US employers, job postings and resume advice; but the guides also cover the UK, Europe, Asia and Australasia.
The things I have found particularly useful are;
There is so much information on the site that it can sometimes be quicker to use the search box for what you may be looking for. In addition to that, I have often found a lot of resources I didn’t know Vault had (or that I was looking for) when using this feature, as the search returns related guides and other related material. Try it and see what you find!
Vault has a comprehensive section on succeeding in interviews – from behavioural to competence and strengths-based. It even gives you examples of the top interview questions asked by certain industries.
The blog is so interesting because it offers so much. From titles such as ‘Top 5 Skills Needed For a Job in Software Development’, ‘A Day in the Life of a Peace Corps Volunteer’ through to ‘Pushing the Curtain Aside for an Encore Career’, it makes an interesting read every time! Some of the information in the blog is North America based (i.e. top 50 internships) but on the whole the blog spans several regions.
These are the parts of Vault I find most useful but, but that may be entirely different for you. Get onto it, navigate through its various sections and decide for yourself the parts you find of most use.
Vault can be accessed from the Careers channel on MyEd.
If you are looking for opportunities to support your personal, professional or academic development we have a new online platform that can help – MyDevelopmentHub. It brings many of the opportunities available across the University together into one searchable platform. Whether you want to improve your influencing skills or are interested in learning how you can work more effectively in a team, there are resources to support you. Although it also lists on campus opportunities to develop, many of the resources are available online so can be accessed by students studying by distance learning.