GLOBAL SKILLS AWARD

Where are the jobs? (How do I find vacancies?)

www.kent.ac.uk/careers/

Tim ReedHead of Careers Advisory Service

Introduction

• Where to look for jobs/internships

• What else you can do?

Where to look

• Vacancy publications www.kent.ac.uk/careers/jobs/index.htm

• Directories www.prospects.ac.uk

• Employer brochures – eg. dstl @ www.dstl.gov.uk/careers/gradrec.php

• Specialist publications

www.nature.com/naturejobs/science/

www.psychapp.co.uk/

• Careers Fairs

Careers Fairs - 2011www.prospects.ac.uk/links/careerfairs

GO11 - Graduate Opportunities Fair University of Central Lancashire, Preston 17/11/2011Volunteering Fair Leicester, Main Campus 17/11/2011Science, Technology & Engineering Fair Plymouth 23/11/2011Law Careers Fair Exeter 24/11/2011Rural Enterprise and Land Management Careers Fair Harper Adams UC 24/11/2011Law Futures Ground Floor Lady Hale Building University of Salford 28/11/2011Newcastle Careers in Computing Fair Newcastle upon Tyne 28/11/2011Business & Law Careers Fair De Montfort University, Leicester 29/11/2011Technology Careers Fair De Montfort University, Leicester 6/12/2011Teaching & Education Recruitment Fair Hope Park, Liverpool 7/12/2011Creative Futures Newport 24/1/2012Recruitment Fair Bordeaux, France 1/2/2012Creative Careers Week Newcastle upon Tyne 6/2/2012

Where to look

• Vacancy publications

• Directories

• Employer brochures

• Specialist publications

• Careers Fairs

• Job Centres & LSCs

• Online sources

Online 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/

GRADUATE SALARIES 2011 Arcadia – retail management £18,500 - £23,000

Boots - brand/buying/marketing grad scheme £24,000 + £1k welcome!

Barclays Bank - future leaders development programme £36k (+£8k bonus!)

Civil Service - up to £27,000

Explore Learning - education management £21,000

Exxon Mobil - graduate schemes £34,000

FiveTen Group - recruitment £20-£25k

GCHQ - defence research £25,000 (+ benefits)

IBM - range of schemes £27,000 - £32,000

Jaguar Land Rover - purchasing grad scheme £27k

John Lewis - buying/retail management/merchandising graduate schemes £25,000

L’Oreal - management training scheme £28,000

McDonald’s - trainee business manager £18,500-21,500

MI5 - £24,750 + benefits - varies by function!

Motability - £28,500 (+ joining bonus!)

Slaughter & May - training contract £38,000

Waitrose - retail management £25,000

Excellent Websiteswww.kent.ac.uk/careers/sitesmen.htm

• www.prospects.ac.uk

• www.get.hobsons.co.uk/

• www.kent.ac.uk/careers/

• www.kentgrads.org.uk/

• www.kent.ac.uk/careers/PDWPgrad.htm

Where to look

• Vacancy publications

• Directories

• Employer brochures

• Specialist publications

• Careers Fairs

• Job Centres & LSCs

• Internet

• Newspapers

Job ads in the presswww.kent.ac.uk/careers/sitespub.htm

• Actuaries - Money Management, Observer, Times

• Arts Administration - The Stage, Arts Management Weekly, Guardian (Mon & Sat)

• Times Higher Educational Supplement www.thes.co.uk   good source of jobs in universities.

• Academic Jobs EU www.academicjobseu.com Academic and related vacancies for research institutes in the EU.

• aut4jobswww.aut4jobs.com Higher education vacancies

• Association of Commonwealth Universities www.acu.ac.uk/adverts/jobs international university jobs

• Eduserve Vacancies www.vacancies.ac.uk on-line information services for clients in education, government, health and other sectors.

• The National Postgraduate Committee www.npc.org.uk - the representative body for Postgrads in UK links to job search resources

• New Scientist www.newscientistjobs.com

Where to look• Vacancy publications

• Directories

• Employer brochures

• Specialist publications

• Careers Fairs

• Job Centres & LSCs

• Internet

• Newspapers

• Recruitment Agencies

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

What else can you do?www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sk/CJ.htm

• ask your friends

• ask your relatives

• ask your “network”

• ask a careers adviser

Next Steps

• Decide on the job you want

• Research employers

• Apply early

• Discuss your ideas if you are uncertain

• Change your job-hunting methods if they are not working