1. GOLDSMITHS CAREERS SERVICE www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/careers Department of Computing Careers Workshop 1 Karen Gui Careers Consultant

2. GOLDSMITHS CAREERS SERVICE www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/careers Topics to be covered How to choose your career or next step Employers – does size matter? Networking for the Shy and Nervous

3. GOLDSMITHS CAREERS SERVICE www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/careers Exercise: ‘Drug-dealing and Pimping 101’ To be a successful drug-dealer or pimp, what skills / experience / knowledge must you possess? Just for the purposes of this exercise, please put aside all your moral, legal and social objections to these activities (if any). Thank you!

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5. GOLDSMITHS CAREERS SERVICE www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/careers Some options Employment Postgraduate Study Time Out Something Else

6. GOLDSMITHS CAREERS SERVICE www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/careers What are skills? “Acquired measurable behaviours”

7. GOLDSMITHS CAREERS SERVICE www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/careers Top 10 Communication Numeracy Analytical Teamwork; working with others Creative problem- solving Commercial awareness Information Technology Organisational skills Time-management Attention to detail

8. GOLDSMITHS CAREERS SERVICE www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/careers What skills have I got? Paid work Work experience Volunteering Work shadowing Studies Local community work Sport/team work

9. GOLDSMITHS CAREERS SERVICE www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/careers PASSION IS OVERRATED! More helpful to consider: Skills + knowledge acquired so far Application of your Computing degree – important or not to you? Personality Values Location of job – how far are you willing to travel or relocate?

10. GOLDSMITHS CAREERS SERVICE www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/careers Online resources Websites www.careers.lon.ac.uk/sortit www.windmillsonline.co.uk/interactive/ www.careerstagged.co.uk/ www.prospects.ac.uk Targetjobs.co.uk University of London Temp Agency http://uol.itssystems.co.uk/UOL/index.asp GOLDSMITHS CAREERS SERVICE

11. www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/careers How to contact us 020 7919 7137 careers@gold.ac.uk www.gold.ac.uk/careers In person! 23-24 Laurie Grove Find us on Facebook @ www.facebook.com/goldsmiths.careerswww.facebook.com/goldsmiths.careers Follow us on Twitter @ www.twitter.com/careersgold VLE – Careers Service https://learn.gold.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=1828https://learn.gold.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=1828 Monday -Thursday9.30 - 4.30 Friday11.00 - 4.30 GOLDSMITHS CAREERS SERVICE