1. Where are the jobs? How to find vacancies Tim Reed T.M.Reed@kent.ac.uk T.M.Reed@kent.ac.uk Careers Advisory Service www.kent.ac.uk/careers/

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

4. Where to look n Vacancy publications www.kent.ac.uk/careers/jobs/index.htm www.kent.ac.uk/careers/jobs/index.htm n Directories www.prospects.ac.uk www.prospects.ac.uk n Employer brochures – eg. dstl @ www.dstl.gov.uk/careers/gradrec.php www.dstl.gov.uk/careers/gradrec.php n Specialist publications www.nature.com/naturejobs/science/ www.psychapp.co.uk/ n Careers Fairs

5. CAREERS FAIRS - 2010 www.prospects.ac.uk/links/careerfairs Law FairLaw Fair University of York 4/11/2010 University of Brighton Careers FairUniversity of Brighton Careers Fair Brighton 4/11/2010 Graduate Recruitment FairGraduate Recruitment Fair Hull 4/11/2010 Careers and Recruitment FairCareers and Recruitment Fair Canterbury 4/11/2010 Business and Management FairBusiness and Management Fair LSE 4/11/2010 Teesside University Careers FairTeesside University Careers Fair Middlesbrough 5/11/2010 Brunel Autumn Careers FairBrunel Autumn Careers Fair Uxbridge 8/11/2010 Careers and Recruitment EventCareers and Recruitment Event University of Hertfordshire 9/11/2010 Plymouth Business School Placements & Graduate Recruitment FairPlymouth Business School Placements & Graduate Recruitment Fair Plymouth 10/11/2010 Graduate Recruitment & Placement FairGraduate Recruitment & Placement Fair Portsmouth Guildhall 10/11/2010 Birmingham City University 'Discover Potential: Improve Prospects' FairBirmingham City University 'Discover Potential: Improve Prospects' Fair Birmingham 11/11/2010 UCL Law FairUCL Law Fair London 15-16/11/2010 GO 10 - UCLan Graduate Opportunities Fair 2010GO 10 - UCLan Graduate Opportunities Fair 2010 Preston 16-18/11/2010 Meet Your Future10Meet Your Future10 Tremough Campus, Penryn, Cornwall 17/11/2010 University of Bristol Law FairUniversity of Bristol Law Fair Bristol 17-18/11/2010 Science, Technology & Engineering Placements & Graduate Recruitment FairScience, Technology & Engineering Placements & Graduate Recruitment Fair Plymouth 24/11/2010 Newcastle Engineering FairNewcastle Engineering Fair Newcastle Upon Tyne 29/11/2010 Volunteering FairVolunteering Fair Leicester, Main Campus 30/11/2010 The London Diversity Graduate Career & Training Fair 2010The London Diversity Graduate Career & Training Fair 2010 East London 2-3/12/2010 Accounting & Finance FairAccounting & Finance Fair Leicester 8/12/2010 Careers and Recruitment FairCareers and Recruitment Fair - Canterbury 4/11/2010

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

7. Online sources n Institute of Practitioners in Advertising www.ipa.co.uk/ www.ipa.co.uk/ n Chartered Institute of Marketing www.cim.co.ukwww.cim.co.uk n Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development www.cipd.co.uk/ n Guardian vacancies www.jobs.guardian.co.uk/www.jobs.guardian.co.uk/

8. GRADUATE SALARIES 2010  Aldi £40,000 - £60,000 (after 3yrs) + fully expensed Audi A4  Linklaters £37,400  ExxonMobil £33,000+  Royal Navy £29,006 + £12,000 joining bonus  Mars £29,000 +  Lloyd’s £28,000 - £31,000  Civil Service up to £27,000  Unilever £26,500  Reckitt Benckiser £26,000 - £28,000  Police (HPDS) £24,675 after initial training  Marks & Spencer £24,000+  Sainsbury’s £23,000 - £25,000  MI5 £23,500 + benefits - varies by function!  Asda £23,000  AWE (Atomic Weapons Establishment) from £21,500 + final salary pension  Arcadia £17,500 - £23,000 + 25% store discount

9. Excellent Websites www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sitesmen.htm www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sitesmen.htm n www.prospects.ac.uk www.prospects.ac.uk n www.get.hobsons.co.uk/ www.get.hobsons.co.uk/ n www.kent.ac.uk/careers/ www.kent.ac.uk/careers/ n www.kentgrads.org.uk/ www.kentgrads.org.uk/ n www.kent.ac.uk/careers/PDWPgrad.htm www.kent.ac.uk/careers/PDWPgrad.htm

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

11. Job ads in the press www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sitespub.htm www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sitespub.htm n Actuaries - Money Management, Observer, Times n Arts Administration - The Stage, Arts Management Weekly, Guardian (Mon & Sat) n Times Higher Educational Supplement www.thes.co.uk good source of jobs in universities.www.thes.co.uk n Academic Jobs EU www.academicjobseu.com Academic and related vacancies for research institutes in the EU.www.academicjobseu.com n aut4jobswww.aut4jobs.com Higher education vacancieswww.aut4jobs.com n Association of Commonwealth Universities www.acu.ac.uk/adverts/jobs international university jobs www.acu.ac.uk/adverts/jobs n Eduserve Vacancies www.vacancies.ac.uk on-line information services for clients in education, government, health and other sectors.www.vacancies.ac.uk n The National Postgraduate Committee www.npc.org.uk - the representative body for Postgrads in UK links to job search resourceswww.npc.org.uk n New Scientist www.newscientistjobs.comwww.newscientistjobs.com

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

13. Recruitment Agencies www.kent.ac.uk/careers/recruit.htm www.kent.ac.uk/careers/recruit.htm n FASHION - George Ellis Recruitment n MUSIC - Handle Recruitment n ACCOUNTANCY - Hays Accountancy Personnel n SECRETARIAL - Nice People Employment Bureau n STOCKBROKING - Citifocus Ltd

14. What else can you do? www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sk/CJ.htm www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sk/CJ.htm n ask your friends n ask your relatives n ask your “network” n ask a careers adviser

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

16. Careers Advisory Service Website http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/