Welcome to Finalist Focus!
Now you are completing your course, we are here to help you prepare for what comes next. Whether it's work, further study, volunteering or something completely different - we've got the resources to help you make it happen. Wherever you are in your career-planning, we've got you covered.
Join us for our Finalist Focus Events - including the Graduate Jobs Fair
Throughout June and early July, we're running a series of online and in-person events to help you plan your next steps - including sessions on Effective CVs and Cover Letters; How to Pick a Career; How to Find an Internship; Navigating the Graduate Jobs Market and more! We’ll also be running drop-in sessions in the Student Services Centre, for you to have a chat with one of our team about your plans, whether you have a clear idea of next steps or are just starting out. We’ve lots of resources to help with your planning beyond Cambridge - which you can find here
We're also hosting the Graduate Jobs Fair. Gain access to organisations from a range of sectors with graduate-level roles with immediate, autumn or early winter start dates.
More details coming soon
We have a range of premium platforms to help you prepare for work. These cover online CV review, video interview practice, recruitment tests, global job hunting, sourcing funding and much more. You'll find them all on Handshake - so sign up now!
We also have a dedicated Handshake Guide for Finalist Focus, navigating you through the key steps in preparing for work in 2024 and beyond.
The Alumni LinkedIn group is a great space for connecting with over 300,000 graduates, discovering their journeys and making your next steps. Find out more on how to make the best of it here
If you are planning to work and live overseas after Cambridge, you can benefit from joining any of more than 400 volunteer-led Alumni Groups around the world - an invaluable source of support.
Our popular careers blog is a great way to get a quick overview of some key topics in graduate recruitment. You'll find inspiring stories of Cambridge alumni as they share their career journeys, and gain valuable insights into trends in the labour market. We've also got a dedicated blog for postdocs.
We're here for you beyond graduation too. You'll have access to the careers service via our Handshake platform. Don't forget that your @cam email address will expire if you are leaving Cambridge. To continue accessing our support just log in and update your email address in the 'My Profile' section with your @cantab.ac.uk email address. You can claim this via the University Alumni site.
We want to stay connected to our alumni, so you'll also get an email from us in the next few months to find out what you are doing after your course. This helps us to plan how best we can support our students and graduates - so please do take the time to complete it. Next year you will also be asked to complete the Graduate Outcomes Survey - a nationwide census of recent graduates.