Careers support
From the day you arrive at Brookes to long after you graduate, you will have all the support, resources and opportunities you need to develop a career to match your interests and ambitions.
Our careers service, based at the Careers and Employment Centre offers a wide range of services including one-to-one sessions with a careers counsellor, an online vacancy service, workshops, mock interviews and psychometric testing to name just a few.
Enhancing your career prospects from the start
You can develop your skills and knowledge of the workplace right from the start of your course:
- careers advice is built into many courses, including guidance from careers advisers on what employers are looking for and the current jobs market
- careers fairs focus on specific areas including retail, the built environment and technology - big name employers who have recently attended include Coca-Cola, Knight Frank, Leadbitter Construction, Marks and Spencer and Microsoft
- a Working in Publishing Day for publishing offers valuable opportunities for publishing students to network with employers
- a mentoring scheme for accounting students is run by the Business School, involving leading businesses like Grant Thornton and Royal Dutch Shell
- a hospitality mentoring programme run by the Oxford School of Hospitality Management provides third-year hospitality students with professional careers guidance from industry’s leaders, many of whom are Brookes graduates.
You can continue to use Brookes' career service free for three years after graduating.
Employment prospects
Employers recruiting from Brookes include:
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Brookes Future Leaders Certificate
In today’s competitive jobs market you need to make the most of your experiences from university, part-time work and voluntary activities to build the skills that employers want. This two-day programme is designed to help students think about the skills and experiences they have gained and how these can be developed further.
During the programme, students take part in team exercises to explore team building and leadership. By successfully completing the programme, students get the opportunity to become members of the Institute of Leadership and Management, and receive an endorsed certificate.
