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Level 3 History Students
Your Career - Taking Action
Judy Everett, Careers Adviser
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Aim of this Session
To outline the range of options open
to you on graduation and to
suggest ways that you can take action now to
make your career plans happen.
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This Session will………..
• Provide a broad overview of options for graduates
• Introduce the career planning process
• Examine in depth the options of graduate employment, further study and a year out
• Highlight a range of career planning resources
• Explain how the Careers Service can help
• Indicate action to be taken
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What stage have you reached in your career planning?
I have definite career plans and know how to achieve them
I have some ideas but am not sure what to do next
I have a few vague ideas
I haven’t got a clue
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Your Options beyond University
• Seek graduate employment
• Postgraduate – taught / research
• Take ‘Time Out’
• Temporary work
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The D.O.T.S. model of career planning
• Self Awareness
• Opportunity Awareness
• Decision Making
• Taking Action
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Skills sought by Recruiters- Evidence
• Communication skills
• Analytical ability
• Commercial awareness
• Teamwork
• Leadership
• Negotiation
• Problem Solving
• Time management
• Prioritising your workload
• Ability to work under pressure
• Organisational ability
• IT skills
• Creativity
• Flexibility / Adaptability
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What Skills do History Students possess?
• Written & oral communication
• Prioritising workload / meeting deadlines
• Scanning text / identifying key features
• To interpret complex text
• Working independently
• To present critical arguments
• To think logically & laterally
• Creativity
• Self confidence in your opinions
• An awareness of how people behave
• Ability to lead & participate in discussions
• Research skills
• Analytical ability
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Options taken by History Graduates – 6 months
2011-12
• In Employment - 61.5 %
• Further Study - 23.4 %
• Time Out - 6.0 %
• Unemployed - 9.1 %
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Employment
• Jobs directly related to your Degree
• Jobs where your degree would be useful
• Careers open to all graduates – (40-60%)
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Jobs directly related to your degree
• Archivist
• Academic Librarian, Information Officer/Manager, Records manager
• Museum/Art Gallery Curator
• Secondary School Teacher
• Archaeologist
• Genealogist
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Jobs where your degree would be useful • Arts Administrator
• Solicitor
• Civil Servant
• Journalist – Newspaper, Broadcasting
• Publishing
• Marketing Executive
• Sales Executive
• Primary School Teacher
• Local Government Administrator
• Higher Education Administrator
• Accountant
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Occupations open to graduates of any discipline
• General Management
• Financial Services
• The Media
• Advertising & Marketing
• Teaching
• Public Relations
• Legal Profession
• Law Enforcement
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Graduate Employment market
• Graduate Schemes – Mainly larger organisations- business, finance etc
• Direct – Entry Posts – Medium/smaller organisations, Public sector, Third sector
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• Work experience, internships, temporary jobs
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Seeking graduate employment – Timescale in Final year
• Sept./Oct – Employer handbooks available
• Careers Fairs- October/November
• Some early closing dates late October/November/December
• First Interviews December onwards
• Second Interviews / Assessment Centres
- Spring
• Summer Recruitment Fairs- June /July
• Small to medium sized organisations recruit as & when a vacancy arises
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Making Applications
• CVs & Covering letters
• Application forms
• Interviews – telephone, video, Skype or face-to-face
• Psychometric tests
• Assessment centres
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Preparation
• Having a good CV
• Covering letter tailored to each job
• Strong applications – answering the questions
• Attention to detail- spelling , grammar etc
• Taking time
• Using the Careers Service resources
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Postgraduate study
• Why ?
• What?
• When?
• Where?
• How?
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Why undertake postgraduate study?
• For academic interest
• To enhance your employment prospects
• For personal development
• To gain a professional qualification
• To gain more specialist or technical skills
• As the first stage into an academic career
• To avoid the ‘rat race’?
• To compensate for disappointing results at first degree level?
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What type of course/research?
• Vocational or academic
• Taught or by research
• Full-time / part-time
• PgD / MSc / MA / MPhil / PhD
• A conversion course
• Open learning e.g. OU
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Examples of Further study taken by History graduates
• MA Historical research
• MA International relations
• MSc Political theory
• PGCE Secondary
• Pg Dip Publishing
• Graduate Diploma in Law
• NCTJ Journalism, MA Web journalism
• MSc Electronic publishing
• MA Management
• MA Communication studies
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Sources of Funding for Postgraduate study
• University Scholarships and Bursaries
• Specialised Funding Schemes for some vocational courses
• Grant-making Trusts and Charities
• Employers
• Loans – Family, Banks, Career Development Loans
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Is Postgraduate study right for you?
• Are you clear WHY you wish to undertake it?
• Are you motivated ?
• Is the timing right for you?
• Do you meet the eligibility criteria?
• Can you fund it?
• If self –funding, can you justify the outlay?
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Time Out - Options
• Travelling
• Gaining relevant work experience
• Volunteer work in the UK or abroad
• Temporary work at a non-graduate leveL
• Improving specific skills i.e. languages / IT
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Taking Time Out
• Sensible motivations
• Clear idea of what you will be doing
• Plan early
• Using your time to enhance employability
• Plans for your return
• Negotiating a deferred start to work or study
• Reflecting on what you gained
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Careers Service - Who can help? • Information Staff
• Careers Library
• Careers Advisers
• Advice sessions (20 minutes) Tel: 2220910
• Longer interviews
• Work in your department
• Jobshop staff
• All aspects of work experience
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What can the Careers Service offer to final year students?
• Information
-Reference materials, handouts
-Websites www.shef.ac.uk/careers
www.prospects.ac.uk
• Events- Careers ’What’s On’
• Advice
- Options, Occupations, CVs Applications etc
• Graduate and Work Experience Vacancies – register on ‘myVacancies’
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Event- Careers – ‘What’s On’ Careers Fairs:- • Engineering & Technology – 5th Nov.
• Business, Finance & Languages – 6th Nov.
• Law– 20th Nov.
• Science-21st Nov.
• In second semester – Third Sector, Heritage, Media
• Employer presentations
• One-to-One Employer sessions
• Day in the Life of...Talks
• ‘Skills for Success’ sessions
• Lunchtime talks
• Workshops
‘What’s On Diary’
Read ‘What’s On Weekly’ Email
Careers Service Guide 2014 Jobs and careers advice for Sheffield students Pick up a free copy or view online via shef.ac.uk/careers
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Looking for work internationally – ‘myInternationalCareer’
• Gateway to useful websites by country
• Features 64 different countries
• Contained within it is the
‘Going Global’- database
Initially register on a University of Sheffield computer – then access it from anywhere
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Skills
• Experience Sheffield
• The Sheffield Graduate Award
• Skills for Work Certificate
• Skills for Success Workshops
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Take action • Research your Options
• Prepare a Plan of action
• Use the Careers Service – Website, Advice, Events, Meet Employers, Fairs
• Prepare a C.V.
• Make Applications
• Your presence on Social Media?- Linkedin
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Social Media • Facebook- /careersuos
• Twitter- @UniShefCareers
• Linkedin- University of Sheffield
Careers Network
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Don’t know what to do?
• Pick up a copy ‘See the Bigger Picture’ Pack”
• ‘What job would suit me?’ www.prospects.ac.uk
• Use the career planning resources, particularly booklet “Getting Started”
• Speak to a Careers Adviser
• Build up your work experience
• Attend Careers Service events
• Begin networking
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Judy Everett- [email protected]
Tel: 0114 2220910
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Any Questions?