About the Employability Service
At ARU, you’ll have a friendly Employability Service by your side from your first term through to life after graduation.
We bring together specialist teams to help you explore your options, build confidence, and take practical steps toward the future you want.
What we do for you
- Careers advice and planning with qualified advisers, plus workshops and employer events to grow your skills and confidence.
- Practical help with job searching, CVs and applications, and interview and assessment centre preparation.
- Support if you’re on (or considering) a placement year, including help to understand the process and apply.
- Enterprise support through the Anglia Ruskin Enterprise Academy if you want to start a business or freelance.
- Opportunities and on campus roles via ARU Temps, our recruitment agency.
- Wider employer engagement through our dedicated teams.
Meet the team
You’ll have support from dedicated advisers aligned to your area of study and campus, so guidance is always relevant to your course and ambitions.
Our service includes:
- the Employability and Careers Team
- the Placements and Employer Engagement Team
- AREA (our enterprise academy)
- ARU Temps recruitment agency.
How to get started
- Book a one-to-one appointment on Handshake at a time that suits you (ARU login required). In-person and online appointments available.
- Come to our drop-in for quick questions – available on every campus. See drop-in days and times (ARU login required).
- Email us any time: [email protected]
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Graduate achievements
Our graduates go on to achieve amazing things. The most recent Graduate Outcomes Survey shows many securing jobs in their chosen fields or going on to postgraduate study. This reflects the value of an ARU degree and the support available to help you succeed.