The business culture, language and etiquette (code of professional behaviour) inside the UK Graduate job market Stephanie Pemberton, Career Consultant, Careers and Student Employability (CaSE)

1. Outline key expectations of UK based graduate employers 2. Highlight your international student USP 3. Outline potential barriers

4. Identify where to locate potential employers 5. Indicate 7 key steps you can take to build an effective career plan 6.Introduce some key resources to help you

 "a set of attributes, skills and knowledge that all labour market participants should possess to ensure they have the capability of being effective in the workplace – to the benefit of themselves, their employer and the wider economy” CBI, Future Fit, 2009

1.  Self-management 2.  Team working 3.  Business and customer awareness 4.  Problem solving 5.  Communication and literacy 6.  Application of numeracy 7.  Application of information technology

 a positive attitude: a ‘can-do’ approach, a readiness to take part and contribute, openness to new ideas & a drive to make these happen (‘Future fit: preparing graduates for the world of work’, CBI and Universities UK 2009)

-of-licensed-sponsors-workers Association of Graduate Recruiters - What do I need to know about the process? International-Students.pdf

 Commitment & drive  Bi/multi-lingual skills  Adaptable & flexible approach through living/working & studying from multi locations

 Diverse cultural experience/insight  Additional overseas industry network  Anything else that you can think of?

 High number of unemployed and underemployed UK/EU graduates that are cheaper to hire  Potentially, not meeting the UCAS requirements for graduate schemes/jobs  Globalised competitive graduate job market

 Sponsorship cost to employer  Visa bureaucracy – perception & reality  Access to a restricted no. of graduate employers

1. Volunteering – unpaid work & volunteering 2. Internships – 4-12 weeks 3. Work placements – 4 weeks to a year 4. Mentoring – professional knowledge exchange & support with Mentor 5. Work shadowing – observation 6. Casual & part-time work

 Tap into friends/family/UEL network  Create and nurture your online professional profile through social media: LinkedIn, Facebook & Twitter  Be proactive on online professional forums  Attend professional events e.g. Cyber Security Workshop - Institute for Engineering & Technology

 Top up your university studies - free professional Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) e.g. & open-universitywww.coursera.com  Contribute towards open source projects –

 Research on/offline –identify sector trends, skill shortages, new technologies, company products, services, customers, profits, recent projects, global footprint, competitors...  Keep up to date via trade journals, websites, newspaper sector details & register for rss feeds  Reflect why & how you can develop to offer a good match/add value – SMART action plan

 Aug- Feb & open all year – Internships & placements – Tier 4 (General) Visa & Tier 5 temporary Work  Graduate entry job ready role with on the job training – Tier 2 - Certificate of Sponsorship /Sponser Register required to extend your visa – 6 months minimum preparation - £20,500k min – Code of Practice  Graduate Training Scheme – up to 1 or 2 years – formalised training often prior to a permanent job offer –identify and apply Aug-Dec before graduation

1. Online application form/CV 2. Telephone interview/s 3. Online psychometric, aptitude & numerical tests 4. Interview 5. Assessment Centres – group work and intray exercises to see if you display the personal qualities, interpersonal skills & aptitude that count 6. Final job interview 7. *Any/all of the above

 BP, ‘ the quality of applications & number of opportunities available pre-Christmas allowed us to make a large proportion of our offers by December...I can’t stress enough the importance of early applications’  TARGETjobs –  79#/f1cd9379/ #/f1cd9379/16

 1. If you have a Genuinely outstanding idea for running your own company in the UK see the International Student Team - Visa 1  2. Contact Timothy Isle – Enterprise Team –

 Target small-medium employers through Register of Sponsers that have smaller budgets for recruitment/internships  Identify potential employers  Deliver in hand a targeted CV/Covering letter & invite staff member for a coffee to discuss how you can add value to the company

1. SMART Career Plan A & Plan B 2. Refer to CaSE’S road map to navigate 3. A targeted covering letter 4. A targeted and well researched CV 5. Application form & psychometric practice 6. Mock interview workout/practice 7. Brush up your English Writing Skills – 20 e- learning modules

1. UEL International Student Team 2. School linked Career Consultant 3. Careers and Student Employability team: career decision making, internships, mentoring & volunteering, 4. School staff with potential industry contacts 5. Student Learning Achievement Advisers/Skill Zone & You, crucially you through a proactive, realistic and SMART career plan –

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