2. After Graduation -What Next? Fiona Smith Head of College Careers Service

3. CAREERS CENTRE HORTON BUILDING -Ground Floor Opening Times Monday to Thursday 10am-5pm Friday 11am-5pm Quick Queries 11am-12noon, 2-4pm M-Th www.careers.lon.ac.uk

4. After Graduation-What Next? Your Agenda for the Future The Options Employment Postgraduate Study Time Out Something Else

6. How Do You Feel about Your Future? Excited Scared Glad to Leave University Apprehensive Positive

7. Your Priorities for Your Future Money Fame Success Happiness Job Satisfaction

8. Your Priorities for a Job I Want to Use my Subject I Want to do Something Interesting I Don’t Want an Office Job I Want/Don’t Want to Work in London I Want to Travel My Lifestyle is Important I Want Security

9. Making Your Choice Decide Your Priorities Assess Yourself - Strengths/Weaknesses Computerised Guidance Jobs Using Your Degree What Previous Graduates Have Done Research Occupations/Employers Individual Discussion with Adviser

10. What Do You Think? What percentage of 1st degree students who graduated in 2000 were unemployed? 5.5% What percentage of RHUL’s were unemployed? 4% What percentage of Accountancy graduates were unemployed? 5.8% What percentage of History graduates were unemployed? 5.3%

11. What Do you Think? What skills do employers want? Is a general CV OK? What is an Assessment Centre? What is Psychometric Testing? Do most graduates work for large firms? Do employers look for graduates with specific disciplines?

12. What the Careers Centre Offers Guidance Information Employer Contacts Skills Workshops Practice Psychometric Tests/Mock Interviews Courses Free until July of year of Graduation GradClub

13. Information in the Careers Centre Occupations Employers Postgraduate Study International Information Voluntary Information

14. Careers Centre Website www.rhul.ac.uk/careers ULCS -Virtual Careers Library www.careers.lon.ac.uk ULCS Alert PROSPECTS Website www.prospects.csu.ac.uk Employer Websites Internet Information

15. Vacancies in Careers Centre JOB/ULCS Alert Employer Presentations - RHUL Programme ULCS Programme Courses City/Marketing/Management Horton Herald Job Hunting

16. Preparation for Job Hunting Job Hunting Seminar Skills Sessions CVs/Applications Interview Techniques Assessment Centres Psychometric/Personality Testing

17. Watch Out for Key Dates Careers Centre Autumn Programme Careers Centre Information Fair 24/10 Closing Dates for - Employer Applications Postgraduate Courses ULCS Presentations ULCS Courses Horton Herald Updates/Emails

18. Key Dates Civil Service ‘fast stream’( Sept/Jan) Foreign & Commonwealth Office (Sept) Graduate Training Schemes (Oct- Dec) GTTR 15th Dec (Primary) JET Programme (Dec) Law - CEP (Feb) P/G Study Abroad

19. Postgraduate Study Will it help me find a better job? How do I choose a course? Deadlines Funding Why Postgraduate Study? - 27th November at 5pm

20. Time Out Will I Lose Out in the Job Market? What do Employers Think? What Should I Do? Travel Broadens the Mind?

21. After Graduation What Next? Your Agenda for the Future The Options Employment Postgraduate Study Time Out Something Else

22. ANY QUESTIONS?

23. CAREERS CENTRE HORTON BUILDING -Ground Floor Opening Times Monday to Thursday 10am-5pm Friday 11am-5pm Quick Queries 11am-12noon, 2-4pm M-Th www.careers.lon.ac.uk