1. Get a Career as a Management Professional
Vanessa Freeman Deputy Head Careers & Enterprise
PRINT handouts for students as will need in the job search
Buy jaffa cakes x 2 (SEF & SBM)

2. What will you get from today?
Tools to understand what you want from a career
An understanding of job hunting and job hunting sources in the UK and overseas
A plan for the next 3 months
11am-11.45am

3. What are your
Values
Skills
Interests/knowledge
Needs

4. Start with you: I like Creative ideas Analysing figures
Finding the best deal
Practical tangible outcomes
Policies and procedures
Working with words
Technological solutions
Patterns in numbers
Persuading and Negotiating
Working with detail
Working with the big picture
Tenacity, organising sorting things out
The challenge of leading, motivating

5. Graduate job Graduate Schemes Apply 1 year ahead
2-3 years trainee
Paid for professional qualification
Full time paid work
other grads
Training to progress you
Rotation round departments sometimes
Graduate level job Apply 2-3 months before you want to start
No fixed period
Full time paid work
Learn ‘on the job’
Progress by applying for an internal/external job the next step up
More autonomy/flexibility?
Question : what percentage of people to do you think get their job on a graduate scheme? 12%
- so whilst many of you will be focusing on graduate schemes, I also want to highlight to you the validity of a graduate level job as your entry to the world of work – given the number of people who do get their job this way.

6. Routes to graduate work
Now – Nov 2017: apply for graduate schemes
Nov – April: selection. Application form, psychometric testing, phone interview, assessment centre
July - Sept 2018: start your graduate scheme
May onwards: apply for graduate level vacancies - permanent job - graduate internship)
Selection: CV & cover letter / application form; interview
Immediate start or start up to 2 months later
DON’T got through the selection process for graduate schemes.

7. Help with Careers

8. In pairs Imagine one large company
What jobs might there be for business graduates?
What other business services might a company use?

9. Common divisions
Strategy/planning Marketing Communications Sales/business development Operations Finance Human Resources (HR) Research/analytics Purchasing/procurement Sales Facilities management Legal Careers-in-business.com

10. Business services Accountancy Marcomms Legal
Consultancy: strategic, IT, HR

11. Levels
CEO
Director
Manager
Executive
Officer
Assistant

12. Career Choice: Which sectors?
Choose two that appeal – why
One that doesn’t appeal – why not?

13. Where did they go? BSc Business Management
Stunt man
Burger creator
Careers consultant
Busker
Toilet quality control officer

14. Sorry – just checking you are listening…

15. Where did they go? BSc Business Management
HR Graduate, Property/project manager, TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANT, Relationship consultant, Trainee Accountant, Marketing Assistant, Lettings negotiator, Account Manager at Hewlett-Packard Enterprise in Barcelona, MARKETING PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR, Graduate trainee, Trainee Auditor
Recruitment resources,
PR and Marketing project leader,
Digital marketing executive,
Account Manager,
Wealth Manager,
Technology analyst,
PROJECT SUPPORT OFFICER,
Sales executive in a logistics firm,
MARKETING EXECUTIVE,
Accounts assistant,
Business analyst,
Operational manager,
SECOND ASSISTANT MOVIE DIRECTOR,

16. Sourcing SMEs http://londonjobs.metro.co.uk/
500 HR jobs 1200 marketing jobs today
LinkedIn
Glassdoor
Workinstartups
Fairs Siliconmilkroundabout 25 November
Trade websites/professional associations

17. Research case study: careers in digital media

18. Led to here

19. And via local South London Press jobsite

21. The product will be stocked in high end retailers, bars and gyms
The product will be stocked in high end retailers, bars and gyms. We are looking for someone confident and presentable to help sell into these venues as well as help with marketing strategy and the daily running of the company.
The role is diverse. At the very minimum, you'll be researching key people and companies, booking sales meetings, going to sales meetings, working at exhibitions, helping with company strategy, helping with marketing campaigns, updating social media feeds.
The role will be demanding, but varied, fun and rewarding. You'll be working in the heart of Fitzrovia, in a top floor office with excellent people.
To excel in this role, you'll want to be:
Very sociable  Intelligent  Organised  Have a strong Work Ethic  Positive
You'll be joining at the start of a well funded and high potential company. You'll be instrumental to the success of New North and will be very well rewarded as it grows.

22. Speculative approaches
Works well if you hear someone might be hiring
Find a mentor and get introductions to their networks. (try to make approaches)
Approach companies for a short burst of work-shadowing.
Cold approaches can work and are more common in areas such as PR

23. Career choice and job hunting
In pairs Use you phones to find 3 jobs you could do with a degree in Business and Management

24. East London Business Alliance (ELBA)
Mentoring
Mock Interviews
Insight Schemes
CV and LinkedIn feedback
Check QMplus careers s for updates

26. Further support
One to ones – Wednesday PM (with me) – bookable a week in advance through Careers and Enterprise
QMPlus pages
Careers events check the website WG