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The University of Kent Careers and Employability Service Bioscience Careers

Bruce Woodcock. The University of Kent Careers and Employability Service Bioscience Careers . What can I do with a Kent Bioscience Degree?. www.kent.ac.uk/careers/bioscience.htm. SCIENCE JOBS - more about these tomorrow!. Research & Development Clinical Scientists Biomedical Scientists

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The University of Kent Careers and Employability Service Bioscience Careers

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  1. Bruce Woodcock The University of KentCareers and Employability ServiceBioscience Careers

  2. What can I do with a Kent Bioscience Degree? www.kent.ac.uk/careers/bioscience.htm

  3. SCIENCE JOBS - more about these tomorrow! • Research & Development • Clinical Scientists • Biomedical Scientists • Pharmacologist & Toxicologist • Science Teaching • Production & Quality Assurance • Regulatory Affairs • Clinical Research Associate/Monitor • Information Scientist • Bioinformatics • Medical Sales Representative • Patent Examiner • Patent Agent • Scientific Administrator • Medical Communications and Science Writing • Doctor • Nursing & Physiotherapy

  4. Biomedical Scientists • Work in hospital and related laboratories - Blood Transfusion Service and veterinary laboratories.  • Provides analytical and advisory services to clinicians and other professionals, • Training lasts two years - may include secondment on a part-time MSc. • Few jobs are now advertised! Must inquire at local hospitals. • vacancy websitewww.careerscene.com • NHS Jobswww.nhsjobs.com • Talk to course lecturers from William Harvey & other local hospitals. www.kent.ac.uk/careers/workin/hospitalsci.htm

  5. Degree Class Percentages PhD MedicalSales Science Technician Research Teaching

  6. One third of graduate jobs accept any degree subject. BECAUSE: • Learn new skills quickly • Analyse & solve problems • Communicate well • Open to new ideas, adaptable and flexible • “Managers of change” • Accountancy and banking: need good A Level grades. Lots of jobs – PWC alone take 1,000 graduates a year • Computing • Teaching • Marketing and Sales • Retailing • Social Work • Personnel • NHS Management 26% of Kent Bioscientists get jobs outside science

  7. CHOOSING A CAREER Prospects Planner: powerful career choice program www.prospects.ac.uk/links/PPlanner Choosing a career web pages www.kent.ac.uk/careers/Choosing/ChoosingCareer.htm Information on many different careers www.kent.ac.uk/careers/workin.htm

  8. WHAT SKILLS DO BIOSCIENTISTS NEED? - GSK • Presentation skills • Teamworking • Computing Skills • Time Management/organising skills • People skills • Report writing/documentation of experiments • Laboratory experience • Problem solving skills

  9. VACATION WORK • www.kent.ac.uk/careers/vacwork.htm • Science internshipswww.kent.ac.uk/careers/ScienceJobs.htm • Science Recruitment Agencies www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sitephar.htm#ScientificRecAgencies • Speculative CVs to firms in your area • Vacancy database: www.kent.ac.uk/careers/jobs

  10. If you can’t get a science placement ……… • Do something outside science that develops your teamworking/organising/ problem-solving skills • BUNACwww.bunac.org.uk Summer work in the USA, Canada, Australia, Jamaica and Ghana • Camp Americawww.campamerica.co.uk • Camp Counsellors USA and Work Experience USAwww.ccusa.com • CIEEwww.ciee.org work experience in the USA, Canada, Australia and NZ

  11. Moodle Science Careers Employability Award • Much lower unemployment rate for graduates who completed the award last yearwww.kent.ac.uk/careers/moodle.htm#subject • I won’t have any sympathy if you come to see me when you graduate without a job and haven’t bothered to do the award!

  12. Moodle Careers Employability Award www.kent.ac.uk/careers/moodle.htm#subject

  13. The amount of time put into this is astounding! I actually spoke to friends from other universities who said they wished they had something like this. I enjoyed the depth of the module. It went far beyond some general tips on how to write a good CV and prepare for an interview. Rather it went in to detail about the whole process of graduate job search from the beginning to the end. It was very instructive . The module is very, very useful! I really love how it makes you to think about your personality and helps you to identify your strengths and weaknesses. Comments from students who have completed the award It really blew my mind with some ideas I’ve never known before, such as portfolio working and working from home. I never thought about obtaining happiness from my work before. It was so easy, quick and I learned a lot. I found the module to be highly thought-provoking as it really encouraged me to consider how my degree will benefit my future and what I can be doing now to improve my graduate employment prospects. You get a really nice certificate! Without realising, you have finished the course and have already put together a very good CV and covering letter. It has made me feel a lot more confident when it comes to applications and interviews and has also made me think about skills that I didn't think I had before. It would be mad to apply for a job or attend an interview without doing it! Before the course I had only a vague idea of my career path and opportunities. Now I am applying for summer internships and know how to effectively sell my skills to a prospective employer and have a much more focused plan for my future. I recently had a very successful interview largely because I put the advice on the module into practice.

  14. Other points • I will send you careers emails every Monday afternoon in term time on vacation work, internships, careers talks, etc. • Get actively involved in university life so you have evidence of teamwork, organising, leadership etc. skills for your CV. • Apply early in your final year – closing dates are often in the first term GSK/AstraZeneca typically October/November.

  15. Bruce Woodcock • Deal with all Bioscience students • A careers adviser is on duty for short (15 minute) consultations in the Careers and Employability Service any weekday morning 10.30-12.30 or afternoon from 2 pm to 4 pm. You don't need an appointment to see the duty adviser at these times. Just ask at Careers Reception to see them. • Email:bw@kent.ac.uk • These are the final careers talks I shall be giving you during your degree! • Tomorrow: Careers in Science 10 am RLT1

  16. Location of the Careers Service • Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays including vacations. • The Careers Web Site www.kent.ac.uk/careers is available 24/7

  17. Next lecture: information on all the main careers in science open to you

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