Where are you now?
Your career journey is unique. Engaging in career preparation early, and throughout your course, will enable you to understand your own preferences, explore career paths and develop your skills and experience.
Whatever stage you are at, you can start building your future today.
I don’t have any career ideas / I’m unsure of what I want to do in the future
We recommend starting with our "I don't know what to do after university" Pathway. This provides guided tools, resources and acitivities to help you start thinking about your next steps.
Other things to help
You can explore career ideas by accessing our online content and attending events.
Get to know your values, interests, strengths and personality, these can help you to understand what you want from your future.
Get involved, pick activities that interest you to help you to develop your skills and expand your network.
Glasgow has a range of extra-curricular clubs, societies and events for you to take advantage of.
- Come along to a getting started masterclass
- Discover your options with our careers courses & pathways
- Join a club or society
- Listen to advice from UofG Alumni through the Sound Tracks podcast
- Tune in to our Vlog, Coffee and Careers
- Attend a careers fair or employer event for inspiration
- Review ways to build up your experience
- Undertake self-reflection
- Get to know yourself by studying abroad
- Explore common destinations of graduates by subject
- Explore what other Glasgow Alumni do on the UofG LinkedIn Alumni page. Filter by subject, location, keywords and more
I have some career ideas / I know what I want to do but don’t know how to get there
Want to make a plan? Our careers courses & pathways will help you to carry out careers research and create your own personalised careers action plan.
Think about building your knowledge and your experience? Our careers fairs and events are a great way to build your awareness of options open to you and how to get into them.
Part-time work, internships, work shadowing or insight days can be a great way to try out a career and build your experience. Our Internship Hub offers exlcusive opportunities for UofG students and you can find part-time jobs via the Student Job Hub.
Explore career ideas further by engaging with UofG alumni through LinkedIn.
I've an idea of what I want to do, and I'm ready to start applying / I’ve been applying for internships/graduate jobs/further study but have been unsuccessful
When you are ready to start applying for internships, graduate jobs or further study, you can hone your application skills in our masterclass series. Our masterclasses will prepare you for the key stages of the application process.
Applying for jobs and other opportunities is hard work and rejection is common. Good applications require time, research, and tailoring. Our resources will help you make better applications.
I have a job/further study offer and want to continue to develop / I am studying part-time while in work
Congratulations! You can still take advantage of what’s on offer at UofG to help you develop skills, networks and ongoing career development.
Why not join the UofG Alumni group on LinkedIn, and check if there are additional communities specifically for your School or College.
- Attend a LinkedIn Masterclass to learn how it can help your ongoing career development, networking and more
- Take advantage of UofG’s LinkedIn Learning subscription to upskill. This is free whilst you are a UofG student
- Hear what fellow alumni are doing now on the Sound Tracks podcast
- Attend an event to network with employers and alumni