Why study at City?

Careers

Use our Career Service and professional networks to build your skills, gain industry insights and plan your next career move.

We have a proud reputation for producing highly employable graduates. This year, we are placed 10th for graduate prospects in The Sunday Times University Guide 2011. Our comprehensive range of career services gives you access to professional networks and insights and will help you focus on your future career.

Specialist careers advice

You can get in touch with the friendly staff at the Careers Service to evaluate your life and career goals and plan the steps you need to take to achieve your aims. Discuss your plans in confidence in a one-to-one appointment and discover our extensive careers resources, which include computer-aided guidance packages, occupational interest guides and aptitude testing systems.

Careers workshops and presentations

In the autumn and spring terms, major employers visit City University London to give presentations and run lunchtime skills sessions that give you the opportunity to find out about their recruitment plans and polish your job search techniques. In addition, careers consultants and employers frequently hold workshops on subjects such as effective applications, successful interviews and presentation skills.

Student and graduate job opportunities

Use The Vacancy Board, our specialist online service, to discover job opportunities while you’re studying and after you graduate. In addition to traditional student jobs such as administration and clerical work, bar work, retail and market research, students have found positions as technical consultants, translators, broadcasters and hedge fund researchers.

The Vacancy Board includes:

More than 10,000 City students and graduates are currently registered on the site, along with more than 3,000 employers, such as KPMG, Macfarlanes LLP, Allen & Overy, O2, Goldman Sachs, IBM, Credit Suisse, HSBC, BBC, Sky and General Electric.

Student volunteering

Improve your employment chances by developing new skills through volunteering. We can help you find volunteering placements both on campus and in the local community. In recent initiatives on campus, students have taught young people about engineering, trained young journalists and helped school children develop enterprise skills. In the community, volunteers have worked in local hospitals, law centres, international charities, human rights groups, theatres and in sports-related activities. After a volunteering placement, we will help you articulate your newly-found skills both on your cv and during interviews.

Work-based learning

We provide an expanding work-based learning programme where you can design and manage your own programme of study, in partnership with your employers and the University. This gives you a great opportunity to apply your learning directly in the workplace. We also offer a wide-ranging programme of foreign language courses that can enhance your employability in the global job market.