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Mapping your employability journey

Find out how to plan your career journey using the Employability Map.

Discover your journey


Career planning can feel overwhelming and it helps to break it down into small manageable steps. There are plenty of opportunities here at Bath for you to enhance your skills, gain experience and build your confidence but you may be unsure where to start or what to do. The employability map can help.

The map contains ideas for how to increase your employability during your time here at Bath and help give direction on how to develop your professional profile. Consider it your guide to throughout your journey and not a step-by-step map.

Find the full map here
Two cartoon people holding a banner that has three shapes on it that represent Discover, Focus and Act.

Helpful resources

Find some helpful resources included on our map


Understanding your stage in your journey


In careers, we break a student's journey into 3 steps: Discover, Focus and Act. Loosely, Discover is aimed at first years, Focus is aimed at second years and Act is aimed at final years. However, these stages aren't strict. Moving backwards and forwards through the stages may be part of finding the right career for you. Its alright to be far ahead or not be at the corresponding stage of your journey. Your future is unique to you to explore one step at a time.

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Explore the map

You can watch the video showing the map


Start your employability journey

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