The University of KentCareers and Employability

Service

MSc Engineering with Finance Careers Presentation

You can download a copy of this presentation atwww.kent.ac.uk/careers/slides.htm

• CV and covering letter assignment given on course by Luca

What skills are you gaining at Kent that would make you attractive to graduate

employers?

Skills gained on an engineering degree

Engineering graduates are attractive to many employers outside their discipline because of their:

Ability to analyse information in a logical way

Investigative and problem solving skills.

Numeracy IT skills

Engineering careers page:www.kent.ac.uk/careers/electronics.htm

Destinations:MSc Engineering with Finance 2013

Working full-time Akmal Qadeer & Company (Pvt.) Ltd. Director

Working full-time JCBA Business Analyst

Working full-time Sopra Group Financial Services Graduate Consultant

Further study FT University of KentPhD Electronic Engineering

Who are the major finance employers that take graduates?

FINANCE JOB AREAS

Chartered Accountancy – KPMG/PWC

Also management accountant in engineering firmswww.kent.ac.uk/careers/workin/accountancy.htm

Banking – Lloyds, Barclays, Goldman Sachswww.kent.ac.uk/careers/sitebank.htm

Insurance – Axa, Sun Alliancewww.kent.ac.uk/careers/workin/insurance.htm

Quantwww.kent.ac.uk/careers/Maths.htm#Actuarial

Quant

• Quants apply mathematical and computing methods of analysis to financial problems (quant is an abbreviation of quantative). They develop algorithms to predict what the financial markets will do but also work in statistical arbitrage, and electronic market making. They work for hedge funds and banks and work as hedge fund managers, derivatives traders and risk managers. The work is very highly paid.

• For more information www.kent.ac.uk/careers/Maths.htm#quant

How can the Careers and Employability Service help you?

Careers Talks and Employer Presentations

www.kent.ac.uk/careers/casevents.htm

VACANCY AND WORK EXPERIENCE DATABASEhttp://www.kent.ac.uk/ces/vacancies.html

Apply for graduate schemes in the first term.

WEB PAGES

Applications and Interviews (includes assessment centres and psychometric tests etc.) www.kent.ac.uk/careers/applicn.htm

Example CVs & Covering Letterswww.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/cvexamples.htm

Practice Interviewswww.kent.ac.uk/careers/interviews/mockivs.htm

Interview videos www.kent.ac.uk/careers/IntVid.htm

Moodle Careers Employability Award

Assessed by a range of quizzes and assignments

Will greatly improve your career planning and jobhunting skills, giving you strategies to make career choices and will increase your chances of getting a graduate level job.

Takes about 12 hours to complete

On completion you will get a University of Kent Careers Employability Award to add to your CV

Get 60 Kent Employability points for successful completion of the module.

www.kent.ac.uk/careers/moodle.htm

www.kent.ac.uk/ces Telephone: 01227 823299 Email: careerhelp@kent.ac.uk

Opening hours: Monday to Friday 9 to 5 including vacations

Drop-in times (no appointment needed): 10.30 to 12.30 & 2 to 4 pm

Bruce Woodcock

• An 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 - for enquires that I can answer BRIEFLY

The University of KentCareers and Employability

Service

Bruce Woodcock University of Kent Careers and Employability Servicebw@kent.ac.uk

You can download a copy of this presentation at www.kent.ac.uk/careers/slides.htm