The
Careers
Service.
How the Careers Service
can help you
Industrial Career Expo– 10 October 2012
Kevin Mahoney
Careers Service
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Careers
Service.
Careers Service : one-to-one
support
• 15 minute advice sessions at the Careers
Service (pre-booked or drop-in)
• 30 minute pre-booked sessions offered at the
Graduate Research Centre once a fortnight
• 60 minute in-depth guidance interviews offered
by appointment
• Monthly faculty-based interview sessions for
research staff
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Workshops and talks
• Careers and employability skills sessions
covering (e.g.) : careers inside/outside
academia; developing skills; applications, CVs
and interviews, networking and commercial
awareness. For further information and to book
go to:
http://ris.dept.shef.ac.uk/skills_seminars/
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Careers
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Skills training sessions – Autumn 2012
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Thursday 18 October – 10.00am to 1.00pm –Marketing Yourself Effectively:
Application Forms and CVs
Friday 19 October – 10.00am to 1.00pm –Marketing Yourself Effectively:
Interviews and Assessment Centres
Monday 22 October – 1.00 to 2.00pm – Researchers – Making the Most of the
University of Sheffield Recruitment Fairs (SURF)
Thursday 1 November – 1.00 to 5.00pm –Careers in Academia
Wednesday 14 October - 10.00am to 1.00pm –Careers beyond Academia
Tuesday 27 November – 1.00 to 5.00pm Employability Skills Workshop
(Networking and Commercial Awareness)
For further details and to book, go to: http://ris.dept.shef.ac.uk/skills_seminars/
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The
Careers
Service.
Careers Service – publications for
researchers
Series of information-sheets:
• Support for Contract Research
Staff/Postgraduate Researchers
• Your PhD......What Next?
• Skills of Researchers
• CVs and Covering Letters for Researchers
• Interview Tips for Researchers
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Careers
Service.
Careers Service – dedicated web pages for
researchers
www.sheffield.ac.uk/careers/postgraduates/research/
www.shef.ac.uk/careers/staff/crs/
• Summary of support available
• Links to national information sources (e.g. ‘University
Researchers and the Job market’ [AgCAS])
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Careers
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Information about vacancies
• Some information is circulated directly to
relevant groups of researchers
• Details of other vacancies about which we have
been notifies can be accessed via:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/careers/students/jobs
• Information about other sources is available on
the same web page
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Careers
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Other Careers Service Provision
Events Programme
 Career planning and job-seeking - talks and workshops
 Meeting employers
• Recruitment fairs
• Informal interviews
• ‘Skills for Success’ programme
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Careers
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WIN
YOUR
INTERVIEW
SUIT
/sheffieldcareersfairs
@shefunifairs
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Careers
Service.
Other Careers Service Provision
 Printed materials covering:
 Database:
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employability and skills
development
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choice of occupation
 Enquiry Services
•
further study
•
study and employment abroad
•
applications and interviews
•
equality and diversity
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Careers
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How Are Services Publicised?
• Direct emails for some events
• Podcast /on-line talk
• Links with post-doc societies
• Open Evenings at the Careers Service
• WOW
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Careers
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Specialist careers advisers for PGRs
• Kevin Mahoney (Engineering: Medicine,
Dentistry and Health: Social Sciences)
k.mahoney@sheffield.ac.uk
• Jane Simm (Arts and Humanities:
Science) j.m.simm@sheffield.ac.uk
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Careers
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General contact information for the
Careers Service
For general advice and information:
Careers Service office – 388 Glossop Road,
on the corner of Glossop Road and Durham
Road, next to the Students’ Union (tel. 0114
222 0910) Note: we will be relocating temporarily in the
Autumn of 2013 – details will be sent out nearer the time
Website – www.shef.ac.uk/careers
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