How we help

Careers advice & guidance

Our advice is completely confidential and totally impartial.  Whether you have a clear career plan mapped out or absolutely no idea where to go after university, we’ll help you to consider the different opportunities and options open to you.

  • We can offer feedback on your applications, LinkedIn profile and we offer practice interviews.
  • We understand that many engineering students hope to work in engineering and we want to support you to achieve this goal.
  • Equally, we are happy to discuss non-engineering jobs and careers with you.
  • If you are thinking of leaving your degree early (e.g. in order to change degree subject/School, change university or simply because of circumstances) we are happy to support you with this too,

Find out more at: https://www.ed.ac.uk/careers/about-us/our-appointment-system-and-our-fair-use-policy 

Speak to a careers consultant: booked appointments

Booked appointments are available via MyCareerHub. The following types are available to you:

  • Standard appointments (30 mins) – to discuss anything relating to your career.  These can be booked 48 hours in advance. You may have 1 appointment in a 14-day period.
  • School appointments (15 mins) – only open to Engineering students, also to discuss anything relating to your career.  These are bookable on the day.
  • Practice interviews (45 minutes) – These can be booked up to 21 days in advance days in advance.  You may have two practice interviews/year.

Find out more about appointment at: https://www.ed.ac.uk/careers/about-us/our-appointment-system-and-our-fair-use-policy

Careers & sectoral information

We provide a comprehensive range of information on career choice, employers, further study and funding, writing CVs, filling out application forms, interview techniques and more.  You can check out these resources on our website https://www.ed.ac.uk/careers/students/undergraduates.

Our online information resources reflect our Careers Compass framework.  Career Compass can help you review what you've done, explore your options, plan next steps and chart progress along the way.  It's designed to help you take small steps  throughout your time at university. Everything we offer is clearly linked to the Careers Compass so you can see where you are developing, identify possible gaps and plan your year ahead. It has five key elements:

Learn more about these 5 elements and how to use them at: https://www.ed.ac.uk/careers/students/undergraduates/careers-compass/compass-intro

You can contact a member of the Careers Information Team by: