Getting started

With so many career options available, it can be hard to know where to begin.

• Use our Exploring career options guides. These will help you understand what you are looking for in a career, and explain how to assess your career ideas.
• Attend our Workshop: Get clear on your career to understand what might suit you.
• Find out about career paths related to your course and look at what graduates are doing to help generate ideas. 

Research employers and sectors

Build on your ideas by learning more about specific sectors and organisations. 

• Read our Researching sectors and employers  guide.
• Use our sector guides to find out about areas of work that interest you.
• Use mycareer to search organisations and attend events with employers.
• Browse Prospects job profiles to learn about graduate jobs and how to get in.  

Grow your network

Gain valuable career insights, make a great impression with employers and access the 'hidden' job market by building your professional contacts. 

• Use our resources on networking and LinkedIn to get started.
• Watch our playlist of short videos to find out how Bristol alumni launched their careers and get top tips and insights from their journey.

Test out your ideas  

• Gain work experience to get a more in-depth understanding of whether a direction is right for you.  
• If starting your own business appeals to you, explore the resources, events and programmes provided by our specialist Basecamp Enterprise Team.