Careers and employability at Kingston University
At Kingston University, we don't just prepare you for your next job. We prepare you for what comes after.
What you can expect from Kingston University careers and employability
Your future starts here. We'll help you shape it.
Through our Future Skills approach, we help you develop the confidence, adaptability, and professional skills that employers value most.
Our Careers and Employability Service helps you understand your strengths, explore your options, and take confident steps towards the future you want.
From your first day on campus to years after graduation, you’ll have access to expert advice, hands-on experiences, and real industry connections that turn ambition into action.
Whether you’re discovering who you are, defining your direction, or recruiting Kingston talent, this is where opportunity begins.
Career support for students
Build your future from day one
Your career journey doesn’t start at graduation. It starts the moment you join Kingston.
Our Student Career Coach Team runs a Monday-to-Friday drop-in service at the Career Centres, located at Penrhyn Road and Kingston Hill campuses.
The team can help with CV checks (including creative industries CVs), cover letters, LinkedIn overviews and application support as well as other career essentials for all faculties.
Student career coaches can also connect to the wider career offer at Kingston University
- One-to-one career coaching: personalised support to help you explore your options, set goals, and plan your next steps.
- Workshops and events: learn how to tell your story, strengthen your applications, and succeed in interviews and assessment centres.
- Capfinity strengths and graduate attributes: discover your unique strengths and learn how to showcase them.
- Menu of opportunities: gain experience through placements, volunteering, mentoring, or creative projects that build your portfolio.
- Handshake platform: find internships, placements, jobs, graduate roles, events, and employer connections all in one place.
- Engage with specific services and experiences relating to your area of study, such as Kingston’s creatives agency KT1, Enterprise which offers skills for entrepreneurs, or the study/work abroad team.
Your Future Skills journey begins now. We’ll help you make the most of every step.
Career support for graduates
Stay connected, stay supported
Graduation isn't goodbye. You’ll be able to access the same great support – for the rest of your career! With our lifelong careers support, you’ll be moving forward with confidence.
You'll have access to:
- Career coaching: keep refining your goals, your CV and your personal brand
- Handshake: continue to find roles, events and opportunities on the Handshake platform
- Graduate Career Community: join workshops, mentoring and networking sessions designed for graduates
- LinkedIn Learning: enjoy free access to professional courses for one year from your graduation date
- Graduate Mentor Platform: Connect with professionals ready to guide you through your early career.
Alumni who graduated two-or-more years ago are eligible for two Careers Coaching appointments per academic year.
Use this form to sign up to our Graduate Career Community. Signing up takes roughly two minutes and provides you with access to all the above services.
You can also connect with Kingston University Alumni to help build your networks and support you as your career grows.
Support for employers
Connect with Kingston University talent
Kingston students and graduates bring creativity, skill and ambition to every industry.
When you partner with us, you're investing in a workforce that's ready to make an impact from day one.
Ways to get involved
- Advertise roles for free: promote your internships, placements and graduate roles on our Handshake jobs board.
- On-campus events: host talks, workshops or assessment centres in our career centres.
- Careers fairs and themed weeks: meet Kingston University talent face-to-face across all faculties.
- Mentoring and live projects: engage with students through real-world challenges that build experience for both sides.
- Tailored partnerships: our Employer Engagement Team can design bespoke events and recruitment campaigns to match your goals.
Together, we'll connect your organisation with the next generation of Future Skills graduates.
Contact the Careers and Employability Team
The Career Centres are at Penrhyn Road and Kingston Hill campuses. Term-time opening hours are as follows:
Penrhyn Road: 10:00-17:00, Monday to Friday.
Room MB0001, Main Building.
Kingston Hill: 10:00-14:00, Monday to Thursday.
Room BS0003, Kingston Business School.
Alternatively, please email the Careers and Employability Team.
