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Exams over … What next?

Exams over … What next?. Tim Reed T.M.Reed@kent.ac.uk Careers Advisory Service www.kent.ac.uk/careers/. Introduction. What stage are you at? What is a career? What are the options? How can the CAS help? Where to look for jobs. What is a career?.

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Exams over … What next?

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  1. Exams over … What next? Tim Reed T.M.Reed@kent.ac.uk Careers Advisory Service www.kent.ac.uk/careers/

  2. Introduction • What stage are you at? • What is a career? • What are the options? • How can the CAS help? • Where to look for jobs

  3. What is a career? • It is not necessarily a linear or planned sequence of events • Career choice is not an event or occasion • Career choice is a “process” • It is a combination of stages in your life • It could contain great variety

  4. Why is choosing a career so difficult? ALL JOBS which match your goals, needs & values & require your skills, qualities & qualifications in the desired location where there are prospects for the future

  5. What is the ideal job?

  6. Options available Management Consultancy NHS Management Personnel Police Production Management Public Relations Publishing Purchasing Retail Self-employment Social Work TEFL Teaching Tourism Transport Advertising Armed Forces Arts admin Broadcasting Central & Local Gov’t Computing/IT Finance Fire Service Guidance/Counselling Info Management/Museums Journalism Law Marketing/Sales

  7. Jobs directly related to degree • Teacher/Lecturer in Further and/or Higher Education in the UK

  8. What subject did they study at university?

  9. Jobs where degree usefulwww.prospects.ac.uk/links/PhilosophyDeg • Chartered Accountant • Civil Service Administrator • Advertising Account Planner • Systems Analyst/Systems Developer • IT Consultant • Marketing Executive, consumer products • Solicitor • Personnel Officer • Publishing copy/sub-editor

  10. Many basic factors affect choice • Hours • Perks • Location • Image • Pay

  11. Graduate Salaries 2006/07 • AWE (Atomic Weapons Establishment) from £20,000+ • Police (HPD) £20,000 • Clarks (branded footwear) £20,000 • BUPA £21,000 - £23,000 + extras • Asda £21,500 minimum + 10% discount card • Alliance & Leicester £23,000 + £1,500 joining bonus • Marks & Spencer £21,000 - £22,000 + £3,500 London weighting • MI5 £22,000 (pay review pending) • Sainsbury’s £22,000 (+10% staff discount) • Civil Service £23,700+ (London median) • Audit Commission up to £24,200 • Lloyds TSB £25,000 - £28,450 (+ £5,000 sign-on bonus) • Procter & Gamble £27,000 + benefits • ExxonMobil £28,000 minimum + acceptance bursary + extras • BNP Paribas up to £35,000 + £2,000 sign on bonus • Aldi £38,000 - £54,500 (after 3yrs) + Audi A4

  12. 2 alternative starting points • start from yourself and work out • start from your opportunities and work back • Or, combine the two!

  13. What are the options? • Employment/training • Employment & study • Academic study • Vocational study • Time out • Travel

  14. How can the CAS help? • Options Leaflets • AGCAS Booklets • Reference files & books • Job vacancies • Computer facilities • Talks & presentations • Quick Query • Careers Guidance Interview

  15. Where to look • Vacancy publications www.kent.ac.uk/careers/jobs/index.htm • Directories www.prospects.ac.uk • Employer brochures – eg. Ad Agency Leo Burnett @ www.farmersutra.com/ • Specialist publications www.psychapp.co.uk/ • Careers Fairs

  16. CAREERS FAIRS – SUMMER 2008 www.prospects.ac.uk/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/Careers_fairs/p!epkgf;jsessionid=a63072e474b08$2E$7B$ The Summer Graduate Fair in Scotland Glasgow28/5/2008 Nottingham Graduate Recruitment Fair Nottingham2/6/2008 Teaching Fair Grimsby2/6/2008 Graduate Recruitment Fair Hatfield4/6/2008 Summer Recruitment Fair Palmer Building, Whiteknights Campus, Reading5/6/2008 Graduate Recruitment Fair Bath5/6/2008 Yorkshire Graduate Recruitment Fair Leeds5/6/2008 National Graduate Recruitment Exhibition in Birmingham NEC, Birmingham6/6/2008 Newcastle Graduate Recruitment Fair Newcastle upon Tyne9/6/2008 gradireland summer recruitment fair 2008 Dublin10/6/2008 Opportunities Fair 2008 Durham10/6/2008 Graduate Recruitment Fair 2008 Cardiff11/6/2008 The Graduate Recruitment Fair @ Manchester Manchester11/6/2008 The Northern Ireland Graduate Job Fair University Of Ulster, Jordanstown12/6/2008 University of Birmingham Summer Fair Birmingham12/6/2008 The Guardian London Graduate Fair from The Careers Group - Summer 2008 London17/6/2008 Graduate Recruitment Fair University of Southampton19/6/2008 Jobs fair LSE, London19/6/200819/6/2008

  17. Where to look • Vacancy publications www.kent.ac.uk/careers/vaclist.htm • Directories www.prospects.ac.uk • Employer brochures www.mi5careers.co.uk • Specialist publications www.bps.org.uk/publications/appmemo/appmemo_home.cfm • Careers Fairs • Job Centres & LSCs • Internet sources

  18. Internet sources • Institute of Practitioners in Advertising www.ipa.co.uk/ • Chartered Institute of Marketing www.cim.co.uk • Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development www.cipd.co.uk/ • Guardian vacancies www.jobs.guardian.co.uk/

  19. Excellent Websites • www.prospects.ac.uk • www.hobsons.com • www.kent.ac.uk/careers/ • www.kentgrads.org.uk/

  20. Where to look for jobs • Vacancy publications • Directories • Employer brochures • Specialist publications • Careers Fairs • Job Centres & LSCs • Internet • Newspapers

  21. Job ads in the press • Actuaries - Money Management, Observer, Times • Acupuncture - Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine (m) • Arts Administration - The Stage, Arts Management Weekly, Guardian (Mon & Sat)

  22. Where to look for jobs • Vacancy publications • Directories • Employer brochures • Specialist publications • Careers Fairs • Job Centres & LSCs • Internet • Newspapers • Recruitment Agencies

  23. Recruitment Agencieswww.kent.ac.uk/careers/recruit.htm • FASHION - George Ellis Recruitment • MUSIC - Handle Recruitment • ACCOUNTANCY - Hays Accountancy Personnel • SECRETARIAL - Nice People Employment Bureau • STOCKBROKING - Citifocus Ltd • SPYING – Bartlett Scott Edgar

  24. Some tips on choosing a career • take time over your choice • be realistic • do the research • make your own decision • use the Careers Advisory Service • start NOW!

  25. Once career choice made • Research employers/courses • Apply • Discuss your ideas if you are uncertain • Change your job-hunting/application methods if they are not working

  26. Exams over … What next? Tim Reed T.M.Reed@kent.ac.uk Careers Advisory Service www.kent.ac.uk/careers/

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