Start planning early
Start planning early
Your path to success
If you start thinking about your future from your first year at university, you'll find that when it comes to your final year, you'll be in a great position to secure a role that interests and excites you.
First year: autumn term
- Get involved in societies, sports, volunteering and Kent Union activities
- Attend the annual Employability Festival
Add to your skills; learn a language or computer coding on a Kent Extra course; take a look at our 'Year in' options
First year: spring term
- Consider adding a year abroad or year in industry to your degree
- Visit the Careers Service
- Complete the Careers Employability Award on Moodle
- Write a CV for vacation, voluntary and part-time work applications
Second year: autumn term
- Research your career options. Attend our Employability Festival and look out for events that focus on specific skills
- Update your CV and practice filling in applications
- Try action planning, it can change your life!
Second year: spring term
- Apply for summer internships
- If you want to move on to postgraduate study, start looking at options.
Final year: autumn term, September
Applications open for:
It's also time to
apply for postgraduate study abroad.
Final year: autumn term, October
- Take a look at our vacancy database.
- Attend Careers Service talks and workshops
- Attend employer presentations on campus
- Investigate the 'hidden job market' and think creatively
- Mid-October Applications for medical schools close
Final year: autumn term, November
- If you're considering a Law Conversion Master's, you should apply now.
- Attend Kent's Employability Festival
- Start preparing for interviews and assessment centres.
Final year: autumn term, December
- If you haven't studied law but are considering a career in law, you should apply for summer placements with solicitors.
- Apply for social work courses.
Final year: spring term, February/March
- Continue to monitor the vacancy database
- Make an appointment with a Careers Adviser
Final year: summer term, after exams
- Look out for summer recruitment fairs
- Keep in touch with the Careers Service, we're still here to support you when you graduate and for up to three years after
After graduation: September
The graduate recruitment cycle begins again – as a recent graduate you can still apply to graduate training schemes.
The Careers and Employability service can support you for up to three years after you graduate. Get a graduate careers account.