CIPHP Careers Session Steve Norman Career Adviser

Content  What you want and where you want to go?  Skills Analysis  Jobs/Organisations  Volunteering  CVs/Application Forms/Interviews  Resources

Time for reflection/discussion Where you have come from Where you are now Where you hope to be

Skills  What knowledge/skills/expertise can you offer employers?  Identify gaps  How to fill those gaps?

Jobs  What organisations would you like to work for?  What sorts of jobs would you like to be doing?

Organisations  Central and Local Government  International ‘government’ e.g. UN, WHO  National Health Service/Heath Boards or equivalent in other countries  Charities  Development Organisations (NGOs)  Think tanks/policy influencers  Higher Education  Media Resources handout: links to reference books/websites which will help you to identify organisations

Roles  Policy Advice/Research?  Promotion/PR/Media/Journalism?  Education?  Management?  Administration?  Teaching?  Create your own?

Vacancy sources Proactive and reactive job hunting  Reactive – see handout for some vacancy websites  Proactive – identify organisations you want to work for and target…

Speculative job hunting  Proactive rather than reactive  Networking  Informational interviewing  Selling yourself or an idea to a potential employer  Volunteering a potential stepping stone

Volunteering  Good experience – gain knowledge/skills etc  Good for networking/identifying organisations operating in the sector  Often a stepping stone to paid employment See handout for some useful websites/organisations in Edinburgh and UK/Worldwide

CVs/Application Forms  What’s the first thing you do when applying for a job?  You don’t just write a CV or complete the application form

Research  THE JOB – job advert, person specification, general careers information  THE EMPLOYER – from the advert, employer website, news articles  YOU – what do you have to offer in terms of skills, experience and knowledge  AIM – to match your self to the job/employer

CVs/Application Forms  Follow instructions  Focus on the skills/experience/knowledge required by the employer  Answer the question!  Use recent examples and focus on what YOU did  Get feedback from a Careers Adviser on content  Get a friend to check for spelling/typos  Any questions? quick links CVs, Applications and Interviews

Interviews  WELL DONE!  Likely to probe in more depth what you have said in your application  Used to ask the questions – Why this job? Why us?  Mock/practice interviews available with Careers Advisers  Any questions? quick links CVs, Applications and Interviews

Resources See Handout  for resources in Careers Service, 33 Bucceluch Place  for useful web links  Careers Advisers – 1 to 1 interviews

Event of interest?  11th March from 5.30pm-7.30pm  University of Strathclyde, Glasgow The event is aimed at students an early career researchers with an interest in pursuing a career in social research NEED to sign up

Any questions?