Welcome to your Careers Services
It’s a new academic year. A time for new adventures and success. Whether you’ve previously accessed Careers Services or not, we’re delighted to (re)introduce ourselves and tell you exactly how we can support you during your time at university and beyond. Your Careers Services team are dedicated careers professionals here to support with CV writing to interview practice and everything in-between, we’ve got you covered.
Connect with us online
Careers Services have a range of online resources to support you 24 hours a day. In need of last-minute interview practice at 6am? No problem.
CareerHub
CareerHub is your first stop for job vacancies, appointments and events listings. Bookmark the page now and check on a weekly basis for new jobs and events.
CareerHub+
The place to go for a wide range of employability related resources. On CareerHub+ you will find a vast amount of articles on topics ranging from CV and cover letter creation, to interview and assessment centre practice. Activities are in a variety of different forms to suit all learning styles. Check out CV360, our online CV checking tool or start one using our templates or CV builder.
Student Directory
Here you will find important information on career planning, job vacancy sites categorised by sector, and how to get the most from your Essex experience. Take a look now.
Follow us on the Socials
Connect with us via our social media accounts for updates on opportunities, employability events, exclusive internships and much more.
Our Autumn Term Programme is now LIVE
Explore our Careers Webinars. Coming up this term we have CV and Application Essentials, the Graduate Series (all the answers to your questions on applying for Graduate Schemes), Employer Spotlights, confidence building sessions and if that wasn’t enough, our very own Virtual Careers Fair - 4 November, 10-6pm.
View and book on the events page on CareerHub.
Meet us face to face and online
Book via the appointments page on CareerHub.
Careers Drop in
Got a quick question and need to know where to get started? Need helping finding a job or improving your CV? Come along to the Student Development Zone (ground floor of the Silberrad Student Centre) Monday – Friday 12 – 2pm.
CV Reviews
The Careers Information Team hold one to one appointments to provide you with advice on how to improve your CV.
Application Support
Making an application? Need some advice on how to tailor your application and ace that interview? Application support appointments are your next stop.
Careers Guidance
Are you unsure where your degree could take you? Has your original plan changed and you want to look at alternatives? Book into a Careers Guidance appointment. Our faculty specific Careers Advisers are on hand to help plan your future. Book via the appointments page on CareerHub.
For more information or support, email askthehub@essex.ac.uk.