Support for final year students 

• Book an online, one-to-one careers with an Adviser to evaluate your options, identify careers that suit your strengths, skills and values, find relevant opportunities, and develop an action plan to help you achieve your career ambitions.  You can also get CVs, application forms and personal statements reviewed by our expert advisers and get help with the interview process.
  

• Explore a business idea, get support to grow a business or freelance via the LJMU Start-Up Hub.  Drop the team an email to discuss start-up or freelance options.
• Careers and employability events are short, punchy sessions (available both online and in-person) designed to help you understand the possibilities open to you as well as help with all aspects of the graduate recruitment process.
• Check out our blog for the latest careers development and industry intel written by our team of careers experts. The blog also features the job opportunities, information on skills development opportunities and guest articles around graduate recruitment and the evolving careers landscape.

• LJMU students or new graduates have exclusive access to opportunities for flexible, part-time, paid work through Unitemps at Liverpool John Moores University - our very own on-campus recruitment agency. As well as boosting your finances, assignments strengthen LJMU graduates’ CVs, their employability skills and their organisational awareness.

After you graduate from LJMU, you have:

• Lifetime access to personalised advice or career support at any time, supporting you from securing your first graduate role to getting that promotion to changing career direction.
• Support from our Start-Up Hub team should you wish to start a business, grow a business or thrive as a freelancer, for up to five years after graduation.
• Access to Careers Zone 24/7 tools and resources, including the LJMU job board. Set up ‘Graduate Access’ before you leave or contact us after you graduate for an account.
• Free access to annual events and our wider programme of events, workshops and recruitment fairs.  Events, which focus on the needs and aspirations of our alumni, will take place both before and after graduation.

Taking part in the Graduate Outcomes survey is an essential part of your higher education journey. As the biggest UK annual social survey, the collective graduate voice is powerful and will Directly impact the future of education for prospective students. So join your fellow graduates and be part of the picture of education today.

• Share your graduate success with us and with others through the new Graduate Outcomes Survey and by staying in touch through LJMU Connect, Student Futures LinkedIn and LJMU LinkedIn.
• You’ll be sent an invitation to complete the Graduate Outcomes survey 15 months after you graduate. It captures what you’re doing with your career, what you’re getting out of it, and your thoughts on how LJMU supported you.

Your input will help inspire others, help us tailor our support to you and your fellow alumni so we make a bigger difference and improve teaching and learning for the graduates of the future.

The best way to stay in touch is to register for LJMU Connect and follow the Student Futures team and LJMU on LinkedIn.

• Join LJMU Connect, the home of our alumni community.  Stay in touch with friends, boost your professional network, find out about social and networking events and reunions, and share your experiences with current students and future graduates.
• Follow the Student Futures LinkedIn page and the LJMU LinkedIn page and stay in touch. Get all the latest updates about LJMU, make connections to help develop your career and search for job opportunities from around the world.