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Finding an Industrial PlacementValerie Matthews-Lane
Careers Service
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‘With Industry’ year• MEng and BEng students are eligible for this option
• Placed with a company for a year between second and third years
• Undertake training and practical experience agreed between the department and the employer
• Regular contact with tutor during year
• Awarded ‘Certificate of Industrial Studies’
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Benefits of work experience
• Improves your employability
• Improved academic motivation & performance
• Develops your career thinking
• Develops personal & technical skills
• Evidence of skills demonstrated in context
• Increased commercial awareness
• Helps you stand out from the crowd
• Gain [relevant] experience
• Appreciate relevance of academic studies, better time management, increased self confidence;
• Post graduation: know what to expect, able to settle into work & make an impact more quickly
• Explore specific sectors/job roles & consider whether this might suit you
• Fast track to graduate recruitment/scheme
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Graduate labour market73
60%
400,000
£18-25k
Average number of applicants per vacancyAGR Summer Review 2012
Graduates receive a 2:1 or betterHesa 2010-11
New graduates each yearHesa
Average graduate salaryAGR Shortage of well qualified graduates for
Engineering/ITAGCAS 2012 & Royal Academy of Engineering 2010
13, 94013, 940 Eng. graduates 2010/11 achieved a 2:1 or better (total cohort of 22, 905) Hesa 2012
Note!
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How to be an employable graduate
90s
Now
Degree = employment
Degree + extracurricular = employment
UCAS tariff + 2:1 degree + good university extracurricular + work experience = employment
Higher UCAS tariff + 2:1 degree + top university extracurricular + work experience of measurable value + own personal brand = employment
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Registeronline
Onlineapplication
Assessment Centre &
InterviewsTelephone Interviews
Testing
The recruitment & selection process• Large organisations tend to be multi-stage, SMEs usually 2 stage
(application form & interviews)
• Large organisations, vacancies usually highly visible, early deadlines, competitive, need a strong application & ability to evidence the skills employers look for (e.g. via curricular & extra-curricular activities)
• Smaller organisations, vacancies less visible, may advertise via other recruitment sites e.g. careers.le.ac.uk/mycareers
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Where to look: employers websitesExamples of employers who offer industrial placements
• Airbus
• Arreva
• Augusta Westland
• Atkins
• Babcock
• BAE Systems
• Centrica
• Cummins
• Doosan Babcock
• EADS Astrium
• EON
• Lloyd’s Register
• Network Rail
• NPower
• QinetiQ
• Siemens
• Vauxhall
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Other websites
• Careers.le.ac.uk/mycareers• Gradcracker• Year in Industry• STEP• Prospects
• TARGETjobs
• e4s
• Inside Careers
• Rate My Placement
• All About Careers
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Using Social Media
• To research employers & develop awareness of what’s going on within the sector (commercial awareness)
• To find out about events & vacancies
• Engage with employers
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The Hidden Job Market
• Networking e.g. careers fairs
• Use personal & professional contacts
• Speculative applications
• Identify firms via business listings & directories e.g. www.yell.com, Leicester Chamber of Commerce, Professional organisations – Royal Aeronautical Society, Employer’s organisations e.g. Midlands Aerospace
• Student enterprise/volunteering/Leicester Award
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Opportunities to network with employers• Careers Fairs
• Other employer networking events and skills workshops
• Departmental events and contact with employers e.g. through the second year Engineering Design Project
• External and national events, competitions
• For information on events including those organised by the Careers Service www.le.ac.uk/careers/career/events
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Gain Work Experience
• Vacation Placements
• Voluntary work
• Part-time work
• Work shadowing
• Leicester Award
• Student Enterprise
• Project work (2nd & 3rd year)
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The Career Development Service • 1:1 Guidance inc. support with
identifying & approaching employers
• Feedback on draft CVs, CLs & Applications
• Workshops e.g. Applications, CVs & Interviews
• Work Placements/grad vacancies: MyCareers
• Website www.le.ac.uk/careers
• Book appointment by telephone (0116 252 2004) or at the Careers Help Desk in the Student Union 10.00 – 4.00pm Monday-Friday.
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