1. get the edge back home - and beyond!
Webinar:
get the edge back home - and beyond!
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2. International students:
get the edge back home - and beyond!

3. Today’s session Introducing GradLink
Selling your UK education overseas
Advice – from research to interview
Next steps

4. The UK’s award-winning careers site for international students
Jobs
Employers
Go-CV! CV building service
In-depth advice sections
Blog, events
Social Media
Case studies
Produced for all by

7. www.gradlinkCHINA.com www.gradlinkGULF.com www.gradlinkGULF.com

8. 600+ global employer network

9. 130+ UK universities

10. Recognition THE Award Winners 2015!!
5 major award nominations in 3 years!

11. GradLink supporters -

12. Testimonials: students/graduates
“Absolutely love the idea of GradLink ASEAN! For years many graduates from the UK have been struggling to secure a job in their home country. GradLink will help solve this problem.”
Quoc Khai, MBA, Cardiff Metropolitan University
"GradLink helped me to find my job! GradLink is definitely the best option for Chinese students in the UK for searching the graduate job market." Wuzhen, Computer Science, Warwick University

13. Testimonials: universities
“GradLink ASEAN is an incredibly useful resource for South East Asian students. The ability to direct our Malaysian students to an up to date source of careers advice and job adverts is a real bonus.”
Julia Hilton, Careers Adviser, University of Oxford

14. Testimonials: employers
“GradLink China has provided us with some great candidates. It has proved to be a valuable channel for us to attract high-quality overseas Chinese graduates.”
Qin Hua, HR Partner, Bosch China

15. Testimonials: employers
“GradLink is a very useful and user-friendly resource to make international students and leading firms in their home countries visible to each other.” Tom McCrum, Associate Director, Human Resources,
KPMG ASEAN

16. Testimonials: employers
“GradLink Africa offers the missing platform for African students to return home after completing their courses abroad.”
Mr Isaac Sarpong, Associate Director International Tax Services, EY Ghana

19. Advice

20. Employability of UK-educated returners: language
“Having a good command of spoken and written English increases employability.”
Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan, Executive Director, Malaysian Employers Federation
“Even companies in China who prefer to operate in Chinese, are looking for managers who speak both Mandarin and English if they want to expand abroad.“
Manoj Vohra, Asia Director Economist Intelligence Unit, BBC

21. Employability of UK-educated returnees: skills and learning
“72% of Ghanaian employers prefer to employ a graduate educated in the UK, because they are skilled, creative, can manage different situations and adapt easily.”
British Council Ghanaian Employer Survey
“75% of large employers favour the early specialisation offered by UK study.”
Ipsos Survey of 800 Canada and US employers

22. Selling your UK education overseas
Emphasise spoken and written English
Sell your university, department and lecturers
Sell the UK education approach
Demonstrate commercial awareness
Show global perspective

23. research --> interview

29. Actions Visit www.gradlinkUK.com Apply for the jobs Register on Go-CV!
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30. Summary
A UK education can be attractive to global employers - but you need to sell it
Overseas graduate job markets offer great opportunity – but you need to do your research and be proactive
Resources like GradLink are here to help you

31. Tell us what you think Please type in a few words to answer these questions
Q1 What was most useful?
Q2 What was least useful?
Q3 As a result of the webinar what will you do differently?
Q4 What changes would be needed if we ran this webinar again?

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