Careers Service

The Careers Service is here to support you from your first day at the university.

We can help you decide what career is right for you, develop the skills you will need to follow it, and get a job when you finish your studies.

We can also offer support and advice about placements, volunteering, mentoring and business startup.

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Information for employers 

Work and further study

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Vacancy service

Make the most of our vacancy service, social media, paper and media resources.

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Careers advice

Decide what career is right for you. Help with CVs, applications and interviews.

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Resources for finding a job

Find graduate jobs, part-time work, and location-specific work.

Meet employers

Meet employers at careers fairs and events organised throughout the year.

Postgraduate study

For students considering postgraduate study at Masters level or higher.

Get involved

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Be mentored

Be paired with a professional mentor.

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Volunteer

Volunteer in the local community.

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Start your own business

Develop your entrepreneurial ideas.

Your employability

Why your employability matters and what employers want.

Employability outside your course

Alongside your course there are fun and rewarding things to get involved with.

Employability on your course

Find out about the employability skills built into your course.

Our blog

Free employability webinar series

Free employability webinar series

Grant Thornton are one of the largest accountancy firms in the world, recruiting between 350-400 school leavers, graduates, interns and placements in the UK every year.
Ethicul on a mission to support sustainable businesses

Ethicul on a mission to support sustainable businesses

A team of final year Brighton Business School students are launching a new ethical rewards app.
“There’s no time like now to build a business” says alumnus James Burton

“There’s no time like now to build a business” says alumnus James Burton

Writing for University of Brighton student and graduate entrepreneurs, James Burton (Brighton Business School alumnus and beepurple Entrepreneur-in-Residence) offers some encouraging and supportive advice based on his own experience in business…  On 15 September 2008, Lehman Brothers, one of the world’s largest financial services companies, went bankrupt after the Federal Reserve declined to guarantee its loans as a result of problems caused by the US subprime mortgage crisis.
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Update on beepurple service

Coronavirus (COVID-19): Update on beepurple service

During the ongoing period of disruption caused by Coronavirus (COVID-19), beepurple is striving to maintain a normal entrepreneurship support service for students and graduates of the University of Brighton.

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