Careers
Working in the
UK After
Graduation
Internships
Graduate training
schemes
Graduate level jobs
(trainee roles)
Recruit in Autumn: now!
Start next year
15% of grad. Job market
Entry level role
Recruit all year round
Jobs in all sectors
Recruit all year round
Jobs in all sectors
Hidden job market Up to 70% of jobs
Networking, speculative
applications
Careers
Routes into UK employment
• For 2nd years / finalists going into a Masters
• Some short programmes for 1st years
• Applications Oct-Jan for internships
Christmas/Easter/Summer
• Paid, structured project of varying length
• Not in all sectors: vacation opportunities
booklet / targetjobs
• 1/5 of recruiters in 2009 converted 60% of
interns into staff
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Internships
• Paid employment with training built into the job
• Join with a group of others
• fast track learning via lots of training so you can
take on responsibility sooner
• often require a 2:1
• often rotate around departments before specialise
• 3 mths - 4 years. After that no obligation to keep
you on
• in all kinds of jobs - from business to charities.
• may involve gaining a professional qualification
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Graduate Training Schemes
1) Find the vacancy: finalist
directory/targetjobs/www.prospects.ac.uk
2) Send off CV /cover letter / application form
3) Deadlines Oct-Nov
4) Do an online psychometric test
5) Have an initial interview
6) Attend an assessment centre
- group exercises, e-tray exercises,
interview, presentation
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Application process
% of surveyed companies
offering vacancy in 2010…
68% - finance
57% - IT
39% - engineering
36% - HR
27% - marketing
Sample number of
vacancies: PwC 1039,
KPMG 650
Top 5 salaries
(average)
IB – 38K
Law 37.4K
Consulting 31K
Banking & finance
29.5K
IT & telecoms
29.5K
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Vacancies & Salaries on GTS
• Not all areas have GTS
- media, arts, charity/development work
• Many require ‘right to work in UK’
• Some sponsor
www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/employers/points/sp
nsoringmigrants/registerofsponsors/#header1
• Only 15% of graduate job market
• Majority don’t require work
experience
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Should I apply?
• In an SME
• Role advertised as ‘suitable for a
recent graduate’ or ‘trainee’ role
• Training is ‘on the job’
• Can get responsibility quickly
• More success rate for international
students
Careers
Graduate Level Jobs
• Find vacancy
• Apply from 2 mths before finishing
course
• CV/letter/application form
• One or two interviews
• Start immediately – 2 mths after job
offer
• Or – recruitment agencies
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Application process
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•
•
•
Basic role in company
No expectation of progression
Degree not always necessary
Good first step
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Entry level role
• 70% of jobs are unadvertised
• Find out about them through…
- making contacts
- speculative applications
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Hidden job market
Start with the job description
Employers want: skills
Commitment to the field: what can you
do to prove this?
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What are employers looking for?
• Develop your skills in and out of course
Clubs/societies - www.qmsu.org
Volunteering – www.providevolunteering.org
Part-time work – www.careers.qmul.ac.uk/jobs
• Show commitment
Work experience (paid/unpaid)
Business competitions
Attend careers fairs / events / courses
www.careers.qmul.ac.uk/events
www.careers.lon.ac.uk
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How does this affect you?
1st Year
Vacation
2nd Year
Vacation
3rd Year
PG year
Build skills
Work
experience
Autumn:
Research
career ideas
Relevant
internships
Autumn:
apply for
grad
schemes
Autumn:
apply for
grad
schemes
Extra
curricular
activities
Part-time
work
Spring:
Interview/as
sessment
practice
Volunteering
Societies
Drapers
award
Part-time
work
Course Rep
Student
Ambassador
Apply for
internships
Spring:
Interview/as
sessment
practice
Summer:
Apply for
summer jobs
(if no
internship)
Or
Summer
work
Spring:
Interview/as
sessment
practice
Summer:
apply for
graduate or
other roles
Summer:
apply for
graduate or
other roles
Send CV to
recruitment
agency
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Planning for success…
• Consider working in your home country
- maintain networks
- get work experience at home in
vacations
- get your English as
good as possible
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Keep your options open….
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Using Careers to help you…