Preparing for the world outside University- finding good quality information for your job search and beyond Catherine

1. Preparing for the world outside University- finding good quality information for your job search and beyondCatherine ParkinJennie WilsonLaw Librarians parkin.wilson@leedsmet.ac.uk

2. Today’s session will cover: • Your current access to legal information • Access after graduation to free and quality legal information • Using online business databases to research companies • Other resources for your job hunt (websites, newspapers, libraries) • Your online presence-is it professional? • Highlighting information skills on your CV

3. Current access to legal information • The big 2 legal databases - Lexis Library and Westlaw • Do you use them now? (If not –why not?) • Do you think you will have access to them after graduation? • Top quality resources BUT expensive • What alternatives exist and why is it advantageous to know how to use these?

4. Access after graduation to free and quality information : 1 Law reports • British and Irish Legal Information Institute http://www.bailii.org • House of Lords judgements http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld/ldjudgmt.htm • WLR Daily http://www.lawreports.co.uk/indexdln.htm Legislation • UK Statute Law Database http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk • UK Statutes http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts.htm

5. Access after graduation to free and quality information: 2 Inner Temple Library Current Awareness Be alerted to newspaper articles on legal topics http://innertemplelibrary.wordpress.com/ The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/law The Telegraph:Law Reports and Reporting http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/lawreports/ The Telegraph:Legal coverage of new stories - with a slant on crime http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/ Other useful free resources • http://www.venables.co.uk/aware.htm • http://www.venables.co.uk/caselaw.htm

6. Using business databases to research companies • Business Source Premier up-to-date company profiles, industry reports, market share information • FAME (Financial Information Made Easy) financial information on over 2.7 million UK and Irish companies • Nexis UK offers UK and international newspapers and trade publications. Includes profiles of UK and international companies. • OSIRIS features detailed financial profiles of around 70, 000 international listed companies, banks and insurance companies from around the world. • Keynote and Mintelgives information on UK companies, products, industries and market sizes http://libraryonline.leedsmet.ac.uk/pages/resources/databases/a-z_list/a

7. More resources for your job hunt Journals &newspapers • Print copies of The Guardian, The Independent, The Financial Times, The Observer, The Sunday Times, The Times and The Yorkshire Post.at Leeds Met Online resources • Leeds Met A-Z menu ‘Jobs and Careers’ http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/studenthub/careers.htm • http://jobs.thelawyer.com/ • http://jobs.lawgazette.co.uk/ • http://www.legalweekjobs.com/

8. More resources for your job hunt Services at Leeds Central Library • Business & IP Centre http://www.leeds.gov.uk/leisure/Pages/Business-and-patents-information-service.aspx • Enterprise Club / Inventors Club / job search sessions • Online databases e.g. COBRA and UK Newstand • http://www.leeds.gov.uk/leisure/Pages/Online-resources.aspx Using Leeds Met Library after graduation • Use the Library for reference access between 08:30-21:00 • To borrow items -register as a Guest User. • Annual £50 membership fee. Applicants should provide proof of graduation (There is a special reduced fee of £30 if registering as an Alumnus for the first time.) • Does NOT include access to PCs or any of our electronic resources. • Wide range of newspapers, books and study spaces, which can all help you with your job search.

9. Your online presence • A report in the Guardian 12th April 2011, said that: • 77%of recruiters used search engines to find information on candidates • 35% had eliminated a candidate because of what they had found! http://jobs.theguardian.com/article/4286494/you-ve-been-googled-what-employers-don-t-want-to-see-in-your-online-profile/

10. Your online presence • Consider your online presence • Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn • What is publically viewable? • What would a prospective employer think? • Student Guide to Social Media http://libassets.manchester.ac.uk/social-media-guide/ • Employability and Your Online Identity http://www.slideshare.net/cilipucryh/cilip-28964822

11. Highlighting information skills on your CV • Information literacy is a key skill, it makes sense to promote this on your CV • Consider adding a separate heading called “Digital literacy skills” • E.g. Digital literacy skills “I am able to find, evaluate and use a wide range of legal information. I have experience of using Lexis Library and Westlaw (mention certificates if you have them). I am also competent in tracking down high quality, free sources of legal information.”

12. What to do next? • Brush up your information skills- make an appointment with your Academic Librarians parkin.wilson@leedsmet.ac.uk • Make an appointment with the Careers Service 0113 812 5995 or take a look at their website • Take away the hand out for this session and look through the resources