Graduates
Graduating from GBS and receiving your award is an outstanding accomplishment because of the efforts and sacrifices made during your student journey towards academic success.
However, transitioning into the workplace can be a little confusing. As a graduate of GBS, you are part of our growing alumni community that is here to help you access personalised career guidance and support.
We will help you find a new job, develop your own business or assist in other key aspects of your personal and professional development.
Alumni Network
As GBS continues to grow, so does our community of graduates. We are seeing more and more of our students graduating and going on to pursue fulfilling careers.
The GBS Alumni Network is a service open to all GBS graduates, in which alumni can engage with the institution and our ongoing activities, but more importantly with each other — making valuable contacts and building long-lasting connections.
If you would like to join the GBS Alumni Network, please fill the form.
GBS Business & Management Courses
Earning a degree at GBS opens a wide range of career options when you graduate. Trying to navigate a competitive and varied graduate job market can be a daunting task, so it is useful to gain an understanding of the kinds of careers that will be open to you following your studies. We have provided a breakdown of some of the potential career paths you may wish to pursue after you graduate:
The Health and Social Care sector is vast. There are dozens of potential career paths for Health and Social Care graduates to pursue, as well as opportunities to pursue further study and qualifications — so it is important that you consider your career options carefully during your studies.
Graduate career paths for health and social care students include:
- Adult and Elderly Care
- Early Years Childcare
- Healthcare Management
- Mental Health Support Work
- Nursing
- Social Work
- Youth work
Common destinations for Health and Social Care Students:
- NHS
- Care Comes
- Special Education
- Charity Sector
- Early years Education – Day Care and Nurseries
GBS offers several Business and Management degree courses. Whether you already own a business, are looking to start a business after you graduate, or pursue a high-level career in the industry and sector of your choice — a business degree at GBS opens up plenty of options for you to consider. Graduate career paths for business students include:
- Accounting and Finance
- Advertising
- Business Analysis
- Business Development
- Data Analysis
- Human Resources
- Logistics
- Management Consulting
- Marketing
- Mortgage Advice
- Project Management
- Retail
- Sales
- Self-Employment
As a highly specialised area of study, many Accounting and Finance students go on to pursue careers in particular accounting specialisms. However, an Accounting and Finance degree develops transferrable skills that are useful in many different sectors.
Graduate career paths for Accounting and Finance students include:
- Public Accounting
- Private Accounting
- Tax Accounting
- Financial Accounting
- Management Accounting
- Forensic Accounting
- External Auditing
- Stockbroking
- Actuarial Science
- Banking
- Data Analysis
- Conveyancing
- Management Consulting
As a graduate in Construction Management, your new skills and experiences will help you succeed across a variety of roles in different sectors. Graduate career paths for Construction Management students include:
- Construction Management
- Arbitrating
- Building Control Surveying
- Risk Assessment
- Quantity Surveying
- Site Engineering
- Sustainability Consulting
- Project Management
- Facilities Management
The Health and Social Care sector is vast. There are dozens of potential career paths for Health and Social Care graduates to pursue, as well as opportunities to pursue further study and qualifications — so it is important that you consider your career options carefully during your studies.
Graduate career paths for health and social care students include:
- Adult and Elderly Care
- Early Years Childcare
- Healthcare Management
- Mental Health Support Work
- Nursing
- Social Work
- Youth work
Common destinations for Health and Social Care Students:
- NHS
- Care Comes
- Special Education
- Charity Sector
- Early years Education – Day Care and Nurseries
Graduate Jobs
Considering your future options is one of your most important tasks as a recent graduate. This page offers information, advice and resources to assist you on your graduate career journey.
What is the difference between graduate jobs, graduate schemes, and entry-level jobs?
Graduate Jobs – A graduate job is a position that someone who has recently graduated with the qualifications to take on the role — and are also known as ‘direct entry jobs’. Graduate jobs are more common than graduate schemes, and most university leavers take this pathway. Graduate jobs are not limited to larger companies who have the capacity to develop full graduate development programmes, so you will find that they are offered by organisations of all sizes.
Graduate schemes – These can be defined as work-based development and training programmes specifically for graduates. Larger organisations are more likely to run graduate schemes as they have the resources to provide these longer-term programmes, which often last 2-3 years. Most graduate schemes lead to permanent full-time positions within the organisation upon completion.
Entry-level jobs – Simply put, an entry-level job is a one that is deemed suitable for someone without much industry experience. These positions are not aimed directly at graduates, but many graduates find them to be a useful route towards their desired profession or preferred industry sector.
How do I search for vacancies?
The available resources for finding graduate opportunities are numerous; most come in the form of online job boards. These vary from general to industry-specific online platforms. This section will briefly outline the function of jobs boards, how you can use them, and highlight links to useful online resources.
What are job boards, and how are they useful to me?
Online job boards are platforms used by most employers to advertise their vacancies, to the widest audience available. Jobs boards provide employers with the opportunity to access millions of potential candidates for any position.
You will find that some job boards are focused on specific sectors or regions, while others are much broader in scope. Here are some tips for getting the most out of job boards:
- If you have a particular industry in mind, look for a job board that focuses particularly on that industry, as you will have much more targeted search results.
- Apply several filters to your search, such as location, contract type, employment level and salary. The more you narrow down your search, the more likely you are to find a suitable role.
- Note down some key words or phrases that often appear in the types of jobs you are searching for. Type them into the search bar and you will get yet more targeted results.
National Job Boards
Here are some popular national job boards that you can use as a good starting-point in your job search:
https://www.prospects.ac.uk/graduate-jobs
https://www.graduate-jobs.com/
https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/index.htm
Projects for increasing diversity and inclusivity in the workplace:
Improving representation and accessibility for under-served and under-represented communities is becoming an increasingly central aim of UK employers. Here are some of the programmes working towards this goal:
http://www.proudemployers.org.uk/
https://www.windsor-fellowship.org
https://creativeaccess.org.uk/
https://www.suttontrust.com/our-programmes/pathways-to-law/
https://www.rarerecruitment.co.uk/candidates/
https://disabilityconnect.org.uk/
http://www.employ-ability.org.uk/
http://www.evenbreak.co.uk/home/
https://exceptionalindividuals.com/jobs-for-dyslexics/
Access to Work
Access to Work is a discretionary grant scheme run by the government, designed to help people with disabilities get into and remain in work. It provides support to people with disabilities who are:
- self-employed
- apprentices
- trainees
- supported interns
- going to a job interview
The support will accommodate your individual needs and ensure all the reasonable adjustments you require are in place. You can also apply if you have:
- a job offer letter
- a job start date
- a letter confirming your interview
Useful Links
If you would like to enquire about support, please see the below resources for more information.