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

2. A quiz
According to a 2016 Unite Students survey of over 6,500 undergraduates across the UK*…
…what percentage of current undergraduate have used their university careers service?
A – 10 %
B – 34 %
C – 73 %
34% *

3. A quiz
What percentage of current undergraduate said they intended to use the university careers service?
A – 30 %
B – 65 %
C – 84 %
65%

4. Why aren’t they coming to see us?
18% said: “I don’t know where to go or what they offer” 26% said: “I don’t feel confident enough” 35% said: “I am not yet sure what career I want”

5. I don’t know where to go…
Room WG3, ground floor of Queen’s Building (near the Octagon) Call us on or visit us in WG3 9.30am-5pm, Mon-Fri

7. I don’t know what’s on offer…
1-2-1 support
Feedback on CVs, applications, interviews
Work experience & jobs
Events & training
Mentoring
Careers information

8. I don’t feel confident enough…
We have lots of opportunities for QMUL students with little or no work experience – a great way to build your confidence and skills:
QConsult
QProjects
QTemps
Work experience hub:
We offer internships, work experience in a charity, consulting projects and challenging temp work as well as advertising external opportunities. Check out some of the ways we can help you to get this on our qmplus page:

9. 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

10. I’m not yet sure what career I want…
Have a chat with our Careers Consultants, even if you don’t know what you want to. Book a 20 min to start with.
Have a chat with some of the 250 employers & alumni that will be on campus this year
Visit Geography Careers QM+ Page and read some graduate job profiles at

11. 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
tbc: Careers in teaching event
tbc: Careers events on marketing and market research
tbc: Careers in the Foreign Commonwealth Office
tbc: Careers in the public sector discussion panel
tbc: Skills workshops on applications, interviews, etc
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

12. Especially for you… Workshops, lectures and tutorials:
Pathways to success lecture
CV workshop
Plus: Careers tutorials
Events:
Careers in International Development (28th Nov)
Careers in sustainability and environmental services (date tbc)
Where can a Geography degree take you? (Spring)

13.
Geog Careers QM+ page: info about careers, where to find work experience opp’s, what other Geographers have gone on to do, updates on opportunities, C&E services, etc 13

14. Recap: How can we help? @careers
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. Questions?