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

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 18 JobsLive to find Careers events, seminars and jobs

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

• 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

December

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