Where are the jobs? How to find vacancies Tim Reed Careers Advisory Service
Introduction n Where to look for jobs/internships n What else you can do?
Where to look n Vacancy publications n Directories n Employer brochures – eg. n Specialist publications n Careers Fairs
CAREERS FAIRS Law FairLaw Fair University of York 4/11/2010 University of Brighton Careers FairUniversity of Brighton Careers Fair Brighton 4/11/2010 Graduate Recruitment FairGraduate Recruitment Fair Hull 4/11/2010 Careers and Recruitment FairCareers and Recruitment Fair Canterbury 4/11/2010 Business and Management FairBusiness and Management Fair LSE 4/11/2010 Teesside University Careers FairTeesside University Careers Fair Middlesbrough 5/11/2010 Brunel Autumn Careers FairBrunel Autumn Careers Fair Uxbridge 8/11/2010 Careers and Recruitment EventCareers and Recruitment Event University of Hertfordshire 9/11/2010 Plymouth Business School Placements & Graduate Recruitment FairPlymouth Business School Placements & Graduate Recruitment Fair Plymouth 10/11/2010 Graduate Recruitment & Placement FairGraduate Recruitment & Placement Fair Portsmouth Guildhall 10/11/2010 Birmingham City University 'Discover Potential: Improve Prospects' FairBirmingham City University 'Discover Potential: Improve Prospects' Fair Birmingham 11/11/2010 UCL Law FairUCL Law Fair London 15-16/11/2010 GO 10 - UCLan Graduate Opportunities Fair 2010GO 10 - UCLan Graduate Opportunities Fair 2010 Preston 16-18/11/2010 Meet Your Future10Meet Your Future10 Tremough Campus, Penryn, Cornwall 17/11/2010 University of Bristol Law FairUniversity of Bristol Law Fair Bristol 17-18/11/2010 Science, Technology & Engineering Placements & Graduate Recruitment FairScience, Technology & Engineering Placements & Graduate Recruitment Fair Plymouth 24/11/2010 Newcastle Engineering FairNewcastle Engineering Fair Newcastle Upon Tyne 29/11/2010 Volunteering FairVolunteering Fair Leicester, Main Campus 30/11/2010 The London Diversity Graduate Career & Training Fair 2010The London Diversity Graduate Career & Training Fair 2010 East London 2-3/12/2010 Accounting & Finance FairAccounting & Finance Fair Leicester 8/12/2010 Careers and Recruitment FairCareers and Recruitment Fair - Canterbury 4/11/2010
Where to look n Vacancy publications n Directories n Employer brochures n Specialist publications n Careers Fairs n Job Centres & LSCs n Online sources
Online sources n Institute of Practitioners in Advertising n Chartered Institute of Marketing n Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development n Guardian vacancies
GRADUATE SALARIES 2010 Aldi £40,000 - £60,000 (after 3yrs) + fully expensed Audi A4 Linklaters £37,400 ExxonMobil £33,000+ Royal Navy £29,006 + £12,000 joining bonus Mars £29,000 + Lloyd’s £28,000 - £31,000 Civil Service up to £27,000 Unilever £26,500 Reckitt Benckiser £26,000 - £28,000 Police (HPDS) £24,675 after initial training Marks & Spencer £24,000+ Sainsbury’s £23,000 - £25,000 MI5 £23,500 + benefits - varies by function! Asda £23,000 AWE (Atomic Weapons Establishment) from £21,500 + final salary pension Arcadia £17,500 - £23, % store discount
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Where to look n Vacancy publications n Directories n Employer brochures n Specialist publications n Careers Fairs n Job Centres & LSCs n Internet n Newspapers
Job ads in the press n Actuaries - Money Management, Observer, Times n Arts Administration - The Stage, Arts Management Weekly, Guardian (Mon & Sat) n Times Higher Educational Supplement good source of jobs in universities. n Academic Jobs EU Academic and related vacancies for research institutes in the EU. n aut4jobswww.aut4jobs.com Higher education vacancieswww.aut4jobs.com n Association of Commonwealth Universities international university jobs n Eduserve Vacancies on-line information services for clients in education, government, health and other sectors. n The National Postgraduate Committee - the representative body for Postgrads in UK links to job search resourceswww.npc.org.uk n New Scientist
Where to look n Vacancy publications n Directories n Employer brochures n Specialist publications n Careers Fairs n Job Centres & LSCs n Internet n Newspapers n Recruitment Agencies
Recruitment Agencies n FASHION - George Ellis Recruitment n MUSIC - Handle Recruitment n ACCOUNTANCY - Hays Accountancy Personnel n SECRETARIAL - Nice People Employment Bureau n STOCKBROKING - Citifocus Ltd
What else can you do? n ask your friends n ask your relatives n ask your “network” n ask a careers adviser
Next Steps n Decide on the job you want n Research employers n Apply early n Discuss your ideas if you are uncertain n Change your job-hunting methods if they are not working
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