career choices and jobsearch for finalists
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Career Choicesand Job Search
for Finalists
Helen Gorman & Karen FieldCareers & Employability Advisers
In this session we will cover:Career choice:• Knowing yourself• Knowing your
labour marketJob search:• Identifying
vacancy sources• Targeting your CV
and applicationsHow we can help
Career choice - where to start?
Understanding who you are
Researching options &
labour marketMaking choices
and taking action
Gaining experience
Know what you can offer:skills, interests, values, personality and strengths
Know what you are looking for:types of activity, level of reward, part time or full time, trying something out, graduate scheme, people you want to work with …
Try a careers self assessment – Prospects Planner OR Profiling for Success:www.sussex.ac.uk/careers/careerchoices/interests/
Understanding who you are
Researching your options
Matching yourself to career options.www.sussex.ac.uk/careers/careerchoices/interests
What can you do with your degree? www.sussex.ac.uk/careers/careerchoices/yourdegreewww.prospects.ac.uk
What other options are open to you?www.sussex.ac.uk/careers/careerchoices/researchingcareers
What do graduates do?www.sussex.ad.uk/careers/whatourgraduatesdowww.hecsu.ac.uk/current_projects_what_do_graduates_do.htm
Finding out about different job roleshttps://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/advice/planning/LMIMapswww.prospects.ac.uk/sectors.htm
Knowing your labour market
Where our graduates workLinkedIn data: top 10
Making choicesBring together your research to help you define:• what you are looking for• what you have to offer employers• what options are open to you
This will help you:• create targeted CV and job applications• make more focused job searches
You may want to talk this through with a Careers Advisor.www.sussex.ac.uk/careers/aboutus/advice
Job searchingBe organised:• establish a routine• tidy up your online presence• keep records of what you’ve
applied for and when so you can follow up
• keep copies of applications, you’ll need them to prepare for interviews
• research organisations carefully, to help target your applications and for interview preparation
Vacancy sourcesBe focused - don’t just google
• CareerHub is a good starting point: https://careerhub.sussex.ac.uk/
• For specialist vacancy sources, use the sector guides on the Sussex Uni website: www.sussex.ac.uk/careers
• Graduate career websites and directories: Prospects, Milkround, Targetjobs
• Newspapers – eg. Guardian (national), Argus (local)• Agencies – see Sector guides for local Brighton agencies on
the Sussex Uni website: www.sussex.ac.uk/careers• Want to go overseas?
www.sussex.ac.uk/careers/careerchoices/international
Current vacancies on CareerHubCommunications Internship – ChampollionIf you’re clued up on current affairs and passionate about politics, we have a fantastic opportunity to intern with one of the UK’s most highly respected communications agencies. Deadline: 14 June.
Graduate Programme 2016: Financial Advisory - Forensic – KPMGKPMG is looking to appoint a number of Graduates under their Financial Advisory - Forensic Graduate Programme 2016 in Reading. Deadline: 24 June.
General Engineering and Support Technicians MI6The Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) are currently looking to hire graduates to work as Engineering and Support Technicians. Deadline: 27 June.
Language Assistant ApprenticeThe British School of Brussels offers the opportunity to work in a large, vibrant languages department alongside experienced colleagues from a wide range of cultural backgrounds. Deadline: 13 June.
Creative job searchingMake speculative job applications:• there are benefits in being
proactive• identify employers you want to
work for• network online and in person • join LinkedIn to create a
professional online network
Targeting your CV and applications• Who is your audience?• What are they looking for?
Look at the job description and person specification.
• Show that you have the skills they are looking for - use the STAR approach:
S SituationT TaskA ActionR Result
• Use key words from the person specification.
Use examples from all your experiences: work, volunteering, societies, interests…
Careers and Employability Centre support:• For 3 years after you graduate• Short interview with a careers adviser: Mon – Fri from 10 am ‘til 5pm, Weds ‘til 7pm• Vacancies – part time, work experience,
internships, graduate jobs: www.sussex.ac.uk/careers
How we can help you