1. 1 Projecting a professional image – help for ECS students Career Destinations, Bldg 37 023 8059 3501 www.southampton.ac.uk/careers Diana Fitch djf4@soton.ac.ukdjf4@soton.ac.uk 8.30 – 18.00 Mon-Fri (until 15.3.13) Career Destinations, Bldg 37

2. Today Employability  What it means for you  And Employers Career Destinations  How we can help Building up your professional image 2

3. Employability – What does it mean? Whose responsibility? Graduate Destinations and earnings? –ECS: Empl 68% Study = 9% Unempl 11% Pay £11k- £40k –UK IT: Empl 64.2% Study = 9% Unempl 13.9% Pay £21,490 –UK all subjects Unempl = 8.6% Pay £19,935 3

4. 4 What do employers want? A good degree And? –Someone who has got involved –Someone who looks outwards –Someone who has focus –Work Experience – “the missing ingredient in undergraduate education” –Someone who has thought about what they have to offer –Skills NB! These will also give YOU the EVIDENCE that you need for a good CV

5. 5 Employability Skills knowledge of computer systems and technologies; technical competency; the ability to communicate with clients, colleagues and management to explain complex issues clearly and concisely; a meticulous and organised approach to work; a logical, analytical and creative approach to problems; thoroughness and attention to detail; business and commercial awareness; the ability to work both in a team and alone and to manage your own workload; *Abridged from Prospects.ac.uk Attributes Leadership, interpersonal, and problem solving skills Self-motivated, detail-oriented, efficient Ability to prioritise, team player, reliable, ability to multi-task career motivation and a willingness to continue to further your knowledge and skills; an ability to learn new skills and technologies quickly; an awareness of current issues affecting the industry and its technologies. Indeed.com 2010 Systems Developer*

6. 6 Characteristics of the world of work Globalisation24/7BRICS –Part-time language courses? http://www.southampton.ac.uk/cls/ http://www.southampton.ac.uk/cls/ The power of the customer Flatter structures Multi-skilling and re-skilling of the workforce Change is the only constant Technology

7. Industry –Technology contributes 12% to UK GDP or £140billion pa –Times Top 100 Graduate Employers 2012 No. 1 – PwC, No. 2 – Deloitte, No. 11 – Accenture, No. 14 Google –Guardian Top 300 – IT employers Google, Apple, Microsoft, IBM, MI6, Intel, Sony, MI5, BT, Accenture Careers Fairs –ECS Fair in February - 79 stands – 29 new companies –IT, Science and Engineering Fair in October Student publications –Guardian UK 300, Times Top 100, TARGETjobs IT & Technology 7 Industry Intelligence

8. –IT skills shortage hampers UK response to Cyber threats –ITPRO identifies top 15 emerging technology trends - big impacts by 2018 http://www.itpro.co.uk/645616/forrester-identifies-top-15-emerging-tech-trends# http://www.itpro.co.uk/645616/forrester-identifies-top-15-emerging-tech-trends# ‘digital disruption’ –Industry readiness E-skills ‘Mentoring March’ –programme Wipro o offer 9 month graduate internship –Big Data Analytics Report Staff growth rate forecast at 18% pa (5 yr), all IT 2.5% pa –REC & KPMG put demand for IT staff in second place www.computerworlduk.com www.computerworlduk.com VMware has taken on 6700 staff in 3 years, but shedding 900 Computer Weekly 500 Club – “everybody is scrambling for talent” http://www.computerweekly.com/feature/CW500-Skills-shortages-loom-as-development-comes- back-in-house http://www.computerweekly.com/feature/CW500-Skills-shortages-loom-as-development-comes- back-in-house 8 E-skills news digest to 15.2.2013 https://www.e-skills.com/news-and-events/

9. 9 Introducing Career Destinations Careers information –Industry sectors/job roles –Jobs/Work Experience/summer options –Recruitment process –Part-time work Careers Events Calendar –Workshops, talks, employer events Stand out from the crowd –Volunteering, Mentoring –Student Enterprise www.southampton.ac.uk/careers 023 8059 3501

10. 10 www.southampton.ac.uk/careers + Careers appointments for ECS students

11. 11 www.southampton.ac.uk/careers/subject/ecs Career Destinations www.southampton.ac.uk/studententerprise www.southampton.ac.uk/careers/international

12. 12 www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/careers + Emails from Joyce Lewis

13. Get involved ECSS, IEEE –Committee, Events, Speakers, workshops ECSwomen and Theano – meetings & events Robogals.org – ECS group forming – looking for helpers SUSU – societies, Fish on Toast, Enactus Southampton Open days, eg Intel, Vodaphone, JP Morgan, IBM.... https://devecs.ecs.soton.ac.uk/ Competitions 13

14. What is the Graduate Passport? Achievement record, recognising and rewarding students like you, for activities not accredited to your course. Provides a supportive and flexible framework to enhance your graduate attributes/employability skills. Throughout your time at University. Points based programme www.southampton.ac.uk/careers/passport

15. Focus? Computer Weekly advice: http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/itworks/2012/11/ university-as-a-springboard-to.htmlhttp://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/itworks/2012/11/ university-as-a-springboard-to.html 15 “Show some focus, know what you want to obtain”