Careers and Employability Taught Postgraduate Students Tom McAndrew Careers & Employment Service

1. Careers and Employability Taught Postgraduate Students Tom McAndrew Careers & Employment Service

2. Content • Career Timeline • Applying for jobs • Further study • Employability Programme for 2010/2011 www.exeter.ac.uk/employability

4. Career Timeline: Postgraduate • Submit applications • Attend interviews • Start job or course www.exeter.ac.uk/employability

5. Career timeline • Where are you now? • Self knowledge • What can I do with my postgraduate course? • Matching • Work experience • Develop Employability skills • CV • Explore work and/or further study www.exeter.ac.uk/employability

6. Applying for Jobs: general Stating the obvious : • Importance of good applications • Closing dates www.exeter.ac.uk/employability

7. Labour Market • 17.9% more graduates taken on in 2010 than in 2009 (top graduate schemes) • Most areas growing except for law and public sector • 45 applicants on average for each graduate scheme (70 for oil and energy companies) • Lowest number of applicants for accountancy and professional services (15)

8. Investment banks , high street banks, accountancy and professional services recruitment up by a third • Average graduate salary £29,000 • Top graduate salary £42,000 • In 2011 similar picture to this year predicted Source: High Fliers Research June 2010

9. Jobs: vacancies www.ex.ac.uk/employability • Jobsurfing • Prospects • Gradsouthwest • Targetjobs • Specialist sites and links www.exeter.ac.uk/employability

10. Jobs: occupations and employers • Careers Information Room • Free Directories • Files • Reference books www.exeter.ac.uk/employability

11. Jobs: occupations and employers www.ex.ac.uk/employability • ‘I want to work in…….’ • What can I do with my degree? • Your Masters ...what next? • Prospects • Targetjobs • Specialist sites and links www.exeter.ac.uk/employability

12. Postgraduate study • Why do further PG study? • Another taught programme vs research • Academic vs vocational • Who pays? • Career prospects? www.exeter.ac.uk/employability

13. Employability Programme • Workshops (jobhunting) • Effective applications • CVs • Interviews • The Interview Experience • Assessment Centres • Understanding Psychometric tests www.exeter.ac.uk/employability

14. Employability Programme • Workshops (general) • Negotiation • Time management • Many employer led www.exeter.ac.uk/employability

15. Employability Programme • Mock Interviews • Psychometric Test on line • Widen Your Options www.exeter.ac.uk/employability

16. Employability Programme • Careers Fairs • Careers and Placement 26 and 27 Oct • Law 3 and 4 Nov • Virtual 11 Oct to 10 Dec • Employer Presentations www.exeter.ac.uk/employability

17. Employability Programme CV Prize Draw On line Application Form Competition Floella Benjamin Career Development Award Exeter Award / Leaders Award www.exeter.ac.uk/employability

19. Last minute work experience • Community Action • Term Time Working (The Works) • Involvement in Societies www.exeter.ac.uk/employability

20. Small change, big difference.. Good quality CV / Cover Letter and Application Forms www.exeter.ac.uk/employability

21. Where to get help • Careers and Employment Service Reed Mews (Opposite Student Health Centre) Phone 724493 9:00 to 5:00 (10:00 to 5:00 Wednesday) careers@exeter.ac.uk • T.M.McAndrew@careers.ac.uk www.exeter.ac.uk/employability