You can book career advice appointments through My Career Zone
Career advice appointments
At both Streatham and Cornwall Campuses we offer a same day, next day appointment booking service. Appointments are available during normal office hours and can be booked from 8am the previous day.
You can book an appointment through our online system My Career Zone. When booking you will need to select a category that most closely relates to what you’d like to talk about at your appointment. To help you get the most out of your appointment we ask that you complete a few steps before you book.
If you have any issues booking or would like to book further in advance please contact us. (Please note we can only offer this in extreme circumstances)
Who will my appointment be with?
Depending on the nature of your appointment it will be with either:
- The Information Team - Who can help you with many of your initial enquiries from where to go for help, to accessing the resources available and making referrals.
- Careers Consultants - Who offer 20 minute appointments and are available to support you with furthering your career plans and more in depth conversations when you feel you need more dedicated help.
Peninsula College of Medicine & Dentistry students: Please see Career Guidance Appointments at The Peninsula Medical School
Before booking an appointment:
When booking an appointment in My Career Zone you will need to select a category that most closely relates to what you’d like to talk about. To help you get the most out of your appointment we ask that you complete a few steps before you book:
| Job hunting strategies | Graduate work |
|---|---|
| Consider carefully what motivates you for a career | Consider carefully what motivates you for a career |
| See what internships and work placements are available | See what internships and work placements are available |
| Make sure your CV is up to date and effective | Make sure your CV is up to date and effective |
| CV or application check | Work experience / internships |
| Read our guides to creating CVs and Covering letters | See what is available in My Career Zone. |
| Prepared a CV and/or covering letter to bring to the appointment | Listen to our podcast Internships And Work Experience. |
| Interview advice | I don’t know what I want to do |
| Research the role, the organisation and think through what your best selling points might be for the interview. | Use Prospects Planner or Targetjobs Careers Report, which will help you think through the first important stages in a structured manner, particularly if you are really struggling with how to get started. |
| Consider probable interview questions and how you might approach answering them – try to think of a wide range of examples to back up your claims to be a team player, a good communicator etc. | |
| Re-visit your application form or CV and covering letter that you used to get you the interview. | |
| Bring along details about the interview you would like help to prepare for e.g who the interview is with, how long it will be, type of interview (if known). If possible, a copy of the application form or CV you used to get you the interview can be helpful to refer to. | |
| Assessment centres | Career planning |
| Listen to our Podcast: Assessment Centres | Read our web pages on Career Research. |
| Watch our training videos online: At the Assessment Centre (student login needed) | |
| Psychometric testing | Postgraduate study |
| Read our web page on Psychometric testing. | Consider what type of course might be suitable for you by by researching the various options on our Choosing Postgraduate Study web page. |
| Self-employment | Changing or leaving your course |
| Had a look through our section on Enterprise and Self-Employment. | Identify the factor(s) that are causing you to consider changing or leaving your course |
| Set some time aside to consider your preferred course of action and be willing to share your current thoughts | |
| Other | |
| Please read this page. |
