1 Projecting a professional image – help for ECS students Career Destinations, Bldg Diana Fitch 8.30 – Mon-Fri (until ) Career Destinations, Bldg 37

Today Employability  What it means for you  And Employers Career Destinations  How we can help Building up your professional image 2

Employability – What does it mean? Whose responsibility? Graduate Destinations and earnings? –ECS: Empl 68% Study = 9% Unempl 11% Pay £11k- £40k –UK IT: Empl 64.2% Study = 9% Unempl 13.9% Pay £21,490 –UK all subjects Unempl = 8.6% Pay £19,935 3

4 What do employers want? A good degree And? –Someone who has got involved –Someone who looks outwards –Someone who has focus –Work Experience – “the missing ingredient in undergraduate education” –Someone who has thought about what they have to offer –Skills NB! These will also give YOU the EVIDENCE that you need for a good CV

5 Employability Skills knowledge of computer systems and technologies; technical competency; the ability to communicate with clients, colleagues and management to explain complex issues clearly and concisely; a meticulous and organised approach to work; a logical, analytical and creative approach to problems; thoroughness and attention to detail; business and commercial awareness; the ability to work both in a team and alone and to manage your own workload; *Abridged from Prospects.ac.uk Attributes Leadership, interpersonal, and problem solving skills Self-motivated, detail-oriented, efficient Ability to prioritise, team player, reliable, ability to multi-task career motivation and a willingness to continue to further your knowledge and skills; an ability to learn new skills and technologies quickly; an awareness of current issues affecting the industry and its technologies. Indeed.com 2010 Systems Developer*

6 Characteristics of the world of work Globalisation24/7BRICS –Part-time language courses? The power of the customer Flatter structures Multi-skilling and re-skilling of the workforce Change is the only constant Technology

Industry –Technology contributes 12% to UK GDP or £140billion pa –Times Top 100 Graduate Employers 2012 No. 1 – PwC, No. 2 – Deloitte, No. 11 – Accenture, No. 14 Google –Guardian Top 300 – IT employers Google, Apple, Microsoft, IBM, MI6, Intel, Sony, MI5, BT, Accenture Careers Fairs –ECS Fair in February - 79 stands – 29 new companies –IT, Science and Engineering Fair in October Student publications –Guardian UK 300, Times Top 100, TARGETjobs IT & Technology 7 Industry Intelligence

–IT skills shortage hampers UK response to Cyber threats –ITPRO identifies top 15 emerging technology trends - big impacts by ‘digital disruption’ –Industry readiness E-skills ‘Mentoring March’ –programme Wipro o offer 9 month graduate internship –Big Data Analytics Report Staff growth rate forecast at 18% pa (5 yr), all IT 2.5% pa –REC & KPMG put demand for IT staff in second place VMware has taken on 6700 staff in 3 years, but shedding 900 Computer Weekly 500 Club – “everybody is scrambling for talent” back-in-house back-in-house 8 E-skills news digest to

9 Introducing Career Destinations Careers information –Industry sectors/job roles –Jobs/Work Experience/summer options –Recruitment process –Part-time work Careers Events Calendar –Workshops, talks, employer events Stand out from the crowd –Volunteering, Mentoring –Student Enterprise

Careers appointments for ECS students

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Get involved ECSS, IEEE –Committee, Events, Speakers, workshops ECSwomen and Theano – meetings & events Robogals.org – ECS group forming – looking for helpers SUSU – societies, Fish on Toast, Enactus Southampton Open days, eg Intel, Vodaphone, JP Morgan, IBM Competitions 13

What is the Graduate Passport? Achievement record, recognising and rewarding students like you, for activities not accredited to your course. Provides a supportive and flexible framework to enhance your graduate attributes/employability skills. Throughout your time at University. Points based programme

Focus? Computer Weekly advice: university-as-a-springboard-to.htmlhttp:// university-as-a-springboard-to.html 15 “Show some focus, know what you want to obtain”