Careers Service

The LSE Careers Service provides a varied and comprehensive careers guidance and employment service for students and staff seeking information on graduate employment and further study. Come and visit us!

News

Breaking News
New visa regulations introduced to replace IGS News
LSE City Fast Track 2008 News
Penguin Publishing Traineeship News
Vacancies in operation research for GORS News
Cabinet Office looking for students to take part in trials News
• Research skills online for PhDs News
• ippr policy competition - Public sector & Policy News
• Win £500 and enhance your CV with an Intern Day at BT News
• The Times and Herbert Smith launch advocacy competition News
Study Tour of Japan for European Youth 2008 News
• SHL Interview style test trials News
• ESRC funded social science workplace experience programme 2008 PhD News

Generation Y sees work-life balance and happy, motivated and varied careers as central to their future  Article about a seminar entitled Kids Today, Leaders Tomorrow held at the London Business School on 8 July. One attendee, Ahsan Naqvi, who lives in Dubai but comes originally from Pakistan and is a first year student at the London School of Economics, said that ‘success is something people should aspire to but not at the expense of happiness.’ Read article

How to find a job for masters students
Starting to look for work? Missed the presentation in career development month?  You can now download a copy of the presentation, with lots of advice about how to market your skills as a masters graduate: How to find a job for masters students   Also available, Excel at interviews and Application forms

LSE City Fast Track 2008
LSE Careers Service is delighted to bring together a number of City experts to improve your understanding of the City and its role in the international markets.
This flagship three day programme - City Fast Track - will be a chance for you to gain a thorough understanding of investment banking, to demystify some of the technical jargon, and network with people who work in the different divisions. It will be of benefit to those students with a genuine interest in a finance career. For more information about the programme and how to apply please see City Fast Track 2008

China careers fairs 2008 - updates!
The 2008 LSE China careers fairs have been announced! Booking for the fairs opens on 1st May. For further information, including application details take a look at LSE China careers fairs 2008

Summer internships 2008 
Looking to boost your skills?  Got some free time this summer?  Take a look at the brand new list of exciting start-ups currently looking for LSE students for placements this summer.  See Entrepreneurship Internship - summer internships 2008

 

Patrons of the LSE Careers Service

LSE Patrons
Accenture | Allen & Overy | Amlin | Bain Capital | Bank of America | Bank of England | Barclays Capital | BDO Stoy Hayward | Bloomberg | BNP Paribas | Booz Allen Hamilton | Boston Consulting Group | BP | The Capital Group Companies | Citi | Clifford Chance | The College of Law | Credit Suisse | DeloitteDeutsche Bank | Dewey & LeBoeuf | Dresdner Kleinwort | Ernst & Young | Fidelity International | Fortis Investments | Frontier Economics | FSA | Goldman Sachs | GSC Solicitors | Government of Singapore Investment | Herbert Smith | Honeywell | HSBC | ICI | JP Morgan | KPMG | Latham & Watkins | Lehman Brothers | Linklaters | Macquarie | Markit | McKinsey & Company | Merrill Lynch | Monitor Group | Morgan Stanley | OC&C Strategy Consultants | Oliver Wyman | Oxera | RWE npower | Procter & Gamble | PWC | Royal Bank of Scotland | Shell | Societe Generale | Standard Chartered Bank | Swiss Re | Travers Smith | UBS | White and Case LLP

 


 

Quick Links

Venture@LSE Careers
LSE Volunteer Centre
LSE Internships
Graduate Destinations
The Finalists blog
 

 

Address and contacts

LSE Careers Service
Room W610
Tower 3
Houghton Street
London WC2A 2AZ

Tel:  +44 (0)20 7955 7135
Fax: +44 (0)20 7955 6846

Opening hours:
Mondays to Thursdays 10am - 5pm
Fridays 11am - 5pm during term and vacations
(except when LSE is closed)

General Queries: careers@lse.ac.uk
Employers:  career.events@lse.ac.uk

We are grateful to Oliver Wyman for sponsoring the Careers Brochure 2007/8

We are grateful to Citi for sponsoring How to write a Curriculum vitae

We are grateful to Deloitte for sponsoring How to complete application forms

 

 

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