Careers and start-up support for our Alumni

Student Futures can help empower your future

Whatever your plans, Student Futures, LJMU’s Careers, Employability and Start-up team, is available to guide you in the early milestones in your career, and beyond, to help you achieve your ambitions.

As an LJMU graduate, you have lifetime access (unless otherwise stated) to support from the team, meaning that you can continue to use Student Futures services whenever you need to.

1:1 support via a careers meeting

Book an online or in-person 1-2-1 careers meeting at any time to talk about your next steps, career options or career progression. You can also get your CV, personal statement, or applications reviewed for clarity and impact before submitting to an employer.

How to book a career meeting

Start-Up/freelancing support for recent graduates

Access support from the LJMU Start-up Hub for five years after completing your studies. We mostly support graduates setting up locally in the Liverpool City Region (LCR) but we’d love to hear from you wherever you intend to start a business, and if we can’t help, we can refer you elsewhere.

For more information about how we can help and support you with starting up a business or freelancing, visit the Start-up Hub website.

Start-up Hub website

Attend events and recruitment fairs

Attend careers and start-up webinars, employer events, recruitment fairs, and transition support sessions.

Check Student Futures event schedule

Find flexible work via Unitemps

Explore graduate-level roles and temporary jobs with Unitemps for up to 2 years after graduation. As well as boosting your finances, assignments strengthen LJMU graduates’ CVs, their employability skills and their organisational awareness.

Register with Unitemps

Access our online careers platform

LJMU Alumni can still access Careers Zone 24/7, our digital careers platform and jobs board, for life after you have graduated. Email Student Futures with your full name, the programme you studied at LJMU, year of graduation and your personal email address, and direct you how to set up an account. Once you receive confirmation of your new account, log in below.

Log in to Careers Zone 24/7

Tailored support for new graduates

Part of Student Futures, the Graduate Futures team offer additional, bespoke support for new graduates as you make the transition to a graduate career.  Whether you’re still exploring your options, actively applying for roles, or feeling unsure about your next steps, we’re here to help you move forward with confidence.

Wherever you are in your journey, your university careers support doesn’t end at graduation - it evolves with you.  The team offer:

  • Graduate Check-in meetings (and use the 'Graduate Futures' filter) - short, focused 20‑minute 1-2-1 meetings giving you the opportunity to reflect on where you are right now, ask quick questions, and receive tailored advice
  • 1-2-1 Coaching meetings – following a Graduate Check-in meeting, these are focused, personalised sessions to support your job search and career development. We’ll work on what matters most to you, whether that’s refining your CV, strengthening applications, identifying your skills, improving LinkedIn, or building interview confidence—so you leave with clear direction for your graduate career 
  • Graduate Job Search Café – drop-in which takes place at the Student Life Building on Wednesday afternoon where you can get help with targeted job search strategies, build confidence and find suitable graduate-level jobs (check events page for dates/times)
  • Next Steps Graduate Careers Support webinars – join an online session during the summer to ask questions and get the guidance you need to feel more confident about your next steps (check events page for dates/times)

Event booking/listings

To find out more about the bespoke support available to new LJMU graduates, email the Graduate Futures team, or connect with them on LinkedIn.

Interested in postgraduate study?

If you are interested in pursuing a postgraduate qualification, check out our Progress to Postgrad page where you can find out more about the types of postgraduate qualifications available, get information about upcoming postgraduate events and funding options, and search the postgraduate courses available at LJMU.  The page also features information about LJMU's 20% Alumni Discount Award, how it works and eligibility criteria.

Visit the Progress to Postgrad page

LJMU Connect

Your LJMU journey doesn’t end at graduation; there is an ever-growing online community of LJMU alumni around the world and we encourage all graduates to join so you can stay connected with each other and with your university. Whether you’re asking for support or offering expertise, LJMU Connect gives you the tools to:

  • (RE)CONNECT - Stay in touch with your friends and lecturers wherever life takes you
  • GET AHEAD - Boost your professional network and find the people you need to know
  • GET INVOLVED - Hear about and attend social/networking events, reunions and lectures
  • CONTRIBUTE – share your own events, jobs, resources and news
  • MENTORSHIP PROGRAMME – New for 2024! Alumni and students matched to get or give help in your career. Share your insight with current students and inspire future graduates

By fully integrating with social networks, and cultivating a culture of helping and giving back, you will be amazed how vibrant your Liverpool John Moores University alumni community is.

Join LJMU Connect today and stay involved with us.

Join LJMU Connect

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Graduate Outcomes Survey

Graduate Outcomes is a national survey which gathers information about the activities and viewpoints of graduates 15 months after they’ve finished their studies.

As an LJMU graduate, your response to this survey is very important as it will:

  • provide future students with insight into their potential career destinations
  • enable our Careers Team to offer tailored careers advice which you can continue to access for life as a LJMU graduate
  • provide higher education institutions, policymakers, researchers and others with data, to understand current trends within the graduate jobs market
  • contribute to the University’s positioning in league tables

All graduates will be asked to complete the Graduate Outcomes survey.

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Contact us

For more information about careers services at LJMU call 0151-231-3719 or 0151-231-2048 or email Student Futures.