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Career Support is immediately on commencement and remains available to students even after they have graduated from the programme, and we continue to support our alumni throughout their coding careers.

Yes. Your support kicks in from day one, with new students getting immediate access to the careers hub. Your first formal 1:1 meeting with your career consultant typically happens after you send in your second project.

Generally, we advise our students to get into their studies before applying for roles in software development. Ultimately, it’s up to you, but we recommend waiting until you have completed the fourth portfolio project on our programme. Many of our students are hired in advance of graduation.

First, it’s essential to realise that your non-coding skills can be just as important as your coding skills. Employers are looking for well-rounded people with experience in areas such as communication, leadership and more. Regarding your technical skills, the portfolio of projects that you complete with Code Institute will become very important, as these, along with your GitHub profile, show off your abilities. When you are a student on our programme, our Careers team is in place to help guide you on this journey. They will talk to you about best-practice for your CV, interviews, and more.

As part of our career programme, we strive to introduce our students to numerous employers and hiring partners. We host weekly recruitment webinars, hackathons and events with our employment partners, and the aim is to introduce you to the people that are hiring and looking for people just like you. In addition, we share new roles daily on our internal channels.

Hackathons are a fantastic chance for our students to collaborate. They occur regularly and involve each group building web solutions around particular topics. This usually includes websites, design, landing pages, etc. It is an amazing way to learn and see what it’s like to work as a developer. In addition, it will expose you to collaborative working environments.

Hackathons happen regularly in Code Institute. They occur approximately ten to twelve times per annum. You can be part of a team as soon as you join the program.

Our Masterclasses cover ten separate topics designed to teach you about different areas of changing careers. Masterclasses will cover areas such as; CV building, LinkedIn, Interviews, Technical interviews, Presenting yourself as a potential employee, etc.

Yes! The Career Team runs monthly alumni seminars that give students a chance to connect with Code Institute alumni and hear about their new careers post-graduation. Another way to engage with alumni is through the Code Institute Slack channels. It’s a really active and friendly community.

As the world is more open now than ever to remote working, opportunities have grown exponentially for people no longer based in cities or towns. In software development, the main requirements are having the skills to code, good & stable internet, and being willing to put in the hard graft.
Even before the pandemic, software development was a more accepted role for remote staff. While some companies will require people to work from a city-based office, the popularity of remote working is now bigger than ever.

This varies from country to country. Junior developers are traditionally well-paid globally. See this blog to get an idea of reported salaries in various regions. Please note that these are reported average salaries, and they will vary from employer to employer. A lot is also dependent on how you put yourself forward as a candidate for a role and salary discussions.

Yes. The vast majority of our graduates and students are career changers.

Yes. This service is available to all our students through their Code Institute career coaches. We find that your CV is incredibly important, which is why we also cover them through masterclasses, meetings and other forms of content. In addition, there is a formal 1:1 arranged to include this review.

Yes. That is one of the aims of the Careers Team. It is ultimately you who builds your network. We will make the opportunities available to you, introduce industry professionals and show you best practice procedures to build your network.

Yes, our career coaches can help you with this. We also cover interviews in our masterclasses and other content available to you. We can also arrange 1:1s for specific pre-interview prep sessions.