The Careers and Employability Service’s Career Readiness process helps students reflect on how prepared they are for life after university.
As part of online registration and re-registration, students will answer a few questions about their career development. This helps us provide the right support at the right time.
What will students be asked?
Students will be asked to:
- Select the Employability Enhancing Experiences they have completed in the past 12 months.
- Select experiences they would like to undertake in the next 12 months.
- Rate their career confidence against four statements.
- Identify areas where they would like further support.
See the Career Readiness questions
How will we use the information?
Your responses help us plan relevant careers support and provide targeted information and opportunities based on your interests and support needs.
Make the most of Career Readiness
Be honest when completing the questions and look out for our Career Readiness emails, which will include opportunities and advice based on your responses.
Look out for our email newsletters which will have this header and will be packed full of information based on your Career Readiness preferences:
Emails will be sent from careers@abdn.ac.uk - add this address to your safe senders list.
You can also access personalised careers advice through Developing Your Career Readiness on .
Log in with your University ID and password, then go to Dashboard → Developing your Career Readiness.
Questions?
For further information, contact careers@abdn.ac.uk
Career Readiness questions
- Question 1: Past Employability Enhancing Experiences
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From the following statements please select the employability enhancing experiences you are currently undertaking or have undertaken in the last 12 months (tick all that apply):
- placement/internship (as a formal part of my studies)
- placement/internship (not as a formal part of my studies)
- part-time work or holiday job
- full-time work
- volunteering
- running my own business
- mentoring programme
- entrepreneurial/enterprise activity (e.g., business ideas competition, social enterprise opportunity, bootcamp, incubation programme)
- Co-curricular programme/skills development programme run by the university (e.g., ABDNConnect, Career Mentoring Programme)
- accredited qualification/award (e.g., online course (e.g., FutureLearn/LinkedIn), chartership, certification (e.g., first aid/coaching), ILM, Duke of Edinburgh, International Award)
- go abroad programme (e.g., study exchange, traineeship, international exchange, Turing, Santander)
- employer insight day/programme or job shadowing
- employer event (e.g., career fair, networking event)
- Question 2: Future Employability Enhancing Experiences
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From the following options, please select all employability enhancing experiences you would like to undertake in the next 12 months, so that we can provide you with the right types of support (tick all that apply):
- placement/internship (as a formal part of my studies)
- placement/internship (not as a formal part of my studies)
- part-time work or holiday job
- full-time work
- volunteering
- running my own business
- mentoring programme
- entrepreneurial/enterprise activity (e.g., business ideas competition, social enterprise opportunity, bootcamp, incubation programme)
- Co-curricular programme/skills development programme run by the university (e.g., ABDNConnect, Career Mentoring Programme)
- accredited qualification/award (e.g., online course (e.g., FutureLearn/LinkedIn), chartership, certification (e.g., first aid/coaching), ILM, Duke of Edinburgh, International Award)
- go abroad programme (e.g., study exchange, traineeship, international exchange, Turing, Santander)
- employer insight day/programme or job shadowing
- employer event (e.g., career fair, networking event)
- Question 3: Confidence ratings
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Please rate your confidence against the following statements (No confidence, Low confidence, Some confidence, High confidence):
- I understand how my skills, values and motivations relate to my professional development and career growth.
- I can plan the development of my skills, experiences and career next steps.
- I am able to identify suitable opportunities for work experience, graduate jobs and/or further study.
- I can describe and share my skills, experiences and achievements effectively (e.g., via CVs, applications, LinkedIn profile and interviews).
- Question 4: Support
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Please select which of the following areas of support you would like access to in the next 12 months (tick all that apply):
- Understanding how my skills, values and motivations relate to my professional development and career growth.
- Planning the development of my skills, experiences and career next steps.
- Identifying suitable opportunities for work experience, graduate jobs and/or further study.
- Describing and sharing my skills, experiences and achievements effectively (e.g., via CVs, applications, LinkedIn profile and interviews).
Data dashboards
- Current Career Readiness Data
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This data is collected from all UG and PgT students as part of the e-registration process each year. Select the dashboard below you wish to view data for:
- Academic year 2026-27 (eReg year: 2026):
- Academic year 2025-26 (eReg year: 2025):
- Academic year 2024-25 (eReg year: 2024):
- Academic year 2023-24 (eReg year: 2023):