After Graduation -What Next?

Fiona SmithHead of College Careers

Service

CAREERS CENTRE

HORTON BUILDING -Ground Floor

Opening TimesMonday to Thursday

10am-5pmFriday 11am-5pm

Quick Queries11am-12noon, 2-4pm M-Th

www.careers.lon.ac.uk

After Graduation-What Next?Your Agenda for the Future

The Options•Employment•Postgraduate Study•Time Out•Something Else

How Do You Feel about Your Future?

•Excited•Scared•Glad to Leave University•Apprehensive•Positive

Your Priorities for Your Future

•Money

•Fame

•Success

•Happiness

•Job Satisfaction

Your Priorities for a Job

• I Want to Use my Subject• I Want to do Something Interesting• I Don’t Want an Office Job• I Want/Don’t Want to Work in

London• I Want to Travel• My Lifestyle is Important• I Want Security

Making Your Choice

• Decide Your Priorities• Assess Yourself -

Strengths/Weaknesses• Computerised Guidance • Jobs Using Your Degree• What Previous Graduates Have

Done• Research Occupations/Employers• Individual Discussion with Adviser

What Do You Think?

• What percentage of 1st degree students who graduated in 2000 were unemployed?

• 5.5%• What percentage of RHUL’s were

unemployed?• 4%• What percentage of Accountancy graduates

were unemployed?• 5.8%• What percentage of History graduates were

unemployed?• 5.3%

What Do you Think?

• What skills do employers want?• Is a general CV OK?• What is an Assessment Centre?• What is Psychometric Testing?• Do most graduates work for

large firms?• Do employers look for graduates

with specific disciplines?

What the Careers Centre Offers

• Guidance• Information• Employer Contacts• Skills Workshops• Practice Psychometric Tests/Mock

Interviews• Courses• Free until July of year of Graduation• GradClub

Information in the Careers Centre

•Occupations•Employers•Postgraduate Study•International Information

•Voluntary Information

• Careers Centre Website www.rhul.ac.uk/careers

• ULCS -Virtual Careers Library www.careers.lon.ac.uk• ULCS Alert• PROSPECTS Website

www.prospects.csu.ac.uk• Employer Websites

Internet Information

Vacancies in Careers CentreJOB/ULCS Alert Employer Presentations -• RHUL Programme• ULCS ProgrammeCourses• City/Marketing/ManagementHorton Herald

Job Hunting

Preparation for Job Hunting

Job Hunting SeminarSkills Sessions• CVs/Applications• Interview Techniques• Assessment Centres• Psychometric/Personality

Testing

Watch Out for Key Dates

Careers Centre Autumn ProgrammeCareers Centre Information Fair

24/10Closing Dates for -• Employer Applications• Postgraduate Courses• ULCS Presentations• ULCS CoursesHorton Herald Updates/Emails

Key Dates

• Civil Service ‘fast stream’( Sept/Jan)• Foreign & Commonwealth Office

(Sept)• Graduate Training Schemes (Oct-

Dec)• GTTR 15th Dec (Primary)• JET Programme (Dec)• Law - CEP (Feb)• P/G Study Abroad

Postgraduate Study

•Will it help me find a better job?

•How do I choose a course?•Deadlines•Funding•Why Postgraduate Study? - 27th November at 5pm

Time Out

•Will I Lose Out in the Job Market?

•What do Employers Think?

•What Should I Do?•Travel Broadens the Mind?

After Graduation What Next?Your Agenda for the FutureThe Options• Employment• Postgraduate Study• Time Out• Something Else

ANYQUESTIONS

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CAREERS CENTRE

HORTON BUILDING -Ground FloorOpening Times

Monday to Thursday 10am-5pm

Friday 11am-5pmQuick Queries

11am-12noon, 2-4pm M-Thwww.careers.lon.ac.uk