Careers & Employability
Service Newsletter
Autumn 2015
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Welcome to the Autumn Edition of the Careers & Employability
Service Newsletter for 2nd Year students!
For you the focus this term and throughout this academic year is
to start looking for and securing a Placement for your third year.
With this in mind therefore, we have provided a list below of
where you can start looking for a Placement and how you can
prepare for the application process, so that you can secure the
best possible placement!
In addition we highlight other opportunities to help boost your
skills & CV which you may want to consider this term.
We hope you find it useful.
BU Careers & Employability Service
CONTACT US
What to DO this Term
Start looking for a 'Placement'
Visit Us:
The Edge, Student Development Centre
(outside the library)
Mon - Fri 8.45am - 4.30pm
Telephone:
01202 961663
Email:
careers@bournemouth.ac.uk
Social Media:
Careers &
Recruitment Events
on Campus
There are many ways that you can find a Placement,
whether you decide to find it yourself through your own
network of contacts, or utilise the support offered by the
university.
The best starting point is the BU system MyCareerHub.
Available 24/7, opportunities are being added to the
system regularly, so do keep your eye on new
opportunities that arise.
Don't forget also to visit your Placement Office within
your faculty who can assist you. Details of your offfice
can be found here
For further help with where else to look for Placement
Opportunities, the Careers & Employability Service has
compiled a list of useful job hunting websites to help
save you time randomly googling this information
yourself.
To access these job hunting resources click here
----------Start preparing for the 'Job Application Process'
Graduate & Placements
Fair
11th & 12th November
2015
This year the Careers &
Employability Service is
holding an annual
Graduate & Placements
Fair on campus over two
days.
Once you have found a potential placement opportunity,
ensuring you secure it is the next challenge! To help
with this, the Careers & Employability Service has
compiled a range of resources featuring help and
advice on the application process.
From writing a good CV, to preparing for recruitment
tests and assessment centres, access the resources via
MyCareerHub here
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Attend the Placements & Graduate Fair on Campus
About 90 employers from
various sectors will be on
campus promoting their
placement and graduate
opportunities.
To find out more click here
Part Time & Christmas
Jobs Fair
21st October 2015
Details are opposite or click here
Get some part time/vacation work
To find out more click here
CV & Job Application
Workshops
Careers Advisers within
the Careers &
Employability Team are
running CV & Application
workshops during the
Autumn Term.
To book your place click
here
In a recent employer survey 'What employers want'
(Give a Grad a Go Survey 2015),

79% of employers believe that paid work
experience makes for a more appealing candidate

74% of employers rank ‘Communication’ as the
most important skill in their new graduate hires
Drop in CV & Covering
Letter Reviews
Available throughout the
Autumn Term in the Edge
(outside the library)
Finding a part time job or some vacation work during
your 1st year therefore is essential for acquiring and
developing your work experience portfolio and the
'Work Ready' skills that employers are seeking.
For help with finding 'Work Experience' click here
Find out more here
Boost your CV & Stand out from the Crowd - Sign
up to the 'Student Development Award'
Careers Advice &
Guidance
Appointments are
available throughout the
Autumn Term
Find out more here
More Events on Campus
This is a valuable award helping you to stand out from
the crowd when applying for jobs which will equip you
with the skills that employers will find impossible to
resist! Find out more here
In the Spotlight!
Think about working abroad and boost your CV!
Did you know that employers value cultural awareness
skills when recruiting? So much so in fact, that at BU
there are a number of schemes that have been set up
to help you to work or study abroad during your studies
to help develop these skills.
These include The BU Global Horizons Fund and
the Erasmus scheme. To find out about all the BU
overseas schemes available click here
BU Careers &
Employability Service
recognised for Quality!
Earlier in the year, the
Careers & Employability
Service as part of Student
Services achieved Matrix
Accreditation. This is a
quality kite mark which
recognises excellence in
the provision of
information, advice and
guidance services.
To find out more click here
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BU Graduate
Employment increases!
The latest Destination of
Start Practicing your Interview Technique with our
‘new’ Interview Practice Simulator Package!
The Careers & Employability Service has recently
purchased 'The Abintegro Interview Simulator Package'
which is designed to help you build up your confidence
and competence in being able to answer questions
thrown at you in an interview.
To find out more and to start exploring the Interview
Practice Simulator Package click here
Leavers in Higher
Education Survey results
have been released and
show that BU Graduate
Employment has risen to
93.3%, up from 91.6% the
previous year.
Access the 2nd Year Careers Action Plan
To view the statistics in
full, visit the Higher
Education Statistics
Agency (HESA) website
https://www.hesa.ac.uk
To help make it easier to decide what you need to do
and when when it comes to making yourself as
employable as possible during your time at BU, the
following 'action plan' for 2nd years gives a useful
breakdown of what else you should be thinking about
this term to help boost your your CV!
Keep up to Date!
You can keep up to date with the latest job vacancies,
news, advice and opportunities via our Employability
Blog & Twitter Page