Careers Guidance

We offer various one-to-one services to help you steer your future in the direction you want it to go.

A majority of appointments are booked through King's CareerConnect. One-to-one appointments are very popular and get booked up quickly.

Before trying to book an appointment, we recommend you take the following steps to ensure you are making the most of it:

Identify where you are on your career journey: Discover, Focus or Action.
Attend some of our workshops and events.
Complete our CV Pathway on King's CareerConnect and review your application(s) with our AI tool, CareerSet.
Check out the resources available on our KEATS pages.

Appointment Types

Careers Guidance

Length: 20 minutes
Booking opens: 48 hours in advance of appointment time*
Restriction: one appointment in each fortnight period

This appointment with a Careers Consultant can be used as a starting point to your career search. Whether you are looking to Discover your options or Focus some of your ideas, our Careers Consultants can support and guide you.

*Note: King's Business School offer specific Careers Guidance appointments which open two weeks in advance of the appointment date.

Book a Careers Guidance Appointment on King's CareerConnect

Application Advice

Length: 20 minutes
Booking opens: 48 hours in advance of appointment time
Restriction: one appointment in each fortnight period

Are you in the Action phase? In this appointment, an Application Adviser will give you feedback on your already-prepared CVs, cover letters, personal statements and job applications to help ensure that they are targeted to your chosen role.

Book an Application Advice Appointment on King's CareerConnect

Practice Interview

Length: 50 minutes
Booking opens: two weeks in advance of appointment time
Restriction: one appointment in each semester

If you have an upcoming interview, book a practice interview with us to help you prepare and feel ready to take Action. You let us know the role you are interviewing for and we will provide an opportunity for you to practise answering interview questions and give you plenty of feedback to help you improve your interview technique.

Note: The Dickson Poon School of Law offer specific Practice Interview appointments which also open two weeks in advance of the appointment date.

Book a Practice Interview on King's CareerConnect

PhD & Researcher Appointments

Length: 30/60 minutes
Booking opens: four weeks in advance of appointment time
Restriction: Research staff will need to register with King's CareerConnect first

Available to all PhD and research staff across all campuses, these appointments are with one of our specialist Researcher Careers Consultants.

Book a Researcher Appointment on King's CareerConnect

'Careers Lounge' Drop-Ins

Length: 30/60 minutes

We run drop-in Careers Lounges in some departments where you can speak informally to a Careers Consultant and ask career-related questions relating to your degree, your department and your options.

Search "Careers Lounge" on King's CareerConnect for full details.

Search upcoming Careers Lounges on King's CareerConnect

Careers+ Guidance Appointment

Length: 30 minutes
Booking opens: two weeks in advance of appointment time
Restriction: eligible Careers+ students only

Eligible students enrolled on our Careers+ programme for under-represented groups can access exclusive appointments with our dedicated Careers Consultant to support you in discovering their options, focusing your ideas or actioning your plan.

Not sure if you're eligible? Click here to find out.

Book a Careers+ Appointment on King's CareerConnect

Students with Disabilities Appointment

Length: 40 minutes
Booking opens: two weeks in advance of appointment time*
Restriction: email careers-disability@kcl.ac.uk with your availability and preference for online or on-campus and we will get back to you to arrange an appointment.

Students with a disability can access extended appointments to discuss their career planning.

Global Placement Appointments

Length: 20 minutes

Students studying on King's Business School or Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences course with a year-in-industry or year's professional placement can book specific Application Advice slots with dedicated Advisers.

Booking opens 4 weeks in advance.

Book a Global Placements Appointment on King's CareerConnect