The Quick Guide to Graduate Job Hunting

Negotiating the graduate job market successfully/Getting your 1st graduate job

Paul MartinCareers and Graduate Employability Advisor

What do you want to do when you finish university?

Questions you need to ask yourself

Do you know what Job you would like to do?

What are you good at: skills/knowledge/experience?

What sector would you like to work in?

Who do you want to work with?

What are your values?

http://www.prospects.ac.uk/myprospects_planner_login.htm

https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/advice/planning/jobfamily/Pages/default.aspx

Research –become the expert in this area

Talk to people doing the job

Talk to employers direct

Jobs Fairs

• Uclan • Manchester University

What makes you different?

Relevant skills are?

Relevant experiences are?

Relevant achievements?

Work Experience/Voluntary work

Mobility

Different routes into the Graduate Job Market

Structured Graduate

Training Schemes Entry Level Jobs

SME Public Sector

Graduate vacancy sites

www.targetjobs.co.uk

http://www.milkround.com/

http://www.insidecareers.co.uk/

www.gradjobs.co.uk

http://www.prospects.ac.uk/graduate_job_search.htm

http://www.graduate-jobs.com/

http://www.grb.uk.com/

Beware of deadlines

Where to look for science jobs

General science websites

• http://jobs.newscientist.com• http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org• http://www.nature.com/naturejobs

Specialist science jobs websites

www.environmentjob.co.uk http://jobs.rsc.org/

• Prospects website has suggested vacancy sites

Other popular job websites

www.reed.co.uk

www.totaljobs.com

https://www.gov.uk/jobsearch

www.fish4.co.uk

www.monster.co.uk

www.jobsite.co.uk

Employment Search Engines

http://www.careerjet.co.uk/

http://www.simplyhired.co.uk/

http://www.workhound.co.uk/

Unadvertised Vacancies

May not be recruiting now

But may keep your CV on file

Less competition –save costs of advertising

Recruitment Consultant Temping Agencies

• Handle recruitment for companies/screen applicants

• Contact you if find a suitable role for you

• Match jobseekers and employers• First contact is key

• Hiring organisations pay temping agencies a fee to find an employee

• The agency pays the hired candidate from the fee

• Many companies use this as a recruitment tool

• First contact is key

What are my chances of getting a job?

Depends on you

demonstrating your skills, experience and career motivation

communicating this effectively

Summary

• Find a job role that excites you• Start your research now not when you finish• Find out as much as you can – look at job vacancies• Try and get work experience/voluntary work• Work on your ‘pitch’• Get help with the application process

Use the Careers team working in your school?

• Find out where they are based• When they are in your school• Use them!