1. International students: how to find part-time work Careers & Enterprise NAME: Careers Consultant
Take handouts of slides
Covering today
What careers does at QM
types of part-time work available on and off campus
how to find and apply for part-time jobs

2. By the end of this talk you will be able to….
List types of part time work available to students
Explain how to find and apply for part-time jobs
Explain how Careers & Enterprise can help you!

3. Part time work - for money, experience or skills???
Money: “I need to earn money to socialise and explore tourist attractions in London”
Skills: “I need to develop my transferable skills so I can show an employer I have what they want”
Thkning about why you need part time work will help you work out what type of work to do . Do you need it for money, gaining skills and getting relevant career experience.
Money – some of you just need to earn some extra cash. Is that you? If so, it doesn’t matter what type of job you do as long as it pays enough.
Skills – In the UK (unlike other countries) employers really value the transferable skills that you bring e.g. leadership, team work, working to a deadline, initiative.. They don’t required you to gain them in the same work environment as you plan to work in. Have you done anything outside of your study so far that shows you have transferable skills? If you don’t need money but you do need to gain evidence you have transferable skills then there are lots of unpaid voluntary opportunities you can take up that will give you these skills.
You need to have done activities which use transferable skills outside of your course if you are going to compete for UK work experience / jobs.
For those who plan to work o/s the relevant experience is more important than the transferable skills.
Experience – some of you don’t need the money but you do want to get UK experience in your desired career area on your CV. Is that you?
Relevant experience: “I need to get some professional experience on my CV in my desired career area”
e.g leadership, teamwork,
organisation,
proactivity

4. Work – for money
Examples: on campus Events worker, library shelf stacker, marketing assistant, student ambassador, alumni phone campaign caller …. Examples: off campus Shops, restaurants and bars, tutoring, film extra, receptionist
Acknowledge some countries don’t have the concept of time time work.

5. How do I find it?
Search ‘qtemps’ and ‘qinterns’ on the vacancies tab for on and off campus Opportunities Select the ‘part time work’ filter Select the ‘Part time and Holiday’ tab
Explain what experience works is

6. How did you find out about your part-time job?
Take your CV to shops / cafes
How did you find out about your part-time job?
It was quite a challenge for me as I chose to randomly drop my CVs in almost everywhere possible, from high street retail outlets, to superstores and many more. At a later date one of the Starbucks stores needed a member of staff. I was called for interview and got the job.
Nafis Ahmad, QM student from Bangladesh
Explain that you don’t always get something as soon as you apply. One method is to be proactive rather than just reply to job adverts. Like this student….

7. Work - for skills Examples: on campus
QMSU volunteering, course rep, PASS mentor, QMedia contributor, active society member or committee leader

8. How do I get it?
Attend Freshers Fair

9. Work – for career experience
Examples: off campus Part time paid internship Part time job in your area of career interest
For experience – sometimes part time work available in area of interest and you can find it advertised on relevant job website but not always part time work available. If you want experience you may need to write to places and see if they will take you for a few hours a week or offer your time in reading wk / vacations. We call this a speculative work experience application.
Whatever type of work, a very important thing for those whose langauge isn’t first language ENGLISH, part time work is a brilliant opportunity to become more fluent, mix with a diverse range of people, pick up the professional culture in the UK and learn business english.
NB The internship must be paid. Unpaid internships are illegal. Also, if you are working your maximum of 20 hours, you can do voluntary work with QMSU on top of that or other similar volunteer work with a charity but you can’t do an unpaid internship or any kind of work that the company should really employ someone to carry out.

10. How do I get it?
Visit us in WG3, Queens Building for a handout on looking for work in specific career areas Book an appointment with a Careers Consultant to talk about how to apply for relevant opportunities

11. Digital resources to help you
Look out for ‘careers news’ s from QM Plus’ Updates for international students on career events, and job opportunities
QMPlus international students careers page
Job hunting advice, country guides, slides from this presentation
Reiterate where we are and how they can use us

12. How can Careers & Enterprise help you?
What we do
Advise on how you can find part time and full time work, work experience or internships
Support you in writing job applications, CVs and preparing for interviews, through workshops and short appointments with a careers adviser
List part time and full time vacancies on QM JobOnline. Place students in QM only internships.
Help you choose a career which suits you through discussion with a careers adviser in a short appointment
Run events through which you can meet employers and find out about different careers in and outside the UK. They come onto campus but they don’t recruit (at a fair/event)
What we don’t do
Recommend or introduce you to an employer
Provide lists of all the employers recruiting people from your country or your degree subject
Proofread your CV/ application form for spelling and grammatical errors.
Give detailed advice about your entitlement to work in the UK: see Advice and Counselling
Run interviews with employers on campus

13. What to do next?
Decide why you want a part time job: For Money, for Skills, for relevant experience
Go to Careers and Enterprise QMPlus page for details of job sites
Get your job applications checked. Call
Attend our ‘Working in the UK After Graduation’ talk, Thurs 6th October, pm. Book at
Explain our application checking service.
PLUG talk – acknowledge they don’t all want to work in the UK though!

14. WG3 (nr Octagon) Queens Building
How to find us?
WG3 (nr Octagon) Queens Building