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Webinar: Get the Edge Back Home - and Beyond!

This webinar will provide international students with valuable insights and advice on how to utilize their UK education to stand out in the global job market. Topics include showcasing UK education, job search strategies, and next steps for career success. Join us at 1pm on 21 March!

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Webinar: Get the Edge Back Home - and Beyond!

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  1. Webinar: get the edge back home - and beyond! This webinar will start at 1pm on 21 March In the meantime please: • Configure your audio - Click on Tools, Audio, Audio setup wizard and follow the directions in the setup wizard • Familiarise yourself with the screen • Use the Chat window – to post messages, flag up technical problems and ask questions

  2. International students: get the edge back home - and beyond!

  3. Today’s session • Introducing GradLink • Selling your UK education overseas • Advice – from research to interview • Next steps

  4. The UK’s award-winning careers site for international students • Jobs • Employers • Go-CV!CV building service • In-depth advice sections • Blog, events • Social Media • Case studies Produced for all by

  5. www.gradlinkCHINA.com www.gradlinkCANADA.com www.gradlinkGULF.com www.gradlinkCANADA.com www.gradlinkGULF.com www.gradlinkAFRICA.com www.gradlinkINDIA.com www.gradlinkASEAN.com

  6. 600+ global employer network

  7. 130+ UK universities

  8. Recognition THE Award Winners 2015!! 5 major award nominations in 3 years!

  9. GradLink supporters

  10. Testimonials:students/graduates “Absolutely love the idea of GradLink ASEAN! For years many graduates from the UK have been struggling to secure a job in their home country. GradLinkwill help solve this problem.” Quoc Khai, MBA, Cardiff Metropolitan University "GradLink helped me to find my job! GradLink is definitely the best option for Chinese students in the UK for searching the graduate job market." Wuzhen, Computer Science, Warwick University

  11. Testimonials: universities “GradLinkASEAN is an incredibly useful resource for South East Asian students. The ability to direct our Malaysian students to an up to date source of careers advice and job adverts is a real bonus.” Julia Hilton, Careers Adviser, University of Oxford

  12. Testimonials:employers “GradLink China has provided us with some great candidates. It has proved to be a valuable channel for us to attract high-quality overseas Chinese graduates.” Qin Hua, HR Partner, Bosch China

  13. Testimonials:employers “GradLink is a very useful and user-friendly resource to make international students and leading firms in their home countries visible to each other.”Tom McCrum, Associate Director, Human Resources, KPMG ASEAN

  14. Testimonials:employers “GradLink Africa offers the missing platform for African students to return home after completing their courses abroad.” Mr Isaac Sarpong, Associate Director International Tax Services, EY Ghana

  15. Advice

  16. Employability of UK-educated returners: language • “Having a good command of spoken and written English increases employability.” • Datuk ShamsuddinBardan, Executive Director, Malaysian Employers Federation “Even companies in China who prefer to operate in Chinese, are looking for managers who speak both Mandarin and English if they want to expand abroad.“ Manoj Vohra, Asia DirectorEconomist Intelligence Unit, BBC

  17. Employability of UK-educated returnees: skills and learning “72% of Ghanaian employers prefer to employ a graduate educated in the UK, because they are skilled, creative, can manage different situations and adapt easily.” British Council Ghanaian Employer Survey “75% of large employers favourthe early specialisation offered by UK study.” Ipsos Survey of 800 Canada and US employers

  18. Selling your UK education overseas • Emphasise spoken and written English • Sell your university, department and lecturers • Sell the UK education approach • Demonstrate commercial awareness • Show global perspective

  19. research --> interview

  20. Actions • Visit www.gradlinkUK.com • Apply for the jobs • Register on Go-CV! • Like us on Facebook

  21. Summary • A UK education can be attractive to global employers - but you need to sell it • Overseas graduate job markets offer great opportunity – but you need to do your research and be proactive • Resources like GradLink are here to help you

  22. Tell us what you thinkPlease type in a few words to answer these questions • Q1 What was most useful? • Q2 What was least useful? • Q3 As a result of the webinar what will you do differently? • Q4 What changes would be needed if we ran this webinar again?

  23. Don’t forget about: • Rest of webinar programme • Using your Careers Service support • …and thank you for taking part

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