UCL CAREERS SERVICE
Undergraduate Employability Checklist
This checklist is to be used by both undergraduate students and undergraduate personal tutors. Its aim is to help remind
you of the sorts of activities you could become involved in throughout your course which will improve your
employability skills and career development. It relates to the Key Skills Initiative at UCL (www.ucl.ac.uk/keyskills).
You can plan and record your development in the Key Skills System at: www.ucl.ac.uk/portico
For more information on all career management activities at UCL, including those listed here, please visit
www.ucl.ac.uk/careers
When and What?
First Year (and Second
Year if 4 yr course)
 Develop your skills
and reflect on your
options
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Get work
experience
Build your CV
Penultimate Year
 Explore
internships and
further work
experience
opportunities

Research
opportunities and
deadlines –

Attend careers
events
Final Year and Beyond
 Research job
vacancies or
postgraduate
courses

Make applications

Practice interviews
and assessment
centres
How?
Done?
→ Discover how you can develop your skills at UCL by visiting
http://skills4work.net
→ Take part in extra-curricular activities, e.g. clubs and societies
advertised at www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-union
→ Visit UCL Careers Information Library www.ucl.ac.uk/careers
→ Keep up to date with relevant job vacancy information (including
internships) and events at www.ucl.ac.uk/careers/alert
→ Talk to a careers adviser in a 15 min ‘Quick Query’ session to discuss
your options or get your CV / cover letter / application form checked
→ Meet recruiters and develop skills at the same time by getting involved
in one of the many Skills4Work events http://skills4work.net
→ Attend one of the ‘Get Into’ Week events to learn more about different
sectors www.ucl.ac.uk/careers/events/getinto
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→Meet a wide range of recruiters when they visit UCL to give Employer
Presentations www.ucl.ac.uk/careers/events
→ Attend one of UCL’s 6 Careers Fairs to meet employers and learn about
the graduate roles and internships they offer
www.ucl.ac.uk/careers/events/fairs
→ Learn more out about relevant opportunities and approaching deadlines at
www.ucl.ac.uk/careers/alert
→ Participate in a range of careers related Competitions and Business
Challenges at www.ucl.ac.uk/careers/information/competitions
→ Meet recruiters and learn more about their opportunities whilst further
developing your skills at UCL careers events such as Focus on
Management or Experience Law www.ucl.ac.uk/careers/events
→ Explore postgraduate study options by using UCL Careers Information
Library and attend The Careers Group Postgraduate Study & MBA Fair
www.careers.lon.ac.uk/postgrad
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→ Keep up to date with graduate opportunities by collecting free copies of
directories and bulletins from UCL Careers Information Library
→ Use FunderFinder, a searchable database of funding opportunities for
postgraduate courses, available in the UCL Careers Information Library
→ Get your CV checked by either an employer or a careers adviser
www.ucl.ac.uk/careers/information/applying
→ Participate in a Mock Assessment Centre or a Personality Profiling
Workshop to help prepare for group selection activities
→ Try an Online Aptitude test to boost your confidence before applying
www.ucl.ac.uk/careers/information/interviews
→ Book an individual Practice Interview with a Careers Adviser
www.ucl.ac.uk/careers/information/interviews
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