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Introduction to the Careers and Employability Service for Bioscience Year 1 students

You can download a copy of this presentation at www.kent.ac.uk/careers/slides.htm. Introduction to the Careers and Employability Service for Bioscience Year 1 students . Location of the Careers Service. FIRST YEAR CAREER PLAN. Career Planning is a long term process!

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Introduction to the Careers and Employability Service for Bioscience Year 1 students

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  1. You can download a copy of this presentation at www.kent.ac.uk/careers/slides.htm Introduction to the Careers and Employability Service for Bioscience Year 1 students

  2. Location of the Careers Service

  3. FIRST YEAR CAREER PLAN • Career Planning is a long term process! • Get a SUMMER VACATION JOB to add skills to your CV. • GET ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN UNIVERSITY LIFE – societies, sports, student representative, to get evidence of skills for your CV. • Prepare a Science CV • Get the Careers Employability Award on Moodle • See www.kent.ac.uk/careers/timeline.htm

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

  5. VACATION WORK • Work Experience pagewww.kent.ac.uk/careers/vacwork.htm • See our jobs and internship database www.kent.ac.uk/ces/vacancies.html • Science internshipswww.kent.ac.uk/careers/ScienceJobs.htm • Speculative CVs to firms in your area

  6. BUNAC www.bunac.org.uk Spend summer working and travelling in North America. • Summer Camp USA: employed as a camp counsellor, teaching sports, music and other skills • Work America programme: anything from working in a theme park or a restaurant to arranging an internship with a company.

  7. 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

  8. Science CVs: “Sell” your degree • List relevant modules (plus marks if good!) • Projects – especially if relevant • Laboratory skills/IT skills • Soft skills – evidence of teamwork, project management, problem solving etc. • For non-science jobs (e.g. banking) you would need a different CV focusing on your soft skills more than technical skills.

  9. Example Bioscience CV www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/sciencecv.htm

  10. THE COVERING LETTER First Paragraph • State the job you’re applying for. • Where you found out about it. • When you're available to start work (& end if it's a placement) Second Paragraph • Why your interested in that type of work • Why the company attracts you (if it's a small company say you prefer to work for a small, friendly organisation!) Third Paragraph • Summarise your strengths and how they might be an advantage to the organisation. • Relate your skills to the job. Last Paragraph • Mention any dates that you won't be available for interview • Thank the employer and say you look forward to hearing from them soon. www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/goodbadcovlet.htm

  11. SCIENCE INTERVIEWS • Interview may be “on the hoof” • Technical questions: often on your project – revise it carefully www.kent.ac.uk/careers/interviews/ivscience.htm

  12. PREPARATION - THE KEY TO SUCCESS • Research the employer and the job • Prepare answers to obvious questions • Think of your unique selling points • Prepare some questions to ask • Dress smartly

  13. Moodle Science Careers Employability Award • Much lower unemployment rate for graduates who completed the award • All bioscience students should complete this by summer

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

  15. 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.

  16. Bruce Woodcock • 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 • Monday careers events and vacancy emails

  17. You can download a copy of this presentation at www.kent.ac.uk/careers/slides.htm Introduction to the Careers and Employability Service for Bioscience Year 1 students

  18. www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sk/skillsmenu.htm

  19. Careers Talks www.kent.ac.uk/careers/casevents.htm

  20. Bioscience Careers Page • What Kent Bioscience graduates did after leaving • Jobs related to your subject • Employers and vacancy sources www.kent.ac.uk/careers/bioscience.htm

  21. Application Form Questions • Describe how your personal planning and organisation resulted in a successful achievement of a personal or group task. • Describe a situation where you had to work effectively as a member of a team. What were the team’s aims? How was the team selected? What was your role? • Describe a challenging situation which required your persuasive skills and your ability to organise other people in order to reach a successful resolution.

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