Helping you make the most of LSST
LSST’s Careers and Employability Service assists you in preparing for your future. Regardless of what you are studying or what campus you are at, our skilled team is here to guide you at LSST and after you graduate.
Our impartial, informed and professional advice, through one-to-one meetings, workshops or focused appointments will help progress your employability aspirations and goals. We are passionate about developing new skills and experiences and providing expert advice.
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Careers Support
All of our appointments are designed with you in mind, we want to support you to the next stage of your professional journey. You can book all of these appointments via Handshake (https://joinhandshake.co.uk/) or you can just drop by your careers officer’s desk and see if they have availability to see you. Don’t worry if you don’t see exactly what you’re looking for here, our officers can support you with whatever you need relating to your future career.
CV and Career Guidance Appointment
If you are looking for a CV check or have a quick question, such as information on places to look for jobs, please book this appointment. This appointment will include career guidance and career planning.
LinkedIn Profile Support Appointment
Get personalised support from your career adviser to improve your LinkedIn profile. Whether you want to boost your professional image, connect with others, or attract employers, our adviser will help you achieve your goals. Book your appointment now to enhance your online presence and grow your career opportunities.
Interview Practice
This is a chance for LSST students to take part in a mock interview and receive support. It will help build your confidence and get you used to the kind of broader questions you may be asked. Please book the appointment at least 48 hours in advance of your upcoming interview so you can be sent some interview questions and have time to come up with answers and practice. Don’t worry if you are not confident with your answers, we will go over them in the appointment.
Graduate and Alumni Appointment
This appointment is for LSST graduates and alumni from all faculties. It is designed as a general appointment covering a range of different queries. Reasons why you may book this appointment could include CV checks, career guidance, application support, interview advice, ideas for job searching strategies, recommended resources, and more.
Enterprise Advice Appointment
Receive personalised guidance for your business goals in an appointment with our career adviser. Whether you’re launching a startup or expanding your enterprise, our adviser is here to help. Book now to get the support you need for your entrepreneurial journey.
All these appointments can be booked via Handshake (https://joinhandshake.co.uk/), our new platform for everything careers!
Handshake
Sign up to Handshake (https://joinhandshake.co.uk/) today to access exclusive job opportunities, resources, events, book appointments and much more. All you need in order to access your account is your LSST email address.
Here is how to make the most out of your Handshake account:
You should already have an account if you’re a current student so just input your student email address if you’re a graduate, use your preferred personal email address.
You will then be asked for a verification code that’s sent to your email. Once this has been entered you will be able to access your Handshake account and get yourself in front of thousands of employers!
Struggling to access your account? Email careers@lsst.ac or speak to your campus careers officers today who will be happy to help you set it up.
Once logged in you will see the dashboard where you can access everything from jobs, events, resources and more. You should click the ‘Make your profile stand out’ button first and fill in all the information to allow employers to see who you are and what you’re looking for.
If you click on the career centre, you should see this page. From here you can view a number of informational posts from our careers team to level up your knowledge and you can book a number of different appointments with our careers team for whatever it is you might need.
Alumni
Congratulations on completing your degree with LSST! Now that you’ve finished your degree we’d love to keep in touch. You can come back to us for support with your career for up to 2 years after you’ve finished studying with us, giving you plenty of opportunity to get the support you need in moving into your preferred career!
Handshake
As a graduate of LSST, you have lifetime access to our Handshake careers platform that offers you links to employers, job opportunities, resources and appointments with our careers officers. You can sign up for the platform by following this link
Alumni Events
We want to develop our alumni engagement further by inviting you back for events to reconnect with your former classmates and inspire our future students. If you’d be interested in speaking to students about your life after LSST or joining us for any events, email careers@lsst.ac to stay informed of opportunities.
First Destination Survey
On official completion of your degree, you will be emailed a survey for you to fill out asking what you are planning to do next and what you felt you got out of your degree. You will have a 45-day deadline to fill the survey out before the careers team will be following up to try and ascertain the information but you do not have to provide any information if you do not wish to.
LSST Graduate Outcome Survey
8 months after the official completion of your degree you will be emailed a survey for you to fill out asking what you doing now and how we might be able to support you further. You will have a 45-day deadline to fill the survey out before the careers team will be following up if you don’t respond to try and ascertain the information but you do not have to provide any information if you do not wish to.
Official Graduate Outcome Survey
After 15 months post-graduation, the Higher Education Standards Authority will contact you by phone, email or text to ask you to complete the official graduate outcomes survey. We encourage you to fill out the survey with honesty as it will help us to improve and see where our graduates are at after finishing their degree with us.
Events
you can see our fully updated events calendar for the whole year via Handshake (https://joinhandshake.co.uk/)
At LSST we have events throughout the academic year from visits to employers, guest speakers, careers fairs and much more. Take a look below at some of our best and biggest events over the past year.Careers Fairs
Jobs fairs are a regular occurrence at LSST happening in October/November and again in February/March. We aim to bring in a wide variety of employers and have something for everyone. At recent events we’ve hosted Leonardo Hotels, RSM UK, Protocol Education, Metropolitan Police, Marks & Spencer, National Careers Service, Barclays, Brent Council, the NHS and many more companies looking to hire our students.
Guest Speakers
We have many guest speakers at LSST covering topics such as marketing, entrepreneurship, getting into the NHS, jobs in the charity sector, jobs in policing, CV and cover letter advice and many more from professionals in the field to enhance your learning and allowing you to network externally. All of our campuses receive similar guest speakers so that all of our students get a great learning experience.
Employer Visits
Employer visits are a new part of the careers service events offering but in 2024 they are proving to be a hit already. 28 students took a tour of Amazon and got to take part in a Q&A with their design and engineering team. We also had a trip to NCMT to take part in their open day, network with professionals and see their machines in action. These trips will become more frequent in the years ahead as we want all of our students to be able to get out and see the professional workplace while being able to further network.
How do I as a student get involved?
The easiest way to find out about the events going on is to speak to your careers officer but we will be posting all of our events to Handshake where you’ll be able to register for them. You should also see posters up around the campuses advertising what’s on each month so do make the effort to come if you can!
Meet the team
Choosing a career path can be overwhelming for students, but our Careers and Employability Service can help even if you do not have a clear goal.
I am a dedicated and passionate careers leader and strategist with a strong foundation background in supporting people back into work. With 4 years of experience in guiding students towards successful career paths, I am committed to empowering individuals to achieve their professional goals through a combination of labour market knowledge and career development strategies. With several years of experience delivering employability contracts and building long-lasting employer relationships, I aim to bring more opportunities and higher outcomes for all of our students across our campuses.
You can reach me via email at james.platt@lsst.ac for personalised career guidance or call the student support office on 0121 643 6774 Ext: 229
I am a dedicated and passionate Career and Employability Coordinator with a strong foundation in psychology. With 3 years of experience in guiding students towards successful career paths, I am committed to empowering individuals to achieve their professional goals through a combination of psychological insights and career development strategies. Using my psychology background, I provide personalised career guidance, assisting students in identifying their strengths, interests, and values to make informed career decisions. I have conducted engaging workshops that focus on developing essential skills such as CV building, interview preparation, and ensuring students are prepared for the job market. Through building strong partnerships with local and national employers, my goal is to create valuable internship and job opportunities for LSST students.
You can reach me via email at foteini.meleti@lsst.ac for personalised career guidance or call +44 (0) 208 017 4257 Extension: 641.
Our Careers and Employability Services supports LSST students with vital information regarding their career choices while studying at LSST. I am the career and employability officer within the Luton Campus at LSST. Our career service provides all the information candidates need to make informed decisions regarding their chosen careers. Our team engages in many different aspects such as reviewing CVs, interview preparation and engaging with employers. We are all here to help you achieve the essential employment you would wish to have! We are present here to help you apply for jobs, understand the job market gap, know your employers beforehand and get the best out of your careers and employability officer within your campus while helping you explore all of the diverse actions of the career’s aspects.
You can reach me via email at sianat.mahmood@lsst.ac for personalised career guidance or call +44 (0)1582 729486.
As a Careers and Employability Officer, I am driven to support and develop our candidates to be able to achieve their full potential in their Career goals and aspirations. With my 3 years of experience in employability including mentoring and developing employability skills of individuals, I am passionate about going the extra mile ensuring the correct information, advice, and guidance is given to our candidates. By supporting on a one-to-one basis, looking at avenues to develop further education, and understanding the market as a new graduate, I am committed to developing employment opportunities with local employers for our students to embody, leading to higher outcomes and success within our campus.
For any further support you can contact via email harvinder.mehmi@lsst.ac or call the student support office on 0121 643 6774 Ext: 229.
I have 2 years of working in recruitment, both in the health care sector and in the energy sector. Using my background, I aim to support students with reaching their desired pathways. My background allows me to offer employer perspectives when discussing feedback and implementing this into CV’s, Cover Letters or applications. Building on values such as empathy, effective communication and work ethic, I can employ a person-centred approach. My knowledge around the employability sector is capitalised upon as I encourage students to harness their potential, in the endeavour to support students in actualising their desired career ambitions.
For any further support you can contact via email chloe.pearson@lsst.ac or call the student support office on 0121 643 6774 Ext: 229.
Employers
Here at LSST we are working with many employers across the UK to help them deliver on DEI targets and decrease their need for agency workers by eliminating their staff shortages. We mainly run business management and non-clinical health courses but our student’s interests and goals vary widely outside of the traditional pathways you might think of for these degrees.
Opportunities to get involved with us:
Free recruitment: If you are on Handshake (https://joinhandshake.co.uk/) already, please drop us a line at careers@lsst.ac and we’d be happy to approve your jobs for our student’s visibility. If you are not currently using the Handshake careers platform, you can get started by reaching out to our team on the email above. Handshake is a completely free platform for employers to post their vacancies and interact with students and Universities. Whatever opportunities you have on offer, we would like to invite you to join us on the platform, completely free of charge today!
On campus events: Alongside our virtual offering we have regular jobs fairs (October – November and March – April) at each of our campuses Luton, Birmingham and London. There is no charge to exhibit at these events and we welcome all organisations big or small as long as you have excellent opportunities for our students. We also like to welcome employers on an exclusive basis, allowing you to have the attention of our student base in a lecture-style event. Email careers@lsst.ac if you wish to attend any of these.
In the curriculum: Some of our modules throughout our curriculum benefit greatly from the influence of outside professional voices. We like to invite professionals from a wide variety of sectors to come in and expel their wisdom to our students. If you think you might be able to offer insights into your sector or specific area of expertise and want to enrich our students learning, reach out to careers@lsst.ac.
Campus Advisory Boards: We have Careers Advisory Boards at each of our campuses consisting of 8 – 10 individuals who have considerable experience in recruitment, careers, skills or other areas and or have excellent local networks. These boards come together twice per year to discuss LSST career offerings, giving advice on the local labour market and coming up with new innovative ways we can deliver excellent careers support to our students. It isn’t always the case but there are sometimes openings on the boards so if you are interested in supporting us in this manner, please email careers@lsst.ac.