Guidance & Careers
Graduate Employment Follow-Up
A graduate employment follow-up is a conversation held some months after graduation to find out what the former student is doing now: a job, further study, a job search or something else. It helps the school support those who struggle and learn how its programmes prepare people for work. Here are the questions to ask, in an order that stays kind to graduates who have not yet found their place.
17 questions
When to use this template
- A few months after graduation, to check on how former students are settling in.
- When a graduate has not found a job and could benefit from advice or contacts.
- As part of the school's regular follow-up of its graduates, so the programme can be improved with real feedback.
- Again after about a year, to see how the career path is taking shape.
Questions to ask
Where you are now
- 01What are you doing at the moment?
- 02How would you describe the months since graduating?
- 03How do you feel about your current situation?
- 04Is it what you imagined when you finished your studies?
The route to your first role
- 05How did you look for work or further study?
- 06What helped you most in that search?
- 07What was harder than you expected?
- 08If you are still looking, how can we help you now?
Your work or further study
- 09What do you do in a typical week?
- 10Which parts of your studies do you use most in practice?
- 11Which skills were you missing when you started?
- 12How well did your programme prepare you for this step?
Looking back and looking ahead
- 13What would you tell a student about to finish the same programme?
- 14What should we change in the programme or in how we support students?
- 15Where would you like to be in two or three years?
- 16Would you be willing to share your experience with current students?
- 17How would you like to stay in touch with us?
Tips for a useful conversation
- Open with a neutral question such as “what are you doing now?” so graduates without a job do not feel judged.
- Tell graduates how their answers will be used and whether they will be shared in any form that identifies them.
- Ask about the job search and the first weeks of work as well as the outcome, since this is where the programme can help most.
- Offer help to graduates who are struggling: a contact, a workshop or a CV review, instead of only collecting data.
- Compare answers across graduating classes to spot patterns in what the programme prepares well and what it does not.
Mistakes to avoid
- Reducing the conversation to a yes or no question about whether the graduate has a job.
- Calling too early, before graduates have had time to settle, or so late that contact is lost.
- Collecting feedback on the programme and never telling graduates what changed.
- Forgetting graduates who chose further study, an entrepreneurial path or a break.
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