Graduate Careers In Edinburgh

Seeking employment after graduation

Stay on after graduating and you’ll be joining a huge, vibrant population of ex-students. It’s a community that’s strong-minded and highly skilled – a higher proportion of graduates live here than anywhere else in Scotland. This will continue to attract inward investment into the spheres in which Edinburgh’s residents live, work and play.

Edinburgh city region is an ideal place to start your career, with many key sectors such as financial services, creative industries, science and technology and tourism all growing and looking for new talent.

The case studies featured in this section can give you some examples of how local and international graduates have found work with some world-leading companies. We also feature advice from recruitment consultants, Graduates for Growth and Denholm Associates.

With such a wealth of educational institutions, many companies support their staff’s continuing development with further courses and study opportunities.

The area is also an excellent place to start a business – we give you links to websites that can help with grants and advice.