Master’s activity timeline September • Check deadlines for graduate schemes • Updates your LinkedIn profile with any experience gained over the summer • Imperial Alumni Mentoring applications open November • Attend careers workshops and events • Submit applications for graduate schemes with upcoming deadlines some may close early • Prepare for interviews, assessment centres and psychometric tests • Deadlines for PhD applications begin • Earliest PhD funding deadlines • Attend sessions covering a range of careers and other topics from The Graduate School January • Further deadlines for graduate schemes/ specialist training programmes • Interview and recruitment processes for graduate schemes
October • Update your JobsLive profile • Attend careers workshops and events • Attend Careers Fairs in October • Submit applications for graduate schemes with upcoming deadlines • Research and prepare to apply for further study • Imperial Alumni Mentoring applications open • Attend sessions covering a range of • careers and other topics from The Graduate School December • Attend careers workshops and events • Submit applications for graduate schemes - many schemes will close before the end of term • Prepare for interviews, assessment centres and psychometric tests • Continue applying for PhD applications and funding
March • Book mock interviews if appropriate • Make speculative enquiries to potential supervisors for non-advertised PhD opportunities May • Begin to research for direct entry opportunities that are not part of a graduate scheme • Attend sessions covering a range of careers and other topics from The Graduate School Post-graduation • Continue to access Imperial Careers Service for up to three years after graduation • Register as an Alumni for full access to JobsLive to find Careers events, 18 seminars and jobs
February • Make speculative enquiries to potential supervisors for non-advertised PhD opportunities • Book a Careers Discussion to help with your decision making April • Book a careers interview to help with your decision making • Book mock interviews if appropriate • Continue to make speculative enquiries for PhD opportunities Summer • Begin to research for direct entry opportunities that are not part of a graduate scheme
