Careers and Employability resources

Use our resources to look for graduate employment, work experience or volunteering opportunities, find out about recruitment and networking events, and find out about what’s happening in the graduate labour market.

Careers Connect

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Access Careers Connect, your careers hub with your university login to search for internships, placements, volunteering placements, graduate jobs and one-to-one appointments with a member of the team.

Register at Careers Connect for one-to-one appointments, jobs, placements, and more

Student Circus - international

International students can find verified job listings from employers who will sponsor them to work in the UK with Skilled Worker Visa Opportunities, as well as jobs and Internship opportunities in 30+ home countries that any of our students can apply for.  There are also step-by-step guides to help you plan your professional journey in the global job market and an Immigration Guide which gives expert advice by immigration solicitors about working in the UK.

Log-in to Student Circus for more details.

How to search for jobs

From the opportunities tab

  • Search ‘graduate job’ for graduate-level jobs, graduate schemes, internships and national and international volunteering.
  • Search ‘work experience’ for gap year opportunities, summer/other vacation jobs, shorter industrial placements (less than 12 months). For 12 month sandwich placements contact your placements team.
  • Search ‘voluntary placement’ or go direct to the Placements tab for Active Student volunteering opportunities.
  • Search ‘casual/part-time’ for student jobs on campus, Student Ambassador work, paid work in your local area and one-off project based roles.

How to get the most from the vacancy service 

  • Set up email alerts to keep you informed when relevant opportunities are advertised.
  • Keep your search preferences up to date to make sure you get alerts on jobs you're interested in.
  • Book one-to-one appointments with our Careers and Employability team
  • Don’t filter out jobs that may give you the skills you need. Any part-time work will give you valuable skills and experience, whatever your career goals.
  • Don’t miss out on graduate scheme deadlines. Recruitment begins in June of your penultimate year for schemes starting the following summer. Peak recruitment season is September to December.

Use of your personal information 

  • The Careers and Employability team will not disclose names, addresses or telephone numbers of registered users without their permission and shall conform to the requirements of the Data Protection Act and any subsequent related acts.
  • As a registered user we may contact you about particular vacancies.
  • You can opt-out of receiving emails from Careers Connect at any time.

Jobs and Placements Service Statement of Service (pdf)

Social media

The Careers blog features recruitment and networking events, news and advice from the graduate labour market, funding news, competitions and more.

Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for job adverts, events, news, reposts from followers and more.

Leaflets and workbooks

Careers centres on each campus have paper resources available to browse or take away. These include materials to help you find and apply for jobs and prepare for interviews.

We also offer resources tailored to subjects studied at each site. Email, call or drop in for the full range of available resources.

RESOURCES

How a placement year at Nintendo helped shape Jay’s career goals

Jay Francis, a Marketing Management BSc (Hons) student at the University of Brighton, has completed a year-long placement with Nintendo UK.

Top skills gained on a placement year with Disney

Marketing Management student, Emily Birch, recently spent a year at Disney Destinations International (DDI) as a Creative and CRM Intern, working on exciting campaigns for globally recognised brands like Disneyland Paris, Disney Cruise Line, and Disney World Florida.

The Turing Scheme: What is it and where can you go?

Are you a University of Brighton student eager to broaden your horizons, gain experience, and make memories?

Recruitment Ready Mentoring for 2nd and Final-Year Students

Are you preparing to enter the job market?

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