1. How to gain essential experience in your first year, find part-time work and boost your CV

2. Vanessa Freeman Deputy Head Careers Enterprise
Helen Green Internships Coordinator

3. 62 % A – 30 % B – 62 % C – 84 % What percentage of current
undergraduates said they would like to
use the university careers service?
A – 30 %
B – 62 %
C – 84 %
62 %

4. What about the rest?
35% said “I am not yet sure what career I want” 26% said “ I don’t know where to go” 18% said “ I don’t feel confident enough”

5. It’s ok if you don’t know what career you want to get into….
Have a chat with our Careers Consultants even if you don’t know what you want to do.
Book a 20 minute one to one to start with.
Call
Have a chat with some of the 250 employers and alumni that will be on campus this year –
Start to read some graduate job profiles

6. Where are we? WG3 Queens Building 9.30am-5pm, Mon-Fri in WG3
(ground floor of
the Queens Building)

7. Self-audit What experience have you had so far?
Voluntary positions at school/outside of school
Part-time jobs
Sports
Community involvement
Childcare
2 mins to share in pairs

8. What do employers want? Good communicators Team players Initiative
Reliability
Organisers and planners
Numeracy
Customer service skills
Graduate employers also look for
Resilience
Commercial awareness
Leadership
Match these skills to the things you’ve done so far? Note the gaps

9. Plugging gaps
Help I don’t have enough experience in these skills…..

10. We have lots of opportunities for QMUL students with little or no work experience!
Careers Taster Scheme
ELBA insights
QProjects
Qinterns
QTemps
QConsult
Societies
Voluntary work

11. What do the students say?
Name: Sam Allen
QProject: Strategy Project Leader at Bow Food Bank
What they had to say: “The project helped me improve on my research and communication skills. The initial stages of the project involved approaching food banks across the UK and this was a great exercise in requesting information from individuals and organisations in a professional context. Working on the step-by-step guide also helped me develop skills that would be greatly suited to an operations role that could be deployed in any sector.”

12. Apply now for QMentoring
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 or call
Please note, students in receipt of the QMUL Bursary will be prioritised for a place on this programme.
“QMentoring has been a fantastic way to gain advice and it has raised my confidence hugely when it comes to applying for internships.”
Elena Bozova, Summer 2017 Mentee
Application deadline: Friday 6th October 2017

13. Internships and Insight Weeks for first years
Check the list on our website and add to it with your own research
Keep your eye out for ELBA Insight opportunities

14. adapted for specific jobs !
Book a one to one
appointment with an
applications advisor
Call
Write a persuasive CV
adapted for specific jobs !
Read our online
resources

15. Explore Options! Come to one of our 250 events!
Industry guides on QMPlus

16. Finding part-time work
Jobs Market 28 September
Our jobsite on the careers website
Walk the streets: Westfield, Shoreditch, Dalston, Whitechapel, City, Canary Wharf, Spitalfields
Chains apply online
Do-It – volunteering site

18. New for this year: The SBM Employability Passport Award
Session on 17th October 1-2pm
Pop-ups in the SBM reception early October
Record your activities and get 50 points each year to pass
Search Employability Passport Award
On QMPlus for details

19. How’s your memory?
What things can you do this year?

20. In pairs agree
3 actions you will take this term that will enhance your employability
Record these on your phones

21. More help? CV Lecture – next term
Book a one to one appointment with Vanessa on a Wednesday afternoon
Book an Application Appointment: Mon-Fri Book in WG3 Queens Building / call