Our work with employers
Made in Kent
Connect your business with great graduates today.
Partner with us to find students and graduates to enhance your business
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Recruit our graduates
Our careers and employability team can help you to add a Kent graduate to your team.
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Offer a placement or internship
Benefit from our students' enthusiasm, energy, hard work and new ways of thinking.
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Attend a Careers Fair
A great opportunity to engage with the best students and graduates from the south east.
Our award-winning careers and employability team work with our students to develop skills beyond their degree focusing on what matters to businesses. Here's what they'll bring to your business.
We've matched these companies with our talented students and graduates
#MadeinKent
Kent graduates are confident, creative, innovative and resilient, as well as culturally and globally aware.
Ka Yee Mak, Journalism
"Working at KMTV will help me massively in the future."
Ka Yee Mak is in the third year of her Journalism degree at Kent. She’s undertaking an internship at television channel KMTV.
Rachel Staines, Forensic Science
"My placement helped to align my experience, studies and what I wanted to do."
Rachel gained a first-class BSc (Hons) in Forensic Science with a Year in Industry and graduated in 2016. She now works at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) as a quality control analyst.
Pranav Mehra, Business Administration
"Kent gave me a great platform to make myself extremely employable."
Pranav came to Kent through Clearing. He now manages a team for the British recruitment firm Robert Walters in Tokyo.
Ayo Rajitola, Computer Systems Engineering
"Placement students get two visits from the University’s placement team."
Ayo is in her final year of studying Computer Systems Engineering with a Year in Industry.
Ellie Carswell, French and Italian
"I attended Kent’s Careers Fair where I spoke with the company I work for now."
Ellie graduated in 2018 with a BA (Hons) in French and Italian. She is now working in the construction industry.
Harry Wilton, Comparative Literature
"The Careers Service offer guidance and support."
Harry graduated in 2017 with a BA (Hons) in Comparative Literature. He now works as a publicist in areas including music, comedy, film and publishing.
Katrine Burford-Bradshaw, Wildlife Conservation
"The placement has really focused me on where I want to go in my career."
Katrine is in her final year studying Wildlife Conservation. Here she talks about her experiences during her year in professional practice in India.
Making the connections that matter
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Placements in the School of Computing
From local councils to tech companies, we help our students find the right placement for them.
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Partnerships with Kent Business School
Advice, networking, placements and consultancy projects to support your organisation.
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The Business Start-up Journey
Students can develop their entrepreneurial skills and prepare to start their own venture.
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Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
Professor Darren Griffiths talks about the benefits of a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP).
