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Biosciences: a Pathway to Employability
Using your Biosciences Degree
Bruce Woodcock
You can download the slides for this presentation at
http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/slides.htm
GSK: skills looked for when recruiting researchers:
• Ability to make presentations. Able to present ideas and arguments in presentations and seminars, and informal discussions
• Teamworking. Able to work with others in groups (e.g. group projects)
• People skills. Able to communicate with others in a clear and articulate manner
• Time management and organising skills. Able to work independently on projects and ultimately to manage project groups.
• Report writing and clear documentation of experimental work
• Problem solving. Able to gather and analyse information from a wide variety of sources and to identify and propose solutions to problems.
• Technical skills. Laboratory experience is the most important thing here. A vacation placement or sandwich year in a laboratory will greatly enhance your chances of entry. List relevant modules and projects (plus marks if good!) on your science CV.
• Computing Skills
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What can I do with a
Kent Bioscience
Degree?
www.kent.ac.uk/careers/bioscience.htm
Science Jobswww.kent.ac.uk/careers/ScienceJobs.htm
• Research and Development
• Clinical Biochemists And Microbiologists
• Biomedical Scientists
• Science Teacher
• Production And Quality Assurance
• Regulatory Affairs Officer
• Clinical Research Associate/Monitor
• Bioinformatics
• Medical Sales
• Patent Examiner
• Patent Agent
• Medical Communications
• Doctor
• Scientific Recruitment Consultant
• Science Administration
The University of Kent Science Careers Employability Award on Moodle
What does the Careers Employability Award contain?
About the Award
• You complete a number of quizzes and three short assignments;
• It can all be done on line: students have done it in their year abroad (e.g. in Spain and Sweden) and during their industrial placement year;
•Satisfaction rating: 98.8 %• 70.5 % of students found it very useful• 28.3 % found it useful
14 Quizzes: need 75% to pass
• Employability skills quiz• Employability skills quiz - drag and drop questions• How can I develop the skills employers want?• Test your spelling and grammar!• What makes you happy at work?• How commercially aware are you?• Special interests topic lesson• Interview preparation• Practice interview• What are the most common interview questions?• Aptitude tests and assessment centres• CV quiz• CVs and covering letters - drag and drop quiz• Career planning drag and drop quiz
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Assignments: complete at least 3 of these
• Analyse your skills and learn how to make top quality applications
• Do you want to live to work or work to live?
• Researching careers
• Choosing a science career
• Submit a science CV
• Social media (new for 2013/14)
• Action Planning (new for 2013/14)
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The Careers Employability Award
On successful completion you receive the University of Kent Careers Employability Award.
You can also add the following to your CV:
"On my own initiative I successfully completed the University of Kent Careers Employability Award which covered identification and development of employability skills, self-awareness, identification of relevant career options, researching opportunities, CV preparation and interview skills."
Comments from students who have completed the award
You get a really nice certificate!
It was so easy, quick and I learned a lot.
Without realising, you have finished the course and have already put together a very
good CV and covering letter.
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 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.
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.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.
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 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.
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.
I recently had a very successful interview largely because I put the advice on
the module into practice.
How to enrol on the Award
• Go to https://moodle.kent.ac.uk/moodle and enter your Kent login and password
• Via the search box, search for “Science Careers”.
• Or go direct to:https://moodle.kent.ac.uk/moodle/course/view.php?id=3654
• Enrol by clicking on "Enrol me in this Module"
• If you have a problem, email [email protected] and I will enrol you.
Further Information
www.kent.ac.uk/careers/moodle.htm
Biosciences: a Pathway to Employability
Using your Biosciences Degree
Bruce Woodcock
You can download the slides for this presentation at
http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/slides.htm