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Getting the best from work
experience!
This session will help you to:
Consider different types of work experience
Weigh up the pros and cons of an internship
Introduce you to useful resources for placements
Devise your personal action plan
Tell you about support available at Warwick
Work experience- Why bother?
What do employers want from graduates?
Different ways to gain work experience
What do I do next? Action planning
What support is available for finding placements?
Aims of session
Year in industry-why bother?
This session will help you to:
Consider different types of work experience
Weigh up the pros and cons of an internship
Introduce you to useful resources for placements
Devise your personal action plan
Tell you about support available at Warwick
“The sad fact is that for the majority of students a degree alone won’t guarantee you the job you want. It’s a good starting block, but that’s all it is. Recruiters tell us that the graduates that stand out are the ones with some experience, the ones who know how to sell themselves … Any work experience can be relevant, you just need to make it clear how the skills you’ve picked up will make you employable in the career you’ve chosen.”
Zoe Roberts, Editor Real World Magazine.
Taking your careers ideas for a ‘test drive’ !
Experience of business, industry or another sector of work
Meet new people and learn about fitting into the working world
Gain range of work related skills to make you more employable when you graduate
Work experience is useful bridge between theory and practice
Work experience opportunities can lead to graduate job offers well before graduation
What Employers Seek
2.1 Undergraduate Degree : 75.5% Specific Degree Subject: 33.0 % From particular Universities 6.8%
Relevant Work Experience: 33.5%
Demonstrate specific skills 62.8%
AGR UK Survey July 2010
What Employers SeekCross cultural
sensitivity Project management Multi-taskingNetworking and
collaboration Can manage own
career and learning
AGR UK Survey March 2010
Interpersonal skillsTeam PlayerLeadershipDecision MakingCommercial SavvyCustomer Awareness
The Graduate Jobs Formula
E= Q + WE + S x C ?
Employability = Qualifications +Work Experience + Strategies X Contacts
The Graduate Jobs Formula, 2010, Dr Paul Redmond
http://careers.guardian.co.uk/audio/careers-talk-the-graduate-job-formula
Types of work experienceVacation placements (1 day – 3months)
Informal placements (1-2 days) per week
Voluntary work alongside study
Work/Travel overseas
Formal 12 month internship schemes
Past Work Experience Lab assistant: Uni of Edinburgh
Volunteering in India with Development in Action
Children’s camp in France
Business Consultancy
Teaching in China
At Warwick in the automotive centre
HM Revenue and Customs
British Telecom
Graduate Advantage placements with local SMEs
Renishaw Consulting
Civil Engineering Consultant
Megga Project- Peru
Thailand Fish Farming Industry
Bonny Food Services in China
Top tips-applying for placementsStart your research and planning now
Keep your options open-Don’t just apply for one
Take it as serious as a graduate job
Formal internship schemes
AkzoNobel Placement
Atkins Global
Network Rail Placement
Overseas
www.worldwidevolunteering.org.uk/
Not for profit sectorLattitude Environmental placement
Alternatives to industrial placements
EWB
Arranging your own
Large employers-not for everyone
Working for a small/medium employer (SME) can have more scope
Not so organised/structured-need to show initiative!
Negotiation skills needed to contract
Start local – Midlands or close to home
Short vs. Long?
Engineering vs. Something new?
Paid vs. voluntary?
Large company vs. SME?
UK vs. Overseas?
Factors to consider
What do I do next?Your action plan
What skills do I already have?
What skills do I want/need to develop during my internship?
Which companies/sector?
ACTION TO BE TAKEN WHEN? Achieved? Follow up needed?
Research industrial placement Scheme for Jaguar Land Rover
www.jaguarlandrover.com
Closing date: 31st December 2010 YES: DRAFT
FORM
Complete Draft online application form
for Jaguar Land Rover
Closing date: 31st December 2010 YES: PRINT
COPY
ACTION PLAN FOR OBTAINING INDUSTRIAL PLACEMENT
Warwick Advantage
This website will help you gather the evidence you need to prove yourself to graduate employers or for further study options!
www.go.warwick.ac.uk/advantage
www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/careers/workexperience/
www.gradcracker.com/engineering-work-placements/
http://targetjobs.co.uk/work-experience
http://www.yini.org.uk/
www.ratemyplacement.com
Real World Magazine Work Experience Guide
Work experience useful links
Andy LloydCareers Consultant
School of Engineering & WMGIn person: • Help desk:10.00am to 6.00pm
University House, Ground Floor• Careers & Skills Library open 24/7
• Phone: 024 7652 4748 (general enquiries)• E-mail: [email protected]
