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Job Placement and Entrepreneurship

Orientamento e Job Placement

Taking your first steps towards the world of work or developing an innovative project requires guidance, skills and practical tools. The KTO – Job Placement and Entrepreneurship office of the University of Florence provides dedicated services and tailored opportunities to support your transition from university to the professional world, helping you to:

  • Strengthen soft skills required for an effective career transition and make informed career choices;
  • Connect directly with companies to facilitate job placement and explore new opportunities;
  • Develop an entrepreneurial mindset and engage with the culture of innovation;
  • Turn an idea into a concrete project through Impresa Campus Unifi, the University's programme dedicated to creativity and the culture of innovation.

Build your career path

The Career Guidance and Job Placement Service supports students and recent graduates of the University of Florence in entering the workforce, offering services and initiatives designed to:

  • build specific knowledge and skills to guide and support the transition from academic studies to work, fostering informed choices and boosting employability;
  • create opportunities to connect with the job market, encouraging participation in recruitment processes that can lead to employment.

Develop your ideas and start your business

The University of Florence offers you the opportunity to enhance your soft skills, learn how to manage innovative projects and engage with entrepreneurial culture through Impresa Campus Unifi, the programme dedicated to creativity and innovation.

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Upcoming events

Consult the relevant page on the Italian website

Direct meetings with companies (both remotely and in person) to get to know the market players, the professional opportunities offered and participate in dedicated selection events

Career Day Universities and companies meet

Individual online interviews with expert consultants for detailed review of your CV and cover letter, and to learn the most effective strategies for job interviews

Curriculum Vitae Check Mock interviews

Online courses to develop communication skills, write an effective CV and cover letter, prepare for selection interviews.

Training for work: build your future

Work‑orientation workshops, labs, meetings with companies and seminars: an innovative pathway designed to support the transition from university to the world of work.

Visit the project page to explore all SkillsUp activities and learn how to take part.

SkillsUp project (in Italian)

Short training sessions and practical exercises to define your career goals and develop practical strategies for your professional future.

Job orientation seminars and workshops (in Italian)

Postgraduate Jobs

Job offers - Almalaurea Extra-curricular internships Recruitment - Calls for applications Grants, awards and competitions promoded by external entities InPA public-sector recruitment portal

Rector’s Delegate for Job Placement
Francesco Grasso

School Delegates for Job Placement

A University Working Group is active, involving the School Delegates for Job Placement:

The delegates are engaged in:

  • self-training and continuous professional development in the theory and practice of university guidance;
  • study and research of an innovative theoretical and scientific model for the organization of the service;
  • harmonization of guidance procedures and tools;
  • organization of collective outbound guidance events;
  • comparison of practices and tools to foster innovative processes;
  • study of projects of general interest aimed at the continuous updating and improvement of OJP.