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Careers

Whether you know exactly what you would like to do after university, or whether you have not given it much thought yet, you will find there is lots of support in the Business School to help you make career decisions, enhance your employability skills and achieve your career goals, throughout your time here. 

As a student at WBS, you will have access two careers teams – the WBS CareersPlus team and the University of Warwick Student Careers and Skills team. Both support teams work together to provide you with a range of resources, activities and opportunities to help you achieve the career that you want.

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5th Most targeted university by the largest number of top employers*
69 Geographical alumni networks
Top 10 University for highest earnings after graduation**

Careers support and coaching

WBS CareersPlus

Our dedicated CareersPlus team provides specialised careers services including: 

  • 1-2-1 careers coaching 
  • Career planning and preparation workshops 
  • Employer events 
  • Work placements and internships 

Bespoke employer events organised specifically for our students have seen the likes of EY, L’Oréal, Aldi, Johnson & Johnson, Royal Bank of Scotland, Grant Thornton UK LLP, Accenture and Aston Martin visit Warwick Business School, providing students with great networking opportunities and links to top local, national and international brands. 

Student Careers & Skills

The University of Warwick’s Centre for Student Careers & Skills are also available to provide advice, skills workshops, access to job vacancies and further opportunities to meet employers on campus.  

Events organised throughout the year include the Business, Finance & Consultancy Fair, Investment Banking Uncovered, Careers in Advertising, Marketing and PR, Careers in Digital Communications, Careers in Politics and Government plus many more.  

The university's job site, MyAdvantage lists thousands of graduate jobs, placement and internship opportunities throughout the year, as well as a range of other useful online resources. 

*The Graduate Market 2023 Report
**UK Government's 2018 LEO dataset

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Careers events

Events organised throughout the year include the Business, Finance & Consultancy Fair, Investment Banking Uncovered, Careers in Advertising, Marketing and PR, Careers in Digital Communications, Careers in Politics and Government plus many more.

At WBS, we host the Undergraduate Placement Fair. This is an opportunity for undergraduates to meet with a range of employers from a variety of different sectors, regarding their year in industry placement opportunities that their organisation offers. Although the fair predominantly focuses on placements, employers in attendance will also be available to discuss their spring week, insight programme, summer internship and graduate level roles with first and final year students as well. Find out more about the Undergraduate Placement Fair.

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