Get prepared over the summer
Before you start your penultimate year, start researching different industry sectors and employers; the Gradcracker Toolkit is a good place to begin.
Use our Company Hubs to find your favourite employers and start building your Follow list to receive job alerts from companies you’d particularly like to work for.
Sandwich students, get ready
You may have the opportunity to complete a year-long placement between the penultimate and final year of your studies. If so, start applying to opportunities from the Autumn of the year before you intend to start your placement.
Summer Interns
The summer after your penultimate year will be your last opportunity to complete a summer internship as an undergraduate. As with year-long placements, you’ll want to be applying to opportunities from the Autumn.
Prepare for your final year
Graduate opportunities will be open to you from the very beginning of your final year – so it’s important that you’re ready. The more career-planning you do now, the less pressure you'll be under in your final year.
Make sure you are following the companies you’d particularly like to work for once you graduate, and are receiving their graduate job alerts.
It’s important that you are receiving graduate job alerts from your favourite employers before you enter your final year. This will ensure you don’t miss out when these companies open their graduate vacancies, which is likely be from September onwards.
