Occupations and job sectors

Listed below are a range of websites and information that you can delve into to understand what job best suits you. Take time to explore different roles and the skills required for them.

Whether you don’t yet know what life holds post-graduation and want to explore the wide range of career options open to you, or you may have some ideas in mind and want to find out more about these - there is a lot of support available to help you. 

Guides to career options, sectors and networking

Career Discovery provides a range of resources to help with career planning, including tips on exploring your options, sector guides, and advice on building your professional network. Look out for articles written by UCL for top tips or browse a range of helpful articles from TARGETjobs.

If you are considering your options after graduation, Career Discovery provides information and resources designed to help you. Our own UCL guides include information on more general starting points when exploring options such as:

or, you can search for key words such as ‘options’, and ‘career planning‘ to view a full list of resources from both the UCL Careers team and targetjobs.

Career Discovery also includes a broad range of sector / job role specific articles if you have specific ideas that you want to explore further and our resources index lists the different sectors covered by UCL Careers. Alternatively, you can search by sector or job type using key words like charities, politics, engineering, law, banking, advertising, etc.

Events exploring career options across industry sectors

We organise a wide range of events where you can find out more about more about options and opportunities for graduates in a variety of different industry sectors.

  • Career Essentials programme, (repeated regularly throughout the year). A series of lunchtime lectures led by our team for all students and recent graduates which includes sessions on understanding the graduate job market and career planning / decision-making amongst other topics.
  • Employer presentations, (autumn and spring terms). Talks by individual companies about their current vacancies which will usually include a labour market overview for the sector they operate in.
  • Sector Insight events, (autumn and spring terms). Panel / networking events bringing together professionals from a range of sectors popular with UCL students to provide insider insights into what working in specific roles is really like.
  • Sector-specific recruitment fairs, (autumn term only). Network with large numbers of major graduate recruiters from a few key sectors to learn more about options / entry routes available.
  • Departmental events, (timings vary based on course / department). Keep an eye on the myUCLCareers events calendar for lectures and workshops within your department delivered by the UCL Careers team or organisations who target your area of study.
  • Researchers employability programme, (repeated throughout the year). A series of Careers Consultant led talks and employer-led information / networking events aimed at research students and staff which includes sessions on career planning or sectors which target those with research backgrounds.

View upcoming events

One-to-one support to explore career paths

If you are in the process of discovering what career path you might wish to take, you can book yourself a Career conversation where you can discuss your options with a member of the UCL Careers team.

Alumni and professional networking for insider perspectives

Alumni networking - UCL graduates or other industry professionals can be a great source of information and inspiration when you are thinking about your future career. Through LinkedIn you can search for alumni by UCL course or department, job sector, current organisation, location, and more. Many UCL alumni will be happy to connect with you and tell you about their current role or industry. This is a great way to explore your career ideas and expand your professional network.

Read through our Career Discovery guides on:

or search for networking or LinkedIn for further tips on networking effectively with employers at our events or through social media.