Get a Career as a Management Professional Vanessa Freeman Deputy Head Careers & Enterprise Helen Green PRINT handouts for students as will need in the job search Buy jaffa cakes x 2 (SEF & SBM)

What will you get from today? A well-crafted personal profile A start on prepping good application and interview answers An understanding of job hunting and job hunting sources in the UK and overseas A plan for the next 3 months 11am-11.45am

Why are you fabulous? Develop 3 sentences about your USPs Relevant experience/knowledge Languages Technical skills SAP, Google analytics Practise your pitch

Me Employability expert with 18 years experience supporting students, graduates, career changers, career professionals and institutions to achieve career goals for themselves and others. One to one coaching; workshop and lecture creation and delivery; advice and guidance to stakeholders on all aspects of employability. Areas of expertise include graduate destinations (DLHE) analysis, entrepreneurship, diversity, postgraduate researcher provision. Key motivation is the belief in the importance of fulfilling work for all.

Graduate job Graduate Schemes Apply 1 year ahead 2-3 years trainee Paid for professional qualification Full time paid work 20-200 other grads Training to progress you Rotation round departments sometimes Graduate level job Apply 2-3 months before you want to start No fixed period Full time paid work Learn ‘on the job’ Progress by applying for an internal/external job the next step up More autonomy/flexibility? Question : what percentage of people to do you think get their job on a graduate scheme? 12% - so whilst many of you will be focusing on graduate schemes, I also want to highlight to you the validity of a graduate level job as your entry to the world of work – given the number of people who do get their job this way.

Routes to graduate work Now – Nov 2017: apply for graduate schemes Nov – April: selection. Application form, psychometric testing, phone interview, assessment centre July - Sept 2018: start your graduate scheme May onwards: apply for graduate level vacancies - permanent job - graduate internship) Selection: CV & cover letter / application form; interview Immediate start or start up to 2 months later DON’T got through the selection process for graduate schemes.

STAR S: During my course I was part of a team of 5 researching the effectiveness of the catering outlets at QMUL. T: We needed to gather sales data, service hours, supplier costs and analyse this information to find business improvements. A: We divided up the outlets - I contacted one of the the catering managers clearly explaining the project and allaying any fears. From this I was able to obtain sales figures which I analysed using Excel and so on R: The outcome was a report which provided a comparative analysis and recommendations. Each team member wrote a section and I edited the final piece for house style. The recommendations were used by the management team

Providing Evidence Situation Task Action Result Competency questions Choose one skill you want to provide evidence for. Brainstorm a STAR answer. Situation Task Action Result 85-95 Break 15 min to 110

Help with Careers

Career Choice: Which sectors?

Career choice and job hunting In pairs Come up with 5 job titles you can do with a Master in Management

Where did they go? MSc Management Stunt man Burger creator Careers consultant Busker Toilet quality control officer

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Where did they go: MSc Accounting and Finance Case Analyst, Associate Auditor, Project Officer, Trade Marketing Representative, Mathematical Analyst , Business Analyst, Accounting Assistant, Credit Analyst, Secondary Teacher, Consultant, Company Owner, Marketing Executive , Assistant Accountant

Where did they go: MSc International Business Institutional Relations Officer, Associate Accountant, Planning Officer, Project Manager , Area manager, International Business Development Manager, Finance Intern, Graduate Trainee , Executive Director , Business Operations Assistant , Business Developer

Where did they go? MSc Management PR Officer, Account Co-Ordinator Human Resources Assistant, Auditor, Product Coordinator, Account manager at marketing agency, Business Development Manager, Self Employed Consultant , Managing Director , Business Consultant, IT Project Manager , Corporate Governance, senior audit and consult in sustainability services, Banker, Product Development Managers, Procurement Analyst, Operations Assistant, Project Manager Graduate

Research case study: careers in digital media

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And via local South London Press jobsite

Sourcing SMEs

Using recruitment agencies Find the right ones for your sector via professional associations, sector publications, ask around. Graduate Recruitment Bureau, http://www.grb.uk.com/ Sanctuary Search, http://www.sanctuarygraduates.co.uk/ Bridgewater UK, http://www.bridgewateruk.com/ Hays Recruitment, www.hays.co.uk Consulting specific: https://www.freshminds.co.uk/ Investment Banking specific: Robert Half, https://www.roberthalf.co.uk/; Robert Walters, https://www.robertwalters.co.uk/; Randstad, https://www.randstad.co.uk/; http://www.agencycentral.co.uk/

Speculative approaches Works well if you hear someone might be hiring Find a mentor and get introductions to their networks. (try to make approaches) Approach companies for a short burst of work-shadowing. Cold approaches can work and are more common in areas such as PR

Think wide Who has considered applying to DHL?

Why not?

Going Global - networking groups

C&E: job search sites www. careers. qmul. ac C&E: job search sites www.careers.qmul.ac.uk/jobs Going Global – accessible through QMPlus Other sites www.linkedin.com/jobs 832 HR entry level jobs jobs today) http://www.greatplacetowork.net/ (global and includes SMEs) https://ec.europa.eu/eures- - for those from EU countries searching in the EU Come up with as many vacancy websites as you can in your pairs that you would use for your international job search

Further support One to ones – Wednesday PM (with me) – bookable a week in advance through Careers and Enterprise QMPlus pages Careers events check the website WG3 020 7882 8533.