Our teams are dedicated to supporting students, doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, research staff and recent graduates as they navigate their career journeys, offering expert guidance, resources and opportunities to enhance their employability.

Academic and Professional Services colleagues are key to integrating career development into academic programmes and services, ensuring students are well-equipped for the world of work. Together, we can help empower the next generation of professionals.

How to share our support with students and researchers

King's Careers & Employability is here to support students, doctoral and postdoctoral researchers and recent graduates on their career journeys. Our services include:

• support with exploring and finding jobs
• support with applications, including CVs and interviews
• support with securing meaningful work experience and internships
• bespoke provision for groups underrepresented in higher education
• events and activities to network with employers, alumni and professionals
• extracurricular activities via King's Edge.

Download our Careers Essentials checklists to help support your students

While all of our services are available to all students at any time, we encourage students to prioritise specific activities based on their stage of career thinking.

These activities are outlined in our Careers Essentials checklists. They have been hand-picked to help students make the most out of their career journey, whether they are in their first, middle, or final year of their undergraduate programme.

Postgraduate students can also review our Careers Essentials guide to help plan their masters programme.

Services for Postdoctoral Researchers

We have a team dedicated to supporting researchers at King’s and consequently, supporting a positive research culture through good career management.

We work closely with the King's Doctoral College and the Centre for Research Staff Development to provide effective support for researcher development at King’s, ensuring we meet the King’s commitment to the Researchers’ Concordat.

One-to-one appointments

We provide one-to-one appointments across Denmark Hill, Guy's and Strand Campuses.

These 30 or 60-minute impartial and confidential appointments can be used to discuss career options, support you articulate the value of your research experience, clarify career goals and ambitions, develop confidence, discuss career change or many other things.

Workshops and events

We offer a variety of events to develop your skills in career management, increase career confidence and hear from experts in many different sectors.

Access King's CareerConnect as a staff member

Many of our services for students and researchers, including appointments, events and job adverts, are located on King's CareerConnect.

Staff can also access the platform via single sign-on to view what's available and demonstrate to students how the platform works.

King's Staff Employability toolkit and careers data

The Employability Toolkit is a comprehensive guide to integrating employability at King’s. It covers how we work with you and support in areas such as:

• integrating employability in and alongside the curriculum
• work-related learning
• the role of personal tutors
• using and accessing careers data (including Graduate Outcomes and careers registration)
• presenting employability in quality reviews
• highlighting employability in your programmes.

You can also download our guide to the core employer events and activities (pdf) running this academic year.