Careers & Employability

kcl.ac.uk/careers

YOUR CAREER STARTS TODAY

The place for career help at King’s.

T his is your guide to King’s

Careers & Employability, the

careers service here at King’s.

It doesn’t matter whether you know

exactly what career you want, or if you

have no idea - we can help make you

employable in any sector and find a career

path that’s right for you.

Welcome to King’s Careers & Employability

It’s what we do... Career Guidance appointments When you need career advice, just call King’s Careers &

Employability on the day you would like advice, and book a Career

Guidance appointment. This is a 20 minute appointment with a

Careers Consultant, for you to discuss anything from career

options to job applications.

Practice Interviews If you have an upcoming interview, we provide you with an

opportunity to practice for it, using the actual job description for

the vacancy.

Careers Resources Our careers library is stocked with resources from general

topics such as creating the perfect CV and cover letter, to

specific information like careers in pharmacy. Just come in any

time we’re open and have a browse!

All our resources are available online at careerstagged.co.uk.

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Advice

tailored TO YOU

} We know that every student is

different in what they want from their

career.

Whenever you see your King’s

Careers & Employability faculty or

school icon below, you know that

information is specific to you.

Arts & Humanities Bioscience Education Dental Institute

Florence Nightingale Faculty

of Nursing & Midwifery Institute of Psychiatry The Dickson Poon School of

Law

Medicine Natural & Mathematical

Sciences Social Science & Public

Policy

& events

Events King’s Careers & Employability host a

number of events each year, to allow you

to become proactive in building your

career.

King’s Careers & Employability dedicates entire weeks

to certain sectors, with events such as employer

presentations, employability talks and networking

sessions.

King’s Careers Fairs are your opportunity to meet top

employers in your sector. Find out about particular

recruitment processes, and get your name known within

organisations you might want to work for.

Niche events As well as these major events, King’s Careers

& Employability also run smaller events such

as talks from employers, How To sessions to

improve your CV and cover letters, and employer hosted webinars so you can

interact with recruiters from your computer. Visit kcl.ac.uk/careers/events for

more information to find out what’s on.

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Bioscience & Pharmacy Fair

Legal Week

Law Fair

Graduate Careers Options Fair

Work Experience & Internships Fair

Entrepreneurship Guidance appointments

Media Week

Nursing Fair Some events require registration, so make sure to sign up

online at kcl.ac.uk/careers/events

Keep an eye out for our Assessment Centre

Series, and Public Policy Series during the

Spring term!

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The

King’s

Leadership &

Professional Skills

Award is an opportunity

for you to learn professional

& leadership skills, meet

employers and increase your

employability in this competitive

graduate market!

You will reflect on, and develop,

your own skills, and benefit

by learning from others

about different

approaches to

tasks.

Sessions run at both Strand and Guy’s campus

and focus on:-

Networking Commercial Awareness

Leadership

Communication Project Management

Teamwork

Strengths for work Networking

Problem solving Presenting

Interview techniques

APPLICATIONS CLOSE

24TH SEPTEMBER

Visit kcl.ac.uk/klpsa for more

info and to apply

020 7848 1376 internships@kcl.ac.uk

EXCLUSIVE TO KING’S STUDENTS AND GRADUATES

from Careers & Employability

Visit

kcl.ac.uk/internships to find the internship for you

Internship Programme

If your degree offers an

internship module, you can

undertake an assessed

internship for academic

credit. Plenty of support

and guidance is available for

you to successfully find and

complete a quality

internship placement,

allowing you to gain

invaluable experience for

when you graduate.

Internships@King’s

The Internships@Kings

scheme offers students

from any discipline the

opportunity to apply

knowledge gained from

academic study into a

professional working

environment on campus.

Quality internships are

available in various

academic and central

departments, lasting up to

twelve months at any of

King’s’ five campuses.

STEP Internships Working for a small or

medium business, you will

be paid at least the

National Minimum Wage,

which is not subject to any

tax or National Insurance

contributions.

Your internship will last

between 8 and 26 weeks,

giving you plenty of time to

learn transferable skills,

as well as learning about

the sector.

020 7848 7134 careers@kcl.ac.uk /kingscareers @kingscareers

Opening Hours

Monday - Thursday 9.30 am - 5.00 pm

Friday 12.00 pm - 5.00 pm

Location

King’s Careers & Employability

The Bridge, Level 1

Macadam Building

Strand Campus

London

Guy’s Campus

Location

King’s Careers & Employability

Ground Floor

Henriette Raphael Building

Guy’s Campus

London

Strand Campus

Opening Hours

Monday - Tuesday 1.00 pm - 4.00 pm

To book an appointment at Strand

Campus, you will need to call us and

book on the day.

Career Guidance appointments are only

available Monday - Thursday.

Our Guy’s Campus office is drop-in only,

so just turn up during opening hours to

be seen.

Get in touch

Opening Times

Career Guidance appointments are also available at Waterloo Campus and the Institute of

Psychology and Neuroscience.

Please contact us to arrange an appointment at one of these campuses.

Looking for a job?

Use our online job board, JobOnline, to find part-time &

full-time work, internships and graduate roles at:

kcl.ac.uk/JobOnline