Careers and Employability development
for International Students
Key issues for international students
Adjustment to British jobs market and competency based recruitment used by UK and global
employers.
Careers and Employability Centre is not a placement service: we help and support students in
their job search but we do not place students in a job directly.
Earning money and part-time work: around 300 plus jobs only on campus each year and we
advertise around 1,500 part-time, work experience paid opportunities each year and 2000
graduate jobs.
Sussex economy is made of a few large employers but around 90% are small and medium-sized
employers in the digital media, leisure, hotel and catering, financial services
and retail sectors.
Bespoke services for international students as part of the
Employability Accelerator Programme
Termly newsletter for International Students
International student workshops and briefing sessions:
Job search strategy in the UK
Working in the UK during and after your studies
Identifying your employability skills and competencies
Preparing for employer interviews in the United Kingdom
International Students - your career
International Students: apply your skills in the job market
Working in the UK after your studies for postgraduate international
Web resources: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/careers/aboutus/internationalstudents
Employability and Career Accelerator Programme
E-portfolio & webfolio Job-search/work experience Skills development
• Sussex Plus
employability award
for undergraduate and
post-graduate students
Career Exploration
What next? for….
• Scientists/
Technologists
• Arts/Humanities
• Social Scientists
• Understanding the British • Leadership
and Global Labour market • Communication
• Volunteering in Schools
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Preparing for Work
Meeting Employers &
Sussex Alumni
• Work-shadowing
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Application forms
Letters of application
CVs
Interviews
Assessment centres
Presentation Skills
Entrepreneurship
Commercial Awareness
Team Work
Entrepreneurship – StartUp
Sussex
• Careers Fairs:
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Business & Law
Science & Technology
Public & Voluntary Sector
• Employer seminars
• Make it Happen! Alumni
Networking events
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experience
Experience part-time and graduate
jobs, placements, internships/
work experience, entrepreneurship,
volunteering, CVs and interviews,
employer events
explore
Explore your interests, motivations,
degree options, other possibilities,
lifestyle vision, career pathways:
connect
Connect and review the unique you
to showcase your academic, work
and personal life:
www.sussex.ac.uk/sussexplus
Ashwin's story
“The Careers and Employability Centre has played a pivotal role, helping me to
make the best of my skills and experiences to succeed in the job market. The
various job fairs they held also allowed me to meet a wide range of employers
and to understand what they expect from graduates and how to reach those
goals.”
Ashwin Rao Prasanna Venkateshver
MSc in Information Technology with Business and Management
Website: sussex.ac.uk/careers/internationalstudents
www.sussex.ac.uk/careers
E-mail: careers@sussex.ac.uk
Tel: (01273) 678429
Linda Buckham, Director,
Careers and Employability Centre
l.g.buckham@sussex.ac.uk