1. Your Careers & Enterprise Centre
Gemma Garrett
School of Geography Careers Consultant

2. What makes you stand out?
Key message for you today is 2nd year is about getting substantial work experience. When you apply for jobs after graduation next year they will be looking for relevant work experience on your CV, and this is the year to get it. Also a great way to explore what you do and don’t like doing, especially if you’re not sure what type of job you want when you finish university.
Hands up if last year you were involved in extra curricular activities at QM or position of responsibility off campus via your own interests?
Your mission: Get substantial work experience in year 2…

3. Steps to getting an internship
Know(ish) what you want to do
Have evidence of your skills
Know where to look
Know when the deadlines are
Know how to present yourself to employers
We can help with each stage!

4. 1. Know(ish) what you want to do
Talk to employers and alumni
Read about jobs
Geography Careers QM+ page
Year 2 careers tutorial
Which jobs match your skillset?
Talk to a Careers Consultant
Call or visit WG3, ground floor of the Queens Building
Work experience can be a really great way to find out if you’re suited to the type of jobs you are interested in.
But it helps to have an idea of which areas you are likely to want to pursue before you start getting work experience, so you know what type of experience will be useful and which skills you might need to develop
If you don’t know what you want to do, then you can get information and inspiration by meeting and chatting to employers or alumni at one of our 250+ on-campus careers events this year.
If you do know what you want to do, then these events are also a great way to start building or growing your network.
You can also start to research different types of jobs online through the Careers QM+ which has industry guides to different sectors – or the Prospects website, which has 100’s of online profiles describing different graduate jobs.
Finally, you may find it useful to talk to a CC about your ideas and options in a confidential careers appointment.

5. Explore your options at events
29th Sept: QMUL Job Market
4th Oct: Civil Service Fast Stream talk
5th October: Careers in insurance
12th Oct: Business & Finance Fair
19th Oct: Law careers for non-law students
28th Nov: Careers in international development
tbc: Careers in sustainability & environmental services
Plus (dates tbc) careers in: teaching, marketing, market research, Foreign Commonwealth Office, public sector…
Next Spring: ‘Where can a Geography degree take you?’
28-Sep QMUL Jobs Market 04-Oct Civil Service Fast Stream presentation 05-Oct Careers in insurance panel (part of Focus on Finance) 12-Oct Business and Finance Careers Fair 19-Oct Law careers for non-law (HSS) students 23-Oct Ace your application with the civil service fast stream 30/31-Oct Law Careers Fair (Day 1 and Day 2) 01-Nov Video assessment workshop (led by FDM) 16-Nov Ace the Assessment Centre with the Civil Service Fast Stream TBC Careers event with Foreign Commonwealth Office TBC Careers event with Market Research Society TBC Public sector careers panel TBC Careers in teaching event (with different routes/providers represented) TBC Careers in Marketing TBC Skills workshops on: applications, commercial awareness, etc

6. Elena Bozova, Summer 2017 Mentee
QMentoring
Can help you to:
Gain insight to an industry/profession
Explore potential career paths
Build your professional network
Develop your employability skills
Find work experience opportunities
To find out more, please
Please note, students in receipt of the QMUL Bursary will be prioritised for a place on this programme
Deadline: 6th October
“QMentoring has been a fantastic way to gain advice & it has raised my confidence hugely when it comes to applying for internships.”
Elena Bozova, Summer Mentee

7. 2. Have evidence of your skills
Transferable: teamwork, communication, initiative, problem solving, etc…
Technical: social media, GIS, etc…
QProjects
QTemps
Course reps
Student ambassadors
QConsult
There are loads of exciting opportunities around QM that you can get involved with.
Examples include:
being a Course rep or active society member
Volunteering through QMSU
Being a UK student recruitment ambassador of WP student ambassador
Green Mary Student Group – opportunities to get involved in projects and campaigns and to take on positions of responsibility like being a Green Mary Ambassador or a Green Impact Project Assistant
Enactus (Social Enterprise Project Management and Volunteering) - lead a team of students or volunteer working on a social enterprise project benefiting the local community.
There are loads of things you can do, so pick something that you’ll enjoy! Our work experience hub has links to a lot of opportunities. The QMSU website is also a great place to look for this information.
Plus… We offer internships, work experience in a charity, consulting projects and challenging temp work as well as advertising external opportunities.
QProject examples: Love the Lea Festival project leader for Thames 21, Marketing and Communications Officer for Barts Charity, Project leader role with Canal Trust
QTemps examples: School of Geography social media and events coordinator part time; library shelf stacker part time; Alumni and Development directorate alumni events assistant
PASS mentor

8. Live opportunities www.careers.qmul.ac.uk/workexperience
Widening Participation Student Ambassador: £9.75/hr, deadline = 25th Sept
InQUBEate programme: deadline = 1st Oct
QMentoring: deadline = 6th October
Year 12 Study Skills Coaching: £15.40/hr, deadline = 25th Sept
Coming soon:
Annual Fund Caller: QMUL (£11.21/hr)
UK Student Recruitment Ambassador: paid, opens in Sept
QConsult Spring: (£9.75/hr), deadline = Nov
Annual Fund Caller – QMUL Development and Alumni Directorate

9. 3. Know where to look For QM students:
Careers & Enterprise QM+ page: (JobOnline, QRecruit, etc)
Geography Careers QM Plus page:
Other useful sites:
Ratemyplacement.co.uk
Step.org.uk
Targetjobs.co.uk
GoThinkBig.co.uk
Prospects.ac.uk
JobOnline
Prospects
Inspiring Interns
Target Jobs
Step.org.uk
Indeed
Rate my placement
Go think big
LinkedIn

10. 4. Know the deadlines Large firms: Oct – Jan SMEs: Jan – April
QConsult: look out for announcements!
Also… Consider part-time professional work or non-profit volunteering

11. 5. Know how to present yourself to employers
Application advice and mock interviews
Call or visit WG3, Queens Building
Online guides on the Careers & Enterprise QM+ page
Employer-led skills training

12. Forthcoming skills workshops
9th Oct: Mock assessment centre
23rd Oct: Ace you application to the Civil Service Fast Stream
1st Nov: Video interviews
Skills workshops on applications, commercial awareness, etc (dates tbc)
Plus… Video interviews and practice psychometric tests on Careers QM+ page

13. Recap! Know(ish!) what you want to do Have evidence of your skills
Know where to look
Know when the deadlines are
Know how to present yourself to employers

14. Careers & Enterprise support
1-2-1 careers appointments Call or visit WG3, Queen’s Building Online resources QM+: Careers & Enterprise, Geography Careers Events and workshops Work experience Enterprise support (funding, workshops, advice) Find us: 9.30am-5pm, Mon-Fri in WG3 (ground floor of the Queens Building)
@careers

15. Stay up to date! QM+ Geography Careers page
QM+ Careers & Enterprise page
@QMCareers
Make an appointment:
Call or visit us in WG3 on the ground floor of the Queen’s Building
We are here to help you!

16. Questions?