1. Rebecca Valentine Welcome from the Careers Service

2. Where we are: King’s Buildings Central Weir Building 3 rd Floor, Main Library 0131 650 5773 0131 650 4670 www.ed.ac.uk/careers facebook.com/EdinburghCareersService @uofedcareers

3. Using the Careers Service Wide range of self-help materials to help you prepare for the recruitment process (CVs, applications, interviews and assessment centres) www.ed.ac.uk/careers/recruitment Info on your options including jobs, employers, further study, options with your degree, working overseas www.ed.ac.uk/careers/your-future Info for PG students on career planning, marketing your qualification to employers, planning an academic career… www.ed.ac.uk/careers/postgrad Part time, semester, vacation and graduate jobs advertised in MyCareerHub https://mycareerhub.ed.ac.uk Talks, events and workshops including employer presentations, skills workshops, careers fairs – find details on MyCareerHub Appointments – M-F, both centres book via MyCareerHub

4. Advertising already underway Employers’ presentations start early October Application deadlines from October First interviews begin this semester PhD applications - UK deadlines from December Recruitment Timelines for 2016

5. What have previous Graduates done?

6. Recent Destinations - MSc Informatics Development Engineer - SeeByte - Edinburgh, Scotland Artificial Intelligence Analyst - Self Employed - Edinburgh, Scotland Software Developer - Exigen Services - Riga, Latvia Scientific Engineer - Struq – London Dot Net Software Developer - Priory Solutions – London Software Developer - Ocado – Hatfield Cloud Infrastructure Manager - Morilitas Solutions, Germany IT Consultant - Maquarie - London Software Developer - Adobe – Edinburgh Software Developer - Craneware – Edinburgh Software Developer - Mippin – London Web Developer - Binamic – Slough Programmer - A power company – Cyprus

7. Destinations - MSc Graduates Software Developer - Envoy Services - London, England Customer Service Associate - Amazon - Edinburgh, Scotland Software Developer - Codeplay - Edinburgh Software Developer - Metaswitch Networks – Edinburgh Software Developer - Openmarket – London Software Engineer - Freescale Semiconductor - Bucharest, Romania Programmer - Morley Financial Services - Dublin, Ireland Software Analyst - Relational - Athens, Greece Systems Analyst - KPMG - Malta Researcher - Malta University - Malta Consultant - PA Consulting - London, England Teacher/Tutor - Xini - Athens, Greece Computer Programmer - Accenture - Milan, Italy

8. Further Study - MSc Graduates PhD Artificial Intelligence (3) - Edinburgh University – Edinburgh PhD Informatics (2) - Edinburgh University – Edinburgh PhD Computer Vision and Machine Learning - Istituto Italiano di Technologia (joint with Universita di Genova) - Genoa, Italy PhD Informatics - Pamplona University - Pamplona, Colombia PhD Medical Imaging - Imperial College – London PhD Informatics (2) - Edinburgh University - Edinburgh, PhD Molecular Biology - University of Cyprus, Cyprus PhD Computer Science - Edinburgh University - Edinburgh, Scotland

9. Destinations – Research Masters Grads PhD Computational Neuroscience Edinburgh University PhD Neuroinformatics Edinburgh University PhD Informatics Edinburgh University Microchip DesignerSynopsys - California, United States Software Engineer Cisco Systems - Berkshire, England

10. Destinations - PhD Graduates 45% working as a Postdoctoral Researcher / Fellow 10% working as a Research Assistant 42% working in industry* 3% in further study or training Employers include: Google, Intel, Synopsys, Palantir Technologies, D-RisQ, Actify, IBM, Microsoft Research, Brainwave Discovery HEIs include: Edinburgh, Brown, Michigan, Netherlands Cancer Institute, St Andrews, Macquarie

11. Graduate destinations statistics and examples More examples of graduate destinations and statistics for masters and PhD graduates from the School of Informatics can be found on the Careers Service website: www.ed.ac.uk/careers/your-future/options/degree-options/dlhe/cse-destinations/info-awards

12. Your Career Strategy Set goals - short, medium & long term What do you want to achieve during your MSc/PhD? How can you make the most of your time at Edinburgh? What do you want to achieve immediately after?...and longer term? Identify what will help you to achieve your goals Find out what’s going on Research career options and potential employers Clarify requirements – skills, experience required or beneficial Identify any gaps Check entry routes – recruitment methods used Network Meet employers LinkedIn Market yourself – Applications, Interviews & other situations

13. What’s happening this semester? The UK graduate job market: What you need to know (15 th September) CVs: Beyond the basics (23 rd September) LinkedIn: Developing your profile (26 th September) Prepare for the Fair (26 th, 27 th or 28 th September) Writing effective covering letters (30 th September) Careers Fair (3 rd and 4 th October) Women in STEM speed networking event (4 th October) Applications: answering competency and open ended questions (7 th October) Career Strategies for PhD students part 1 (10 th October) LinkedIn: Putting your profile to work (14 th October) Career Strategies for PhD students part 2 (18 th October) Strengthen your interview skills (21 st October) Assessment centres: How to succeed (14 th November) Regular employer presentations and workshops This is just a small selection – see the full list on MyCareerHub!

14. National Insurance Number Processing International & European Students - to work in the UK while studying you need a NI number Jobcentre Plus are coming into the Careers Service to process National Insurance Numbers for students. Date: Tuesday 20 th September / Tuesday 27 th September / Thursday 6 th October Time: 9.30am - 3pm Location: Careers Service, Third Floor, Main Library, George Square Booking: Sign up in MyCareerHub What to Bring? 1. Passport or Identity Card 2. Student card, or letter confirming you are a University of Edinburgh student 3. If you have already been offered a job please bring your offer letter and/or payslip.

15. Dates for your diary Careers in IT Feb 2017