CHOOSING A CAREER Tim Reed Careers Advisory Service

Introduction n What is a career? n What are the options? n How can the CAS help? n Where to look for jobs

What is a career? n not necessarily a linear, planned sequence of events n Career choice is not an event or occasion n Career choice is a process n It is a combination of stages in your life n 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?

What are the options? n Employment/training n Employment & study n Academic study n Vocational study n Time out/Travel

Employment option examples Advertising Armed Forces Arts admin Broadcasting Central & Local Gov’t Computing/IT Finance Fire Service Guidance/Counselling Info Management/Museums Journalism Law Marketing/Sales Management Consultancy NHS Management Personnel Police Production Management Public Relations Publishing Purchasing Retail Self-employment Social Work TEFL Teaching Tourism Transport

Jobs directly related to degree n Teacher/Lecturer in Further and/or Higher Education in the UK

What subject did they study at university?

Jobs where degree useful n Advertising Account Planner n Chartered Accountant n Civil Service Administrator n IT Consultant n Marketing Executive, consumer products n Personnel Officer n Publishing copy/sub-editor n Solicitor n Systems Analyst/Systems Developer

Skills - from Film Studies n Ability to work under pressure n Analytical & Problem Solving n Communication n Visual & Critical Awareness n Literacy n Research n Technical Skills (?)

Many basic factors affect choice n Hours n Perks n Location n Image n Pay

Graduate Salaries 2008/09 n Arcadia £17,500 - £23, % store discount n AWE (Atomic Weapons Establishment) from £21,000 + final salary pension n Police (HPD) £21,500 rising to £24,000 after initial training n EDF Energy £22,500 - £32,000 dependant on discipline n Asda £23,000 minimum n Sainsbury’s £23,000 - £25,000 n MI5 £23,500 + benefits - varies by function! n Marks & Spencer £24,000 - £25,500 n Unilever £26,000 n Fujitsu £26,000 + £2,000 joining bonus n Lloyd’s £26,000 - £30,000 n Civil Service up to £27,000 n Royal Navy £28,216 + £12,000 joining bonus n Mars £29,000 + n ExxonMobil £31,500 minimum + acceptance bursary + extras n Aldi £40,000 - £57,750 (after 3yrs) + Audi A4

2 alternative starting points n start from yourself and work out n start from your opportunities and work back n Or, combine the two!

How can the CAS help? n Options Series Leaflets n Free careers literature n Reference files & books n IT facilities n Talks & presentations n Quick Query n Careers Guidance Interview

Where to look n Vacancy publications n Directories n Employer brochures/sites n Specialist publications n Careers Fairs

CAREERS FAIRS Management Finance & Business FairManagement Finance & Business Fair Leicester 25/2/2009 Careers for CausesCareers for Causes Leeds 26/2/2009 Careers.....Making a DifferenceCareers.....Making a Difference University of Leeds 3/3/2009 Spring FairSpring Fair Loughborough 4/3/2009 Graduate FairGraduate Fair Abbey Conference Centre 10/3/2009 Jobs FairJobs Fair Falkirk 17/3/2009 Jobs FairJobs Fair Clackmannan 24/3/ Mile Fair20 Mile Fair Bradford 25/3/2009 Jobs FairJobs Fair Stirling 31/3/2009 Careers FairCareers Fair Hatfield 1/4/2009 Spring into Jobs FairSpring into Jobs Fair Sheffield 29/4/2009 Law Alternative Careers 2009Law Alternative Careers 2009 Main Building, Cardiff University 29/4/2009 The Summer Graduate Fair in ScotlandThe Summer Graduate Fair in Scotland Glasgow 27/5/2009 Edinburgh Graduate Recruitment Fair 2009Edinburgh Graduate Recruitment Fair 2009 Edinburgh 29/5/2009 PEOPLESKILLS Virtual Careers FairPEOPLESKILLS Virtual Careers Fair Cyberspace 1/6/2009 Liverpool Fairs: Graduate Recruitment Festival 2009Liverpool Fairs: Graduate Recruitment Festival 2009 St George's Hall, Liverpool 2/6/2009 Summer Recruitment FairSummer Recruitment Fair 3Sixty RUSU, Whiteknights Campus, Reading 2/6/2009 Graduate Recruitment FairGraduate Recruitment Fair Bath 2/6/2009 gradFairZ.com National Graduate Recruitment Fair 2009gradFairZ.com National Graduate Recruitment Fair no physical location 8/6/2009 Newcastle Graduate Recruitment FairNewcastle Graduate Recruitment Fair Newcastle upon Tyne 8/6/2009 Yorkshire Graduate Recruitment FairYorkshire Graduate Recruitment Fair Leeds 10/6/2009

Where to look for jobs n Vacancy publications n Directories n Employer brochures/sites n Specialist publications n Careers Fairs n Job Centres & LSCs n Online sources

Online sources n Institute of Practitioners in Advertising n Chartered Institute of Marketing n Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development n Guardian vacancies

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Where to look for jobs n Vacancy publications n Directories n Employer brochures/sites n Specialist publications n Careers Fairs n Job Centres & LSCs n Online n Newspapers

Job ads in the press n Actuaries - Money Management, Observer, Times n Acupuncture - Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine (m) n Arts Administration - The Stage, Arts Management Weekly, Guardian (Mon & Sat)

Where to look for jobs n Vacancy publications n Directories n Employer brochures/sites n Specialist publications n Careers Fairs n Job Centres & LSCs n Online n Newspapers n Recruitment Agencies

Recruitment Agencies n FASHION - George Ellis Recruitment n MUSIC - Handle Recruitment n ACCOUNTANCY - Hays Accountancy Personnel n SECRETARIAL - Nice People Employment Bureau n STOCKBROKING - Citifocus Ltd n SPYING – Bartlett Scott Edgar

Some tips on choosing a career n take time over your choice n be realistic n do the research n make your own decision n use the Careers Advisory Service n start NOW!

Once career choice made n Research employers/courses n Apply n Discuss your ideas if you are uncertain n Change your job-hunting/application methods if they are not working

Careers Presentations n Postgraduate study in Australia – 24 Feb 1-2 KLT5 n Army visit campus – 25 n Careers in Politics – 25 Feb 2pm GLT2 n Interview Skills – 26 Feb 1-2pm KLT5 n Using Languages & Working in Europe – 3 March 1- 2pm KLT5 n Presentation by INTERAC (Japan TEFL) – 4 March 1- 2pm KLT5 n CV Workshop – 4 March 2-4pm KSR16

CHOOSING A CAREER Tim Reed Careers Advisory Service