Careers and Employability

CareersHub COVID-19 Update

Please note that due to Covid-19 there are no face-to-face appointments being arranged at the moment. All meetings are being held by telephone (if located in the UK).

City CareersHub for Doctoral Researchers

(Further information is available directly from the CareersHub website www.careershub.city.ac.uk)

The City Careers team is available to City Doctoral  PhD Students, who wish to improve their employability, by:

  • Preparing or reviewing academic CVs and related job application documents
  • Preparing or reviewing non-academic CVs, cover letters, personal statements, etc
  • Career choice and planning, including the pros and cons of academic and non-academic careers, moving into a career outside academia/positioning yourself for transitioning out of academia - possible career pathways, making choices, describing transferable skills, etc
  • Interview skills
  • In addition, if you are interested in understanding  psychometric testing, and what that entails , this link has further information: https://careershub.city.ac.uk/students/workflows/detail/46
  • If as part of the recruitment process, you need to take assessments, we have resources to explain the types of assessments on this link: https://careershub.city.ac.uk/students/workflows/detail/48
  • The Careers Hub has a large variety of resources to support you in the above, which can be accessed on the following direct link:  https://careershub.city.ac.uk/s/resources)

Lastly, I if you wish to make an appointment on our careers system CareersHub, for either a 20 minute CV appointments, please follow this link https://careershub.city.ac.uk/students/appointments/app/topic/50?siteId=1

Otherwise, 40 minute careers guidance appointments are also available: https://careershub.city.ac.uk/students/appointments/app/topic/76?siteId=1