As you near the end of your student journey with the University of Westminster, for many of you your future career will be at the forefront to your mind.<\/p>\n
We are here to help get you started with three years of free careers advice and support<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Our friendly careers team will be on hand on graduation day to talk to you about your \u2018next steps\u2019 so make sure you say hello. You can find them on Level 2 in Royal Festival Hall \u2013 the ground floor level where you will go to collect your gown and have your photograph taken.<\/p>\n In the meantime, get started by taking the below steps.<\/p>\n Which career?<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s one of the most important choices of your life so make sure you are as informed as possible. The University has a wealth of information to help you\u00a0choose a career<\/a>, from online research resources, inside knowledge from employers, and online programmes to help you think about the skills and abilities you have.<\/p>\n Do your research<\/strong><\/p>\n Now you need to find out what opportunities are out there. Get career inspiration and discover job opportunities through\u00a0Engage<\/a>, the University of Westminster\u2019s jobs portal. You can also come along to our\u00a0employer fairs<\/a>\u00a0to meet employers, attend workshops and practice psychometric testing.<\/p>\n Ask a Mentor<\/strong><\/p>\n We are now offering mentoring<\/a> to new graduates so ask the careers team to pair you up with an alumnus who is already has an established in your chosen career field. Or if you have a one-off question, use our Ask a Mentor<\/a> service.<\/p>\n Get noticed<\/strong><\/p>\n Find out how to make your\u00a0CV, covering letter or application\u00a0stand out<\/a> from the rest. You can even book a quick query session<\/a> to share your examples and obtain feedback and advice.<\/p>\n Seal the deal<\/strong><\/p>\n At interview, employers want to know can you do the job, will you do the job, and will you fit in with the team. Read on to learn how to\u00a0prepare, practise and research\u00a0to impress at interviews.<\/a><\/p>\n One-to-One<\/strong><\/p>\n Nothing beats\u00a0one-to-one advice and guidance<\/a>\u00a0from our friendly and knowledgeable careers team. For support on all of the steps above, you can\u00a0book quick query sessions, careers guidance appointments or simply ask a question<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As you near the end of your student journey with the University of Westminster, for many of you your future career will be at the forefront to your mind. We are here to help get you started with three years…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":239,"featured_media":857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-graduates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/239"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}