Career resources for student nurses and newly registered nurses
Whether you're looking to apply for your first nursing role or gain work as a healthcare assistant alongside your studies, our careers resources can help you to improve your employability and be job ready.
Free webinar: Interview skills and techniques (14th July 2025 at 14:30)
This webinar is designed to help RCN members enhance their interview technique and confidence.
Stand out and get shortlisted for your dream job.
Guest speakers offer advice and tips on CVs, applications, interviews, and being assessed for emotional intelligence.
Exploring careers within Social Care: Complex Domiciliary Care.
Insights into careers in complex domiciliary care, highlighting the skills, challenges, and rewards of supporting people in their homes.
Ace your interview: expert tips for success.
Experts cover the interview process, tips for preparing, and how to master the STAR technique when answering questions.
Using AI to help with your career
Advice on using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help with career planning, career exploration, career research, or even interview preparation.
Job searching
How and where to start searching for jobs, networking and using social media.
Transferable skills
Find out why they're important and how to use them to get your next job.
Career Coaching
Find out how career coaching can help student and newly registered nurses
Become a student ambassador
Our network of student ambassadors work on the ground to support and share information with student members.
As a student ambassador, you’ll get regular updates, access to specialist groups and networking opportunities. It’s a great way to become more ready for that all-important first nursing job.
As a student ambassador, you’ll get regular updates, access to specialist groups and networking opportunities. It’s a great way to become more ready for that all-important first nursing job.
Online advice for students
- accountability
- practice placements
- assessments
- failures / resits / appeals
- raising concerns,
- working as a HCA, and more.
Students: Thinking About Your Career
Use this resource for guidance on choosing and applying for your first role as a registered nurse.
Looking for inspiration?
Get a feel for different roles within the four pillars of nursing: clinical, leadership, education and research.
Career progression tips
Are you looking to take the next step in your career? We have a range of tips and ideas to help you develop as a professional.
Join the UK's largest union and professional body for nursing
Whether you're a nurse, midwife, HCA, AP or student, you can get a huge range of benefits when you join the RCN.
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