choosing a career tim reed t.m.reed@kent.ac.uk t.m.reed@kent.ac.uk careers advisory service

CHOOSING A CAREER

Tim Reed T.M.Reed@kent.ac.uk

Careers Advisory Service

www.kent.ac.uk/careers/

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

CHOOSING A CAREER

Tim Reed T.M.Reed@kent.ac.uk

Careers Advisory Service

www.kent.ac.uk/careers/