Where are the jobs? (How do I find vacancies?) Tim Reed Head of Careers and Employability Service

GRADUATE SALARIES 2012  Arcadia – retail management £18,500 - £23,000  Boots - brand/buying/marketing grad scheme £24,000 + £1k welcome!  Barclays Bank - future leaders development programme £36k (+£8k bonus!)  Civil Service - up to £27,000  Explore Learning - education management £21,000  Exxon Mobil - graduate schemes £34,000  FiveTen Group - recruitment £20-£25k  GCHQ - defence research £25,000 (+ benefits)  IBM - range of schemes £27,000 - £32,000  Jaguar Land Rover - purchasing grad scheme £27k  John Lewis - buying/retail management/merchandising graduate schemes £25,000  L’Oreal - management training scheme £28,000  McDonald’s - trainee business manager £18,500-21,500  MI5 - £24,750 + benefits - varies by function!  Motability - £28,500 (+ joining bonus!)  Slaughter & May - training contract £38,000  Waitrose - retail management £25,000

Introduction Where to look for jobs/internships What else you can do?

Where to look Vacancy publications Directories Employers – eg. Specialist publications Careers Fairs

Careers Fairs Brunel Graduate Summer FairBrunel Graduate Summer Fair Uxbridge 21/5/2012 Summer Careers FairSummer Careers Fair De Montfort University, Leicester 29/5/2012 Edinburgh Graduate Recruitment FairEdinburgh Graduate Recruitment Fair Edinburgh 29/5/2012 Liverpool Graduate Recruitment Festival 2012Liverpool Graduate Recruitment Festival 2012 Liverpool 30/5/2012 Graduate Recruitment FairGraduate Recruitment Fair Bath 31/5/2012 Yorkshire Graduate Recruitment FairYorkshire Graduate Recruitment Fair University of Leeds 31/5/2012 Newcastle Graduate Recruitment FairNewcastle Graduate Recruitment Fair Newcastle upon Tyne 11/6/2012 Sheffield's Summer Graduate Recruitment Online FairSheffield's Summer Graduate Recruitment Online Fair Sheffield 11/6/2012 Cardiff Summer Graduate Careers FairCardiff Summer Graduate Careers Fair Cardiff 12/6/2012 The Northern Ireland Graduate Recruitment FairThe Northern Ireland Graduate Recruitment Fair University Of Ulster, Jordanstown Campus 12/6/2012 The Graduate Recruitment ManchesterThe Graduate Recruitment Manchester Manchester 13-14/6/2012 Jobs FairJobs Fair London School of Economics and Political Science 14/6/2012 The London Graduate Fair from The Careers Group and TARGETjobs.co.ukThe London Graduate Fair from The Careers Group and TARGETjobs.co.uk London /6/2012

Where to look Vacancy publications Directories Employer brochures Specialist publications Careers Fairs Job Centres & LSCs Online sources

Institute of Practitioners in Advertising Chartered Institute of Marketing Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development Guardian vacancies

Excellent Websites

Where to look Vacancy publications Directories Employer brochures Specialist publications Careers Fairs Job Centres & LSCs Internet Newspapers

Job ads in the press Actuaries - Money Management, Observer, Times Arts Administration - The Stage, Arts Management Weekly, Guardian (Mon & Sat) Media - Media Guardian: BBC staff magazine “Ariel” Higher Education - Times Higher Educational Supplement

Where to look Vacancy publications Directories Employer brochures Specialist publications Careers Fairs Job Centres & LSCs Internet Newspapers Recruitment Agencies

Recruitment Agencies FASHION - George Ellis Recruitment MUSIC - Handle Recruitment ACCOUNTANCY - Hays Accountancy Personnel SECRETARIAL - Nice People Employment Bureau STOCKBROKING - Citifocus Ltd

What else can you do? ask your friends ask your relatives ask your “network” ask a careers adviser

Next Steps Decide on the job you want Research employers Apply early Discuss your ideas if you are uncertain Change your job-hunting methods if they are not working