Careers Support and Advice

We offer free events throughout the year to help you prepare for the global job market and to meet potential employers. We have previously run CV workshops, subject specific career sessions such as 'Careers in Psychology', alternative job search workshops, and fairs for you to meet local businesses and discuss opportunities with employers.

Applying for jobs isn't a walk in the park, but if you make the most of the support and guidance on offer, you'll be ready to commence your job hunt. From the moment you join us at Essex, you will have access to our Careers Service throughout your entire career even after you graduate. They're extremely supportive and understanding, and appreciate that everyone they meet are at different stages when it comes to thinking about their future.

Our services include

• One-to-one careers advice
• Support finding placements and internships
• Workshops on employability skills
• Careers fairs
• Support for budding entrepreneurs on how to start your own business
• Support in looking for and securing a job

Our career advice professionals can help you explore different career paths and talk through the range of skills you can work on while at university to help give you that edge. They can help you build a career plan based on the following:

• Understanding your strengths and weaknesses
• How to access the opportunities out there
• Creating an action plan
• Matching yourself to opportunities

And if you need further inspiration, they will provide a number of resources that can help spark further ideas.

Once you have an idea of what you want to do, our Careers Service can help you in your job search. The first step is knowing where to look and we have a range of resources to get you started, including if you want to look for paid jobs while studying.  If you want to know more about jobs on campus, check out our Earn while you learn page.

Our service also includes offering international students advice on employment regulations in the UK and guidance on working or volunteering abroad.

At Essex, we will prepare you for success in both finding and securing a job. Our Careers team can provide you with the skills that will leave you brimming with confidence when applying for a job you really want. We can help you turbo-boost your CV to stand above the rest and walk into the interview fully prepared and knowing what to expect.

• We offer CV support workshops, and templates and example CVs to help you sell yourself and your skills in the best possible way to potential employers
• We offer tips in how to structure, format and write cover letters and how to perfect your language and tone of voice to best present your communication skills
• We can help guide you through job applications
• We can prepare you for interview through example questions, advice across a range of different interview types including Zoom and face-to-face
• We can help you prepare for psychometric tests and assessments so that you know what to expect

Our Skills for Success team and Careers Services Team will help you identify and improve your talents and strengths. We will:

• Provide support and resources to improve your writing and study skills.
• Provide free academic English classes for students with English as an additional language.
• Offer support for you to improve your mathematics, statistics, numeracy and problem-solving skills.
• Help you to develop your digital skills and learn to be effective online when you're studying, researching and networking, as well as ensuring that you are ready for the workplace.
• Provide one-to-one sessions to discuss your future career ambition.
• Provide opportunities to meet and receive mentoring from employers.
• Run the Chart my Path and The Big Essex Award - your chance to record your work experience and extra-curricular activities on your degree transcript.
• Help to support you in starting your own business with advice, workshops and tips with Essex Startups.

Our leading academic staff are industry active. This means that as you study, you will have the opportunity to seek hands-on experience through work placements whilst growing your own network in your area of interest.

A lot of our degrees include compulsory career modules each year of study. This means you will have dedicated time spent on preparing you for a future career, and the opportunity to consider how your new academic skills will be useful in the world of work.