Careers and Employability Centre

Use Us

The Careers and Employability Centre offers a wide range of services to employers:

Advertise Vacancies

We can advertise your vacancies free of charge:

  • Part-time
  • Vacation
  • Graduate
  • Work Experience

All opportunities will appear on our vacancies page. They may also be posted in our Information Centre. We may be able to target your vacancies to students from particular years and/or disciplines. Employers will also be entered onto our searchable employer databases

Advertise your vacancies now using our online form

Recruitment Fairs & Presentations

Visit Sussex to present your organisation and opportunities to our students:

  • Careers Fair 2012 - we’re joining with the University of Brighton to offer you the chance to exhibit at this large recruitment event. Careers Fair 2012 will be held on 7 November at the American Express Community Stadium, home of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 
  • Law - will be part of Careers Fair 2012, situated in its own exhibition space.
  • Presentations - hold a presentation, drop-in or skills session with students. We also have facilities to conduct interviews with students in our consultation rooms

Links with Academics

We can help you establish links with academics and subject specialists

Help Us

  • Workshadowing - Offer a Sussex student the chance to gain an insight into your area of work by spending a day with you
  • Skills Workshops - Offer to run skills-based workshops for students e.g. Teamworking, Completing Application Forms, Commercial Awareness
  • Career Briefing Sessions - Come to Sussex to give a talk about your career and work to interested students

Contact Us

E: Andrea.Wall@sussex.ac.uk for advice on student and graduate recruitment
E: Jocelyn.Owen@sussex.ac.uk to find out more about attending a fair or holding an event

Advertise vacancies

Send your opportunities for free now using our online form

Please read our Code of Practice for Employers [DOC 207.50KB]

Employer Guides

  • Internships that work - a guide for employers - comprehensive guidance on starting an internship scheme, from the CIPD
  • How do I sponsor a migrant worker? - From April 6 2012 new provisions will be in place to enable international graduates from UK Universities to undertake permanent employment. Licensed sponsors can recruit migrants into vacancies paying at least £20,000. From UK Border Agency

See also

Sussex students

70% of students work whilst at Sussex. 1 in 7 students do a year abroad. This helps to produce well-rounded, highly skilled and employable graduates. Find out about:

Other business services

Business & Enterprise can link you to advice on collaborative research, conference facilities, new business incubation & CPD. More on the Business website.