1. Where are the jobs? (How do I find vacancies?) www.kent.ac.uk/ces/ Tim Reed Head of Careers and Employability Service

3. GRADUATE SALARIES 2012  Arcadia – retail management £18,500 - £23,000  Boots - brand/buying/marketing grad scheme £24,000 + £1k welcome!  Barclays Bank - future leaders development programme £36k (+£8k bonus!)  Civil Service - up to £27,000  Explore Learning - education management £21,000  Exxon Mobil - graduate schemes £34,000  FiveTen Group - recruitment £20-£25k  GCHQ - defence research £25,000 (+ benefits)  IBM - range of schemes £27,000 - £32,000  Jaguar Land Rover - purchasing grad scheme £27k  John Lewis - buying/retail management/merchandising graduate schemes £25,000  L’Oreal - management training scheme £28,000  McDonald’s - trainee business manager £18,500-21,500  MI5 - £24,750 + benefits - varies by function!  Motability - £28,500 (+ joining bonus!)  Slaughter & May - training contract £38,000  Waitrose - retail management £25,000

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

5. Where to look Vacancy publications www.kent.ac.uk/careers/jobs/index.htmwww.kent.ac.uk/careers/jobs/index.htm Directories www.prospects.ac.ukwww.prospects.ac.uk Employers – eg. dstl @ www.dstl.gov.uk/careers/gradrec.phpwww.dstl.gov.uk/careers/gradrec.php Specialist publications www.nature.com/naturejobs/science/ www.psychapp.co.uk/ Careers Fairs

6. Careers Fairs - 2012 www.prospects.ac.uk/links/careerfairs Brunel Graduate Summer FairBrunel Graduate Summer Fair Uxbridge 21/5/2012 Summer Careers FairSummer Careers Fair De Montfort University, Leicester 29/5/2012 Edinburgh Graduate Recruitment FairEdinburgh Graduate Recruitment Fair Edinburgh 29/5/2012 Liverpool Graduate Recruitment Festival 2012Liverpool Graduate Recruitment Festival 2012 Liverpool 30/5/2012 Graduate Recruitment FairGraduate Recruitment Fair Bath 31/5/2012 Yorkshire Graduate Recruitment FairYorkshire Graduate Recruitment Fair University of Leeds 31/5/2012 Newcastle Graduate Recruitment FairNewcastle Graduate Recruitment Fair Newcastle upon Tyne 11/6/2012 Sheffield's Summer Graduate Recruitment Online FairSheffield's Summer Graduate Recruitment Online Fair Sheffield 11/6/2012 Cardiff Summer Graduate Careers FairCardiff Summer Graduate Careers Fair Cardiff 12/6/2012 The Northern Ireland Graduate Recruitment FairThe Northern Ireland Graduate Recruitment Fair University Of Ulster, Jordanstown Campus 12/6/2012 The Graduate Recruitment Fair @ ManchesterThe Graduate Recruitment Fair @ Manchester Manchester 13-14/6/2012 Jobs FairJobs Fair London School of Economics and Political Science 14/6/2012 The London Graduate Fair from The Careers Group and TARGETjobs.co.ukThe London Graduate Fair from The Careers Group and TARGETjobs.co.uk London 20- 21/6/2012

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

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

9. Excellent Websites www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sitesmen.htm www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sitesmen.htm www.prospects.ac.uk www.get.hobsons.co.uk/ www.targetjobs.co.uk www.kent.ac.uk/ces/ www.kent.ac.uk/careers/jobs/finding-employers.htm www.kentgrads.org.uk/

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

11. Job ads in the press www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sitespub.htm www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sitespub.htm Actuaries - Money Management, Observer, Times Arts Administration - The Stage, Arts Management Weekly, Guardian (Mon & Sat) Media - Media Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media, BBC staff magazine “Ariel”http://www.guardian.co.uk/media Higher Education - Times Higher Educational Supplement www.thes.co.uk www.thes.co.uk

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

13. Recruitment Agencies www.kent.ac.uk/careers/recruit.htm www.kent.ac.uk/careers/recruit.htm FASHION - George Ellis Recruitment MUSIC - Handle Recruitment ACCOUNTANCY - Hays Accountancy Personnel SECRETARIAL - Nice People Employment Bureau 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 ask your friends ask your relatives ask your “network” ask a careers adviser

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