1. Strathclyde Business School 2010-11 MBA Course Presentation on Careers & How to Get a Job By Peter Hardy of PSD

2. Agenda – Where the Market is Active – Functions – Sectors – Geographics – Our Advice on How to Get a Job & What an Employer Looks for – How to Prepare for an Interview

3. Marketing & Sales –Digital marketing & e-commerce (Consumer) –Product development (Financial Services) –Internal communications (All Sectors) –Sales, business development & bid management (Professional Services)

4. Finance –Compliance (Banking & Financial Services) –Risk (Banking & Financial Services) –Solvency II & IFRS (All Sectors) –Financial Planning & Analysis (All Sectors) –Audit (All Sectors) –Basel III (Banking & Financial Services)

5. IT & Change Management –Web Development & Architecture (E-Commerce & Social Media) –ITIL, Prince, TOGAF & Governance (Banking & Financial Services) –Change / Transformation / Programme / Project Management (All Sectors) –Sales & Implementation (BPO) –Convergence & Applications (Mobile / Payments)

6. –Programme Management, Business Intelligence & Customer Experience (Retail, Utilities, Banking & Financial Services) Call Centres & Customer Contact

7. –Demand has moved down the value chain (All Sectors) –Category manager level + below (All Sectors) –Business as Usual as opposed to strategic Purchasing & Supply Chain

8. –Big 4 Consultancies –Defence & Security –Renewable Energy - engineers, biologists, chemists, business development (India, China, South America) –Oil + Gas - engineers, project management, business development (Middle East, Kazakhstan, Norway) –All Sectors - Hong Kong, China, Far East Hot Spots

9. –Property + Construction –Public Sector –Transportation –Defence + Aerospace What's Tough

10. –Try to speak to the person doing the recruitment –Make direct approaches to senior people by telephoning +/or emailing them –Spread your net sensibly + play to your strengths –Go sideways to go forwards? Job Hunting

11. –Questions on the company and the roles –Research on the Interviewer –Why do you want to work for the company –How would you make an impact in the first six months –Your background needs to be compelling + interesting Interviewing

12. –Hard work –Being realistic Conclusion