Career development support

Find out about the support provided to help you to explore your career options, meet employers and alumni, build experience, develop professional skills and make successful applications.

The University of Edinburgh Careers Service provides support to students of all years. 

The Career Compass will help you to keep your career development on track as you progress through your degree programme. Take time to address the sections each year: 

  • Understand yourself
  • Discover what’s out there
  • Build experience 
  • Make it happen
  • Become professional

Careers information and resources

The Careers Service website provides a wealth of information and resources on all areas of the Careers Compass. You’ll find self-assessment exercises, guides to finding student and graduate jobs, industry sector guides, and great ideas on how to build experience outside of your degree programme. You’ll also find CV advice, our online CV feedback tool CV360, help with interview preparation and selection tests, and much more on all career related topics...

Careers Service website    

The Career Compass will help you to keep your career development on track as you progress through your degree programme.
The Career Compass

Career events    

An extensive programme of career events runs throughout the year to help you to gain career insights, meet employers and alumni, plan ahead and make successful applications. Events are open to students of all years and early year students are encouraged to take part. Check out what’s going on by visiting MyCareerHub. 

MyCareerHub – events

Job Opportunities for students and graduates

Whether you are interested in part-time jobs, summer jobs and internships, campus jobs or graduate jobs - see MyCareerHub for lists of current opportunities. 

MyCareerHub – jobs and internships 

1:1 Careers Support

You can access personal support in different ways, including sending a question via MyCareerHub, talking to a Career Information Adviser at daily drop-ins, or booking an appointment with a Careers Consultant to discuss your career plans.   

Send a question via MyCareerHub   

Drop in to the Careers Information and Advice Drop-in Service 

Book an appointment with a Careers Consultant *

* Please note that bookable appointments may be in high demand.  Appointments become bookable 2 days in advance from 8:00 am and most are open to all UoE. Additional appointments, exclusively for Deanery students, are available during teaching weeks. These are booked in the same way and can be found on MyCareerHub by selecting ‘A discussion with the Careers Consultant for my School/Deanery’ under the heading ‘What would you like to discuss?’. 

Further information for Deanery students 

Access our information page for Deanery students on Careers Service Plus for further information and resources (university login required)

Careers Service Plus