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Careers Support for Graduates
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As a graduate from the University of Exeter, you are entitled to all of the fantastic resources that the alumni office can offer, as well as access to the Career Zone support for three years after you leave and some elements of our online support forever.
Graduate Access to Career Zone
Thursday evening Advice Sessions are open to graduates covering topics such as:
- CVs
- Interviews
- Applications
- Psychometric testing
- Assessment centres
At the Career Zone, we run a graduate careers workshop four times a year to enable participants to reflect and explore career options, getting back on track with post-graduation plans.
Feel re-energised and motivated for life after graduation by joining our next workshop. You can register via Handshake by searching our events for 'careers support for graduates'
The Career Zone has partnered with Handshake - a modern career development platform - and joins our menu of resources for students and graduates. Handshake allows you to discover employers and opportunities, submit applications, and register for career fairs and other events.
Accessing Handshake
- If you have still have access to your @exeter email you should be able to login with your @exeter.ac.uk credentials using the Current Students or SSO option on the Handshake login page. You can add a personal email to your account to ensure continued access once your @exeter email expires.
- If you previously added a personal email, you should be able to login using that via the Alumni option.
- If you no longer have access to your @exeter email and are unable to access your Handshake account, or have never had a Handshake account, complete this form.
Contact us at careers@exeter.ac.uk if you have any problems accessing Handshake.
Quick Links
- Careers Research and Planning - advice based on your career planning stage.
- Internship opportunities, including the University's Graduate Business Partnership Scheme
- Workshop and webinars
- Career Mentor Scheme (up to three years after graduation)
- Ask an Alum - Alumni careers Q&A service (up to three years after graduation)
- Start-ups – Startup Inspiration Talks, Drop-in sessions are open to graduates. The Incubator programme is open to recent graduates, up to two years after graduating.
- Applying for Postgraduate Study
- Aspiring Teachers (for recent graduates, requires @exeter email address)
- Green Consultants (for recent graduates, requires @exeter email address)
- Specific advice for graduates - starting first job, job might not be right.
Contact Us
Email: Careers@exeter.ac.uk
Telephone: +44(0)1392 724493
Live chat: Please see bottom right of webpage
Address (Exeter): Student Services Centre, University of Exeter Forum, Stocker Road, Exeter, Devon EX4 4SZ
Address (Cornwall): Level 0, The Exchange, Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9FE
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Graduate Outcomes
Fifteen months after graduating you will be asked to complete the Graduate Outcomes survey to find out what you've been doing since you left us. We'd really appreciate you filling this in as this information is important to the University and to prospective students researching their options.
What happens to your survey information?
Your responses to the Graduate Outcomes survey will be used by The University of Exeter and your faculty, by higher education funding and regulatory bodies and some other organisations primarily for research and statistical purposes, but also in the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority. Your individual answers won’t be used to make decisions about you.
Anonymised information may be used in University publications, such as the Undergraduate and Postgraduate Prospectus, publicity materials produced by University or on official University web page(s).
For more information on how the Higher Education Statistics Agency will use your data, please visit the Graduate Outcomes Q&A pages.
Contact Details
As part of the University's statutory requirements, all contact details held about you will be sent to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) for the purposes of the Graduate Outcomes survey. Please visit www.hesa.ac.uk/collection-notices for full details. If your contact details have changed since graduating, please let us know your new contact information via the following link.