1. The University of Kent Careers and Employability Service MSc Engineering with Finance Careers Presentation You can download a copy of this presentation at www.kent.ac.uk/careers/slides.htm

2. CV and covering letter assignment given on course by Luca

3. What skills are you gaining at Kent that would make you attractive to graduate employers?

4. Skills gained on an engineering degree Engineering graduates are attractive to many employers outside their discipline because of their:  Ability to analyse information in a logical way  Investigative and problem solving skills.  Numeracy  IT skills Engineering careers page: www.kent.ac.uk/careers/electronics.htm

5. Destinations:MSc Engineering with Finance 2013 Working full-timeAkmal Qadeer & Company (Pvt.) Ltd.Director Working full-timeJCBABusiness Analyst Working full-timeSopra Group Financial ServicesGraduate Consultant Further study FTUniversity of Kent PhD Electronic Engineering

6. Who are the major finance employers that take graduates?

7. FINANCE JOB AREAS  Chartered Accountancy – KPMG/PWC Also management accountant in engineering firms www.kent.ac.uk/careers/workin/accountancy.htm www.kent.ac.uk/careers/workin/accountancy.htm  Banking – Lloyds, Barclays, Goldman Sachs www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sitebank.htm www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sitebank.htm  Insurance – Axa, Sun Alliance www.kent.ac.uk/careers/workin/insurance.htm www.kent.ac.uk/careers/workin/insurance.htm  Quant www.kent.ac.uk/careers/Maths.htm#Actuarial www.kent.ac.uk/careers/Maths.htm#Actuarial

8. Quant Quants apply mathematical and computing methods of analysis to financial problems (quant is an abbreviation of quantative). They develop algorithms to predict what the financial markets will do but also work in statistical arbitrage, and electronic market making. They work for hedge funds and banks and work as hedge fund managers, derivatives traders and risk managers. The work is very highly paid. For more information www.kent.ac.uk/careers/Maths.htm#quant www.kent.ac.uk/careers/Maths.htm#quant

9. How can the Careers and Employability Service help you?

10. Careers Talks and Employer Presentations www.kent.ac.uk/careers/casevents.htm VACANCY AND WORK EXPERIENCE DATABASE http://www.kent.ac.uk/ces/vacancies.html http://www.kent.ac.uk/ces/vacancies.html Apply for graduate schemes in the first term.

12. WEB PAGES  Applications and Interviews (includes assessment centres and psychometric tests etc.) www.kent.ac.uk/careers/applicn.htm www.kent.ac.uk/careers/applicn.htm  Example CVs & Covering Letters www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/cvexamples.htm www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/cvexamples.htm  Practice Interviews www.kent.ac.uk/careers/interviews/mockivs.htm www.kent.ac.uk/careers/interviews/mockivs.htm  Interview videos www.kent.ac.uk/careers/IntVid.htmwww.kent.ac.uk/careers/IntVid.htm

13. Moodle Careers Employability Award  Assessed by a range of quizzes and assignments  Will greatly improve your career planning and jobhunting skills, giving you strategies to make career choices and will increase your chances of getting a graduate level job.  Takes about 12 hours to complete  On completion you will get a University of Kent Careers Employability Award to add to your CV  Get 60 Kent Employability points for successful completion of the module.Kent Employability points  www.kent.ac.uk/careers/moodle.htm www.kent.ac.uk/careers/moodle.htm

14. www.kent.ac.uk/ceswww.kent.ac.uk/ces Telephone: 01227 823299 Email: careerhelp@kent.ac.ukcareerhelp@kent.ac.uk Opening hours: Monday to Friday 9 to 5 including vacations Drop-in times (no appointment needed): 10.30 to 12.30 & 2 to 4 pm

15. Bruce Woodcock An adviser is on duty for short (15 minute) consultations in the Careers and Employability Service any weekday morning 10.30-12.30 or afternoon from 2 pm to 4 pm. You don't need an appointment to see the duty adviser at these times. Just ask at Careers Reception to see them.  Email: bw@kent.ac.uk - for enquires that I can answer BRIEFLYbw@kent.ac.uk

16. The University of Kent Careers and Employability Service Bruce Woodcock University of Kent Careers and Employability Service bw@kent.ac.uk You can download a copy of this presentation at www.kent.ac.uk/careers/slides.htm