Introduction What stage are you at? What is a career? What are the options? How can the CAS help? Where to look for jobs
What is a career? It is not necessarily a linear or planned
sequence of events Career choice is not an event or occasion Career choice is a “process” It is a combination of stages in your life It could contain great variety
Why is choosing a career so difficult? ALL JOBS
which match your goals, needs & values
& require your skills, qualities & qualifications
in the desired location
where there are prospects for the future
What is the ideal job?
Options availableAdvertisingArmed ForcesArts adminBroadcastingCentral & Local Gov’tComputing/ITFinanceFire ServiceGuidance/CounsellingInfo Management/MuseumsJournalismLawMarketing/Sales
Management ConsultancyNHS ManagementPersonnelPoliceProduction ManagementPublic RelationsPublishingPurchasingRetailSelf-employmentSocial WorkTEFLTeachingTourismTransport
Jobs directly related to degree
Teacher/Lecturer in Further and/or Higher Education in the UK
What subject did they study at university?
Jobs where degree usefulwww.prospects.ac.uk/links/PhilosophyDeg Chartered Accountant Civil Service Administrator Advertising Account Planner Systems Analyst/Systems Developer IT Consultant Marketing Executive, consumer products Solicitor Personnel Officer Publishing copy/sub-editor
Many basic factors affect choice
Hours Perks Location Image Pay
Graduate Salaries 2006/07 AWE (Atomic Weapons Establishment) from £20,000+ Police (HPD) £20,000 Clarks (branded footwear) £20,000 BUPA £21,000 - £23,000 + extras Asda £21,500 minimum + 10% discount card Alliance & Leicester £23,000 + £1,500 joining bonus Marks & Spencer £21,000 - £22,000 + £3,500 London weighting MI5 £22,000 (pay review pending) Sainsbury’s £22,000 (+10% staff discount) Civil Service £23,700+ (London median) Audit Commission up to £24,200 Lloyds TSB £25,000 - £28,450 (+ £5,000 sign-on bonus) Procter & Gamble £27,000 + benefits ExxonMobil £28,000 minimum + acceptance bursary + extras BNP Paribas up to £35,000 + £2,000 sign on bonus Aldi £38,000 - £54,500 (after 3yrs) + Audi A4
2 alternative starting points
start from yourself and work out
start from your opportunities and work back
Or, combine the two!
What are the options? Employment/training Employment & study Academic study Vocational study Time out Travel
How can the CAS help? Options Leaflets AGCAS Booklets Reference files & books Job vacancies Computer facilities Talks & presentations Quick Query Careers Guidance Interview
Where to look Vacancy publications
www.kent.ac.uk/careers/jobs/index.htm Directories www.prospects.ac.uk Employer brochures – eg. Ad Agency Leo Burnett @
www.farmersutra.com/ Specialist publications www.psychapp.co.uk/ Careers Fairs
CAREERS FAIRS – SUMMER 2008www.prospects.ac.uk/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/Careers_fairs/p!epkgf;jsessionid=a63072e474b08$2E$7B$
The Summer Graduate Fair in Scotland Glasgow28/5/2008Nottingham Graduate Recruitment Fair Nottingham2/6/2008Teaching Fair Grimsby2/6/2008Graduate Recruitment Fair Hatfield4/6/2008Summer Recruitment Fair Palmer Building, Whiteknights Campus, Reading5/6/2008Graduate Recruitment Fair Bath5/6/2008Yorkshire Graduate Recruitment Fair Leeds5/6/2008National Graduate Recruitment Exhibition in Birmingham NEC, Birmingham6/6/2008Newcastle Graduate Recruitment Fair Newcastle upon Tyne9/6/2008gradireland summer recruitment fair 2008 Dublin10/6/2008Opportunities Fair 2008 Durham10/6/2008Graduate Recruitment Fair 2008 Cardiff11/6/2008The Graduate Recruitment Fair @ Manchester Manchester11/6/2008The Northern Ireland Graduate Job Fair University Of Ulster, Jordanstown12/6/2008University of Birmingham Summer Fair Birmingham12/6/2008The Guardian London Graduate Fair from The Careers Group - Summer 2008 London17/6/2008Graduate Recruitment Fair University of Southampton19/6/2008Jobs fair LSE, London19/6/200819/6/2008
Where to look Vacancy publications www.kent.ac.uk/careers/vaclist.htm Directories www.prospects.ac.uk Employer brochures www.mi5careers.co.uk Specialist publications
www.bps.org.uk/publications/appmemo/appmemo_home.cfm Careers Fairs Job Centres & LSCs Internet sources
Internet sources Institute of Practitioners in Advertising
www.ipa.co.uk/ Chartered Institute of Marketing www.cim.co.uk Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development
www.cipd.co.uk/ Guardian vacancies www.jobs.guardian.co.uk/
Excellent Websites www.prospects.ac.uk www.hobsons.com www.kent.ac.uk/careers/ www.kentgrads.org.uk/
Where to look for jobs Vacancy publications Directories Employer brochures Specialist publications Careers Fairs Job Centres & LSCs Internet Newspapers
Job ads in the press Actuaries - Money Management, Observer, Times Acupuncture - Journal of Alternative &
Complementary Medicine (m) Arts Administration - The Stage, Arts Management
Weekly, Guardian (Mon & Sat)
Where to look for jobs Vacancy publications Directories Employer brochures Specialist publications Careers Fairs Job Centres & LSCs Internet Newspapers Recruitment Agencies
Recruitment Agencieswww.kent.ac.uk/careers/recruit.htm
FASHION - George Ellis Recruitment MUSIC - Handle Recruitment ACCOUNTANCY - Hays Accountancy Personnel SECRETARIAL - Nice People Employment Bureau STOCKBROKING - Citifocus Ltd SPYING – Bartlett Scott Edgar
Some tips on choosing a career take time over your choice be realistic do the research make your own decision use the Careers Advisory Service start NOW!
Once career choice made Research employers/courses Apply Discuss your ideas if you are uncertain Change your job-hunting/application methods
if they are not working
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