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How to ace your first six months in the workplace
So, you’ve landed your dream graduate role. Now what?
We asked AGCAS careers and employability professionals to share their top advice for new graduates.
After you graduate
As a BCU Graduate, you can continue to access careers support for at least three years after you graduate and engage in a range of other graduate employment and training initiatives.
You will have access to dedicated graduate employability advisers for the first 15 months after you graduate. You will then still have access to the BCU careers Service for the remaining 21 months.
Tell us what you're doing
If you're a BCU graduate still looking for work/study/self-employment - Let the graduate careers team know, so we can update our records and let you know of relevant jobs and opportunities.
If you've already started work/study/self employment - Let the graduate careers team know, so we can update records and stop sending you irrelevant communications.
We recommend you keep your BCU student email address active as it will allow you to access free software packages which can be helpful as a graduate for 24 months. Packages include Office365, BCU Award (Formerly Graduate+) and careers resources.
Setting up a graduate account
Once you have graduated, we recommend you to use your student email address if possible to be able to submit a quick careers or employment query, register to attend graduate careers events, or make an appointment with us for free support.
We offer regular online graduate events to help you with your employment search and LinkedIn networking, CV & cover letters and interview preparation, as well as giving you the chance to come along to our 'Meet the Employer' events where organisations are wishing to recruit graduates like you.
If you are not available to come along to our graduate events, check out our BCU Careers On Demand videos of recent graduate events.
BCUs Grow your own Graduate Programme
Recognising the knowledge, skills and attributes of our graduates, the Grow Your Own programme will actively support BCU graduates into BCU roles
Keep an eye out for new roles as they come in through the BCU website - Jobs at Birmingham City University (jobs.bcu.ac.uk)
If you would like assistance with completing your GYO application and ensure the best chance of success, please contact graduatecareers@bcu.ac.uk
BCU Jobs
Project Officer (Careers) - Grow Your Own
Salary: £26,266 Closing Date: 17/07/26 Apply here: Project Officer (Careers) - Grow Your Own
Enrolment and Graduation Coordinator
Salary: £28,287 Closing Date: 06/07/26 Apply here: Enrolment and Graduation Coordinator
Library Advisor
Salary: £28,287 Closing Date: 06/07/26 Apply here: Library Advisor
Library Advisor - Permanent, part-time role
Salary: £28,287 Closing Date: 06/07/26 Apply here: Library Advisor - Permanent, part-time role
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Professionalism
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Workwise Travel Scheme - Free Travel*
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BSEEN
BSEEN has supported over 250 students and graduates set up over 200 businesses in the last three years! Could your business be next?
You could set up your own company at any time, including for your placement year or when you graduate. All you need is a viable idea and the commitment to make it succeed
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View the Enterprise Team's LinkTree where you can find out about the latest BCU Enterprise opportunities and events.
Free membership worth £300! Learn about freelancing as a career option through live sessions, mentoring and resources.
Volunteering and Mentoring
Birmingham City University's Professional Mentoring programme links graduates from across the University with working professionals, many of them BCU alumni. Many of our mentors are employed by some of the UK’s most successful businesses and could help unlock the door to your future career. With mentors from a wide range of sectors, including finance, law, education, business, IT and the creative services, we aim to match you with someone who can give you that all important industry insight. The programmes run for ten weeks, and once matched, there will be a minimum of five hours of 1-2-1 sessions between mentor and mentee.
If you are interested in being matched to a mentor please email mentoring@bcu.ac.uk for more information.
Volunteering involves offering your time (on an unpaid basis) to take part in an activity which benefits people (individuals or groups) an organisation, or the environment. Many students and recent graduates see volunteering as an enjoyable way to gain valuable work experience and develop their personal and professional skills.
CV and cover letters
Application Help
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Interview Preparation
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Professional Development
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Earn up to a Platinum Award to show prospective graduate employers that you have all the transferable skills, experience and confidence.
Further Study
Stick with BCU - we offer a Graduate Scholarship which is a 20% fee reduction available to BCU graduates (BA, BSc, LLB, MA, MSc, LLM, PGCE) enrolling onto an eligible Master’s or PhD qualification for the first time.
As a BCU Post-graduate, you can continue to access careers support for at least three years after you graduate and engage in a range of other graduate employment and training initiatives from your linked Careers Consultant
Apprenticeships
Additional Resources
Undecided career path
Disability & Wellbeing support
Find Disability Confident Employer via the DWP website:
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Schemes for Unemployed Graduates
Higher Level Skills Match Plus
Higher Level Skills Match Plus (HLSM Plus) is a unique, fully funded recruitment style service that supports talented local graduates into roles with leading employers within central Birmingham. You will have access to a personal Graduate Consultant that will support you to secure a graduate level role, with one-to-one advice and guidance, as well as skills matching you to appropriate roles.
To be eligible you must be living in Birmingham or Solihull and be a university graduate that has graduated within the last 3 years.
Graduate Re-Tune
To take part in the programme, you must be registered with a jobcentre based in Greater Birmingham or Solihull.
Contact retune@bcu.ac.uk for more information.
The Graduate Outcomes survey is the biggest annual social survey in the UK asking what you are doing 15 months after you graduate, you might have continued into further study, started graduate employment or freelancing, set up your business or something else entirely! As the biggest UK annual social survey, the collective graduate voice is powerful and will directly impact the future of education for prospective students.
FAQs
How can I access BCU careers after I graduate ?
Set up a careers account on the link below.
How long can I access careers support for after I graduate?
As a BCU Graduate, you can continue to access careers support for at least three years after you graduate and engage in a range of other graduate employment and training initiatives.
When does my BCU email terminate ?
24 months after you graduate.
How do I access campus services when I leave ?
To be able to access campus you must have an appointment with someone who will sign you in. Once you graduate your student card will be de-activated which will mean you cant drop-in to campus without an appointment.
What should I expect when booking an appointment ?
We offer regular online graduate events to help you with your employment search and LinkedIn networking, CV & cover letters and interview preparation, as well as giving you the chance to come along to our 'Meet the Employer' events where organisations are wishing to recruit graduates like you.