Career Zone
Get Ready To Graduate Playlist

Career Zone podcast

A selection of episodes to help you explore your options, plan your next steps and strengthen your applications. Listen on Spotify.
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Graduating this summer? Whether you’ve got a course or job lined up or are still figuring things out, we’re here to help you feel confident about what comes next.

Our Get Ready to Graduate programme, running throughout the Summer term and into the holidays brings together everything you need to kickstart your career, explore your options, and prepare for life after university.

What’s on offer?

To make it easier to find what’s most relevant to you, we've grouped sessions into key themes below - or feel free to explore all upcoming events directly on Handshake.

Explore your options

If you're unsure of your next steps, you're not alone - feeling uncertain is normal. Along with our career guidance appointments, the following sessions will help you explore your options:

  • Career support for graduates - in this interactive session, you'll explore your core values, strengths, and passions to align your career with who you are. You'll also learn effective job search strategies and discover Career Zone resources to support your professional journey - Mon 28 July Register / Wed 10 Sep Register

Stand out in your job search

  • Creating A Successful CV
  • Finding Internships or Work Experience 
  • Writing an Effective Cover Letter
  • LinkedIn Lab
  • Re-energise your job search

Click here to find the latest Get Ready to Graduate Events 

Develop your skills 

  • Presentation Skills
  • Problem Solving
  • Managing People
  • Assertiveness and Understanding Behaviour
  • Leadership Skills
  • Time and Stress Management
  • Personal Resilience
  • Persuading, Influencing and Negotiating 

Click here to find the latest Get Ready to Graduate Events 

The Career Zone provides careers support for graduates for up to three years after graduation, and lifetime access to select resources. You also have access to a wide range of benefits through the Alumni Office.

Before you graduate

Follow the simple steps below before graduation to ensure access to all our services. We’ve also compiled a list of key resources to support your transition from finalist to graduate.

Essential to-do list before you leave

  1. Add your personal email to Handshake, this will help to have seamless access once your @exeter email expires.  
  2. When your  Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR) is issued, you’ll get an email from GradIntel to let you know. Once you have received the email, please login and activate your GradIntel account. For information about how to access and share your HEAR with employers please visit our FAQs. If you are awarded your degree in June you should get your HEAR the week before Graduation in July.
  3. Actively engage with the University of Exeter's alumni community, and take advantage of all the benefits that this includes. If your contact details change at any point, please let us know by completing the Alumni Update Form.
  4. If you are looking for a job in the South West sign up to the Graduate Internships Bulletin to get details of Graduate Internships.

After you graduate

You'll have access to a wealth of Career Zone resources, including our website, as well as workshops and webinars, for up to three years after graduation (unless stated otherwise below).

Ongoing access after graduation

The following resources are available to recent graduates for approximately 11 months after graduation and require an @exeter email address to access:

  • Aspiring Teachers (online training) - designed to give you an insight into the education and teaching sector.
  • Green Consultants (online training) - an award winning programme designed to equip students with the skills and experience needed for the environmental and sustainability sector.

Visit our Careers Support for Graduates page to find out more.