Careers and Employability
Taught Postgraduate Students
Tom McAndrew
Careers & Employment Service
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Career Timeline
Applying for jobs
Further study
Employability Programme for 2010/2011
www.exeter.ac.uk/employability
Career Timeline:
Postgraduate
• Submit applications
• Attend interviews
• Start job or course
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Career timeline
• Where are you now?
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Self knowledge
What can I do with my postgraduate course?
Matching
Work experience
Develop Employability skills
CV
Explore work and/or further study
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Applying for Jobs: general
Stating the obvious :
• Importance of good applications
• Closing dates
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Labour Market
• 17.9% more graduates taken on in 2010 than
in 2009 (top graduate schemes)
• Most areas growing except for law and public
sector
• 45 applicants on average for each graduate
scheme (70 for oil and energy companies)
• Lowest number of applicants for accountancy
and professional services (15)
• Investment banks , high street banks,
accountancy and professional services
recruitment up by a third
• Average graduate salary £29,000
• Top graduate salary £42,000
• In 2011 similar picture to this year predicted
Source: High Fliers Research June 2010
Jobs: vacancies
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Jobsurfing
Prospects
Gradsouthwest
Targetjobs
Specialist sites and links
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Jobs: occupations and
employers
• Careers Information Room
• Free Directories
• Files
• Reference books
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Jobs: occupations and
employers
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‘I want to work in…….’
What can I do with my degree?
Your Masters ...what next?
Prospects
Targetjobs
Specialist sites and links
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Postgraduate study
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Why do further PG study?
Another taught programme vs research
Academic vs vocational
Who pays?
Career prospects?
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Employability Programme
• Workshops (jobhunting)
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Effective applications
CVs
Interviews
The Interview Experience
Assessment Centres
Understanding Psychometric tests
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Employability Programme
• Workshops (general)
• Negotiation
• Time management
• Many employer led
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Employability Programme
• Mock Interviews
• Psychometric Test on line
• Widen Your Options
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Employability Programme
• Careers Fairs
• Careers and Placement
• Law
• Virtual
26 and 27 Oct
3 and 4 Nov
11 Oct to 10 Dec
• Employer Presentations
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Employability Programme
• CV Prize Draw
• On line Application Form Competition
• Floella Benjamin Career Development
Award
• Exeter Award / Leaders Award
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Last minute work
experience
• Community Action
• Term Time Working (The Works)
• Involvement in Societies
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Small change, big difference..
Good quality CV / Cover Letter and
Application Forms
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Where to get help
• Careers and Employment Service
Reed Mews (Opposite Student Health
Centre)
Phone 724493
9:00 to 5:00 (10:00 to 5:00 Wednesday)
careers@exeter.ac.uk
• T.M.McAndrew@careers.ac.uk
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