Resources that we have to help you
Accessing Careers Support After You Graduate – Target Connect
Following graduation, you can continue to access the University of Greenwich Careers platform, Target Connect, for up to two years after you leave the University. This gives you continued access to careers support, employer opportunities and events while you transition into employment or further study.
You will receive an automated email from Target Connect with the subject line Target Connect graduate account in June or July to your Greenwich email account. This will allow you to continue to access the system with a personal email address. The steps below will allow you to login to Target Connect after you lose access to your Greenwich account 90 days after you finish University.
To access the system, visit https://greenwich.targetconnect.net
Select Graduate sign in and registration
Choose Register
Register using your personal (non‑university) email address
Once you have submitted your registration, a member of the Employability team will review your details and activate your account within 24 hours.
Important: Please ensure you register using your personal (non‑university) email address and include your student ID number, as you will lose access to your university email account after graduation.
With Target Connect you can:
- Book appointments with Employability Skills Advisors for CV reviews, application support, or interview preparation
- Register for events such as Careers Fairs, Employer Insight Days, and workshops or webinars
- Apply for opportunities including industrial placements, internships, and graduate jobs
Target Connect brings opportunities and learning resources together in one place, helping you to:
- Enhance your employability after graduation
- Navigate an easy‑to‑use careers platform
- Review your progress and track your employability journey
- Access a wider range of employers and graduate‑level job opportunities.
Career Pop-Ups
During term time you can head over to one of our weekly career pop-ups where you can speak to an advisor on a 1-2-1 basis and receive real-time feedback. There is no need to register beforehand.
Greenwich Campus
Monday, 12pm - 2pm in Stockwell Street Library
Wednesday, 1pm - 3pm in the Dreadnought building
Medway Campus
Tuesday, 1pm - 3pm in the Drill Hall Library
Support for Care Leavers and Care Experienced students
We encourage you to take advantage of the opportunities and support available through the following organisations to help you with your career and employability.
Drive Forward’s mission is to enable care experienced young people to achieve their full potential through sustainable employment. They support care-experienced young people aged 16-26 in London to transition from care into a career. They can provide 1:1 employability support through careers advice, CV and interview skills, mentoring and access to a network of over 20 corporate partners across the city who offer apprenticeships, internships and employment opportunities. To join Drive Forward and receive information on these opportunities you will need to complete their online application form.
The Care Leaver Covenant is funded by the Department for Education in England and is a national inclusion programme that supports care leavers aged 16 – 25 to live independently through opportunities covering internships, placements, employment, training, and support.
Organisations that sign up to the Covenant make a promise to provide additional support for those leaving care and the kitemark is a recognition of this work. Look on the website for a list of organisations and watch for this kitemark when applying for opportunities.
The Civil Service Care Leavers Internship Scheme
This flagship scheme, run by the UK Government, gives care leavers the chance to benefit from a 12-month paid internship in a central Government department/agency, with the possibility of the post being made permanent at the end of the 12 months.
Adverts are live on Civil Service Jobs early in May each year, with interviews scheduled from early July. Successful candidates are notified by the end of July. The scheme is open to young people who are aged 18 – 30, and satisfy other eligibility criteria.
For more information on this amazing opportunity for care leavers:
Email: Leavers.care@education.gov.uk
Twitter: @Dfecareers
Website: https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/civil-service-care-leavers-internship-scheme/
Support for Disabled Students
For some, transitioning from University to employment can be challenging. We have collated a list of resources to support our disabled students and graduates with this.
This is a Government fund which provides support to disabled employees in the workplace. The support can be in the form of funding for additional equipment needed at work, paying towards the cost of getting to work and/or a support worker to help with the day-to-day duties. Click to find out more about Access to Work and how to apply.
An ‘autistic majority’ company which employs autistic individuals as well as providing support and guidance to other companies to enable them to do the same. This includes a list of current job opportunities at Auticon. Click to find out more about Auticon and to explore current career opportunities.
Support for Blind and partially sighted graduate and undergraduates to find employment. This includes job hunting coaching, assistance with application forms, specialised interview practice and help with obtaining necessary assistive technology for work. Click to find out more about Blind in Business.
A specialist recruitment agency that connects disabled people with employers looking to employ disabled people. Evenbreak help disabled people to have equity in opportunities and choices to enter, progress and thrive in the world of work. Please click to find out more.
Employ Autism is an Ambitious About Autism campaign with the aim to increase better work opportunities for autistic people. This can be through their supported internship programme or through advice and guidance on the recruitment process. Click to find out more about Employ Autism.
A specialist recruitment agency which helps neurodivergent people find jobs. This includes support with the recruitment process such as completing applications and preparing for interviews. Enna also has a jobs board which details the latest vacancies. Click to find out more about Enna.
Exceptional Individuals | Neurodiverse Recruitment & Employee Support
A specialist recruitment agency which helps neurodivergent people find jobs. This includes support with the recruitment process such as completing applications and preparing for interviews. Exceptional Individuals also has a jobs board which details the latest vacancies.
Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID)
Advice, guidance and information on employment support for people who are Deaf, have hearing loss or have tinnitus. This includes support with finding work as well as support in the workplace. Click to find out more about RNID.