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Introduction
What is a career? What are the options? How can the CAS help? Where to look for jobs
What is a career? not necessarily a linear, planned sequence of
events Career choice is not an event or occasion Career choice is a process It is a combination of stages in your life It could contain great variety
Why is choosing a career so
difficult? ALL JOBS
which match your goals, needs & values
& require your skills, qualities & qualifications
in the desired location
where there are prospects for the future
What is the ideal job?
What are the options?
Employment/training Employment & study Academic study Vocational study Time out/Travel
Employment option examples Advertising
Armed Forces
Arts admin
Broadcasting
Central & Local Gov’t
Computing/IT
Finance
Fire Service
Guidance/Counselling
Info Management/Museums
Journalism
Law
Marketing/Sales
Management ConsultancyNHS ManagementPersonnelPoliceProduction ManagementPublic RelationsPublishingPurchasingRetailSelf-employmentSocial WorkTEFLTeachingTourismTransport
Jobs directly related to degreewww.kent.ac.uk/careers/degreein.htm
Teacher/Lecturer in Further and/or Higher Education in the UK
What subject did they study at university?
Jobs where degree usefulwww.prospects.ac.uk/links/PhilosophyDeg Advertising Account Planner Chartered Accountant Civil Service Administrator IT Consultant Marketing Executive, consumer products Personnel Officer Publishing copy/sub-editor Solicitor Systems Analyst/Systems Developer
Skills - from Film Studies
Ability to work under pressure Analytical & Problem Solving Communication Visual & Critical Awareness Literacy Research Technical Skills (?)
Many basic factors affect choice
Hours Perks Location Image Pay
Graduate Salaries 2008/09 Arcadia £17,500 - £23,000 + 25% store discount AWE (Atomic Weapons Establishment) from £21,000 + final
salary pension Police (HPD) £21,500 rising to £24,000 after initial training EDF Energy £22,500 - £32,000 dependant on discipline Asda £23,000 minimum Sainsbury’s £23,000 - £25,000 MI5 £23,500 + benefits - varies by function! Marks & Spencer £24,000 - £25,500 Unilever £26,000 Fujitsu £26,000 + £2,000 joining bonus Lloyd’s £26,000 - £30,000 Civil Service up to £27,000 Royal Navy £28,216 + £12,000 joining bonus Mars £29,000 + ExxonMobil £31,500 minimum + acceptance bursary + extras Aldi £40,000 - £57,750 (after 3yrs) + Audi A4
2 alternative starting points
start from yourself and work out
start from your opportunities and work back
Or, combine the two!
How can the CAS help? Options Series Leaflets Free careers literature Reference files & books IT facilities Talks & presentations Quick Query Careers Guidance Interview
Where to look
Vacancy publications www.kent.ac.uk/careers/jobs/index.htm
Directories www.prospects.ac.uk Employer brochures/sites www.mi5careers.gov.uk/
Specialist publications www.psychapp.co.uk/
Careers Fairs
CAREERS FAIRS - 2009www.prospects.ac.uk/links/careerfairs
Management Finance & Business Fair Leicester 25/2/2009Careers for Causes Leeds 26/2/2009Careers.....Making a Difference University of Leeds 3/3/2009Spring Fair Loughborough 4/3/2009Graduate Fair Abbey Conference Centre 10/3/2009Jobs Fair Falkirk 17/3/2009Jobs Fair Clackmannan 24/3/200920 Mile Fair Bradford 25/3/2009Jobs Fair Stirling 31/3/2009Careers Fair Hatfield 1/4/2009Spring into Jobs Fair Sheffield 29/4/2009Law Alternative Careers 2009 Main Building, Cardiff University 29/4/2009The Summer Graduate Fair in Scotland Glasgow 27/5/2009Edinburgh Graduate Recruitment Fair 2009 Edinburgh 29/5/2009PEOPLESKILLS Virtual Careers Fair Cyberspace 1/6/2009Liverpool Fairs: Graduate Recruitment Festival 2009 St George's Hall, Liverpool 2/6/2009Summer Recruitment Fair 3Sixty RUSU, Whiteknights Campus, Reading 2/6/2009Graduate Recruitment Fair Bath 2/6/2009gradFairZ.com National Graduate Recruitment Fair 2009 - no physical location 8/6/2009Newcastle Graduate Recruitment Fair Newcastle upon Tyne 8/6/2009Yorkshire Graduate Recruitment Fair Leeds 10/6/2009
Where to look for jobs
Vacancy publications Directories Employer brochures/sites Specialist publications Careers Fairs Job Centres & LSCs Online sources
Online sources Institute of Practitioners in Advertising
www.ipa.co.uk/ Chartered Institute of Marketing www.cim.co.uk Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development
www.cipd.co.uk/ Guardian vacancies www.jobs.guardian.co.uk/
Excellent Websiteswww.kent.ac.uk/careers/sitesmen.htm
www.prospects.ac.uk www.get.hobsons.co.uk/ www.kent.ac.uk/careers/ www.kentgrads.org.uk/
Where to look for jobs
Vacancy publications Directories Employer brochures/sites Specialist publications Careers Fairs Job Centres & LSCs Online Newspapers
Job ads in the press
Actuaries - Money Management, Observer, Times Acupuncture - Journal of Alternative &
Complementary Medicine (m) Arts Administration - The Stage, Arts Management
Weekly, Guardian (Mon & Sat)
Where to look for jobs Vacancy publications Directories Employer brochures/sites Specialist publications Careers Fairs Job Centres & LSCs Online Newspapers Recruitment Agencies
Recruitment Agencieswww.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 SPYING – Bartlett Scott Edgar
Some tips on choosing a career take time over your choice be realistic do the research make your own decision use the Careers Advisory Service start NOW!
Once career choice made
Research employers/courses Apply Discuss your ideas if you are uncertain Change your job-hunting/application methods
if they are not working
Careers Presentationswww.kent.ac.uk/careers/casevents.htm
Postgraduate study in Australia – 24 Feb 1-2 KLT5 Army visit campus – 25 Feb @CAS Careers in Politics – 25 Feb 2pm GLT2 Interview Skills – 26 Feb 1-2pm KLT5 Using Languages & Working in Europe – 3 March 1-
2pm KLT5 Presentation by INTERAC (Japan TEFL) – 4 March 1-
2pm KLT5 CV Workshop – 4 March 2-4pm KSR16