Information for employers
How to promote your organisation and recruit Oxford students.
The Careers team at Oxford University aims to enable organisations to promote opportunities effectively and make contact with the most appropriate students.
We offer a wide range of services to support organisations of all sizes at any stage of the recruitment process. From working with multi-national corporations looking for 200 new graduates this year to local start-up companies interested in recruiting research scientists, the Careers Student and Employer Engagement Team and expert careers advisers are here to help.
Start by using CareerConnect
Open only to Oxford University students, researchers, and alumni, CareerConnect is where you can list events and advertise jobs and internships.
The Employer Engagement Network at Oxford
Organisations looking to recruit and build their brand at Oxford University are invited to join the Oxford University Careers Employer Engagement Network (EEN). EEN members benefit from recruiting insights, discounts on targeted emails and careers fair bookings, and more.
BOOKLET: A Guide for Employers Recruiting at Oxford
Find out how to collaborate with the Careers team and recruit graduates, host interns, and promote your organisation at the University of Oxford.
Promoting your organisation
The Oxford recruitment market is very crowded. Last year there were more opportunities promoted on our vacancy system than there were students leaving Oxford to enter work. So new entrants to this crowded market need to find ways to raise their profile to gain recognition. It can take two to three years to build a recruitment profile and programme at Oxford.
Prioritising in-person engagement and taking advantage of some of the opportunities below is key to success, as is taking a multi-year approach, especially coming to Oxford as a relatively unknown entity. Please look at the opportunities below and reach out to us on [email protected] to discuss how we can support your unique challenges around engaging with Oxford students.
Reaching Oxford University students, researchers and alumni
Find out how to advertise your vacancies on our CareerConnect system and how to recruit interns through our popular internship programmes exclusive to Oxford University students.
Engaging with Careers, University of Oxford
The Careers mission is to enable students to make well informed decisions about their career. As part of this, we are actively exploring ways to help students learn about organisations’ approaches to sustainability. Upon registration on our CareerConnect system, employers are asked details of their sustainability credentials.
We recommend that employers who are interested in engaging with us read the Understanding Oxford briefing, which details the university structure, its terms, and a look at the student population.
Organisations intending to take advantage of a number of opportunities to engage with students can benefit from becoming members of our Employer Engagement Network. Membership offers a wide range of benefits, including targeted communications to students interested in your industry sector, first refusal rights on panels and skills sessions,
Help Current Students
Support current Oxford University students by offering skills sessions, mock interviews, and more.
Collaborative Projects with Oxford Students
Careers runs learning and development programmes which allow organisations of all sizes, locally and globally to offer students short, free, collaborative projects.
Verifying qualifications
As an employer or potential employer, you can check the degree status of University of Oxford graduates and students securely online. Please see further information on the Verifying Qualifications webpage and on the eDocuments and eDocuments FAQ pages.