Graduate employment and skills guide
This guide is for students who are about to graduate and are at the start of their career journey.
It sets out five important steps to help you, as students about to graduate, think about your choices and what you’d like to do next:
Step 1: Identify skills
Identify your skills and explore what you would like to do next
Step 2: Develop skills
Develop your skills
Step 3: Gain experience
Explore your interests and develop your professional network
Step 4: Apply for jobs
Find out where you can go to search for jobs
Step 5: Wellbeing
Look after yourself and your mental wellbeing
At each step we signpost resources and opportunities to help you develop skills, gain experience and build networks in preparation for a graduate career.
You do not have to take the steps in order. You can focus on any one or more of the steps you find most helpful.
The guide has been developed by the Department for Education and the Office for Students, working with the higher education sector and graduate employers.
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