1. “I am 1 st year – so why am here?” Siobhan Qadir Senior Careers Consultant for the School of Engineering Twitter: Warengcareers

2. Aims Why career planning applies to you Give you access to ideas to develop your employability

3. Why careers ? Give info, advice and guidance Help those of you who have no idea Help those who know exactly what they want to do and how to do it

5. The Bad news The Economy Every graduate post receives 52 applications (BBC News 04/07/2012) Need for more than a degree Work Experience is the key

6. The Good News Graduate job opportunities increasing The University of Warwick is No1 for Graduate recruiters in the UK Placement Learning Unit

7. I am not sure what I want to do Normal What are your ‘drivers’? What research have you done? Can do?

8. I do know Work experience Professional body membership? Know where the vacancies are? CVs and applications?

9. Factors influencing your employability Employability Work experience Knowledge of target market Academic results Awareness of careers options Self presentation Motivation & interests

10. Skills of an Engineer Thinking creatively to solve problems Team working Practicality - turn a concept into reality Effective communication (spoken, written and able to listen! ) Project and time management Numeracy and IT Critical and analytical thinking

11. Recent sample of Engineering Graduate Destinations Project Manager, Information Security, Procter and Gamble Production Planner, Colgate Palmolive Engineering Consultant, Arup System Analyst, IBM Graduate Leadership Programme, Unilever Senior Project Accountant, Network Rail IT Consultant, RBS Distribution Manager, AstraZeneca Engineer, Cathay Pacific Airlines

12. Warwick graduates work for Procter & Gamble Centrica Unilever Cummins GE Aviation EDF Energy Fujitsu National Grid Rolls Royce Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd Airbus Atkins IBM Network Rail RWE Npower Schlumberger Siemens

13. Graduate Recruitment Cycle Autumn Term - Presentations and deadlines for banks, multinationals, accountants & Campus visits Spring Term - More deadlines, some new names - some old ones that have not found enough high quality students and campus visits Summer Term - Advertisements - national newspapers - graduate papers If you want a good job, start early!

14. How can Careers & Skills help you? Access to vacancies Designated Link Careers Consultant Placement Learning Unit Events & Workshops CV and Application Workshops – then checks 1-1 Guidance Careers Information Reference books Mock Interviews Feedback

15. Careers In person: Help desk: 10.00am to 6.00pmMonday - Friday CV Checking 12 – 4 pm Monday - Friday University House, Ground Floor Careers & Skills Library open 24/7 Web site: www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/careers Telephone: 024 7652 4748 (general enquiries) E-mail: careers@warwick.ac.ukcareers@warwick.ac.uk

16. Your Careers Consultant Siobhan Qadir Senior Careers Consultant for School of Engineering Phone: 02476 50199 Email: s.qadir@warwick.ac.uks.qadir@warwick.ac.uk Follow me on twitter: WarEngCareers

17. Online Resources http://go.warwick.ac.uk/careers Register and log in to My Advantage to: Book consultations and workshops Sign up to events Set your preferences for email updates Look at vacancies

18. Engineering information www.gradcracker.com http://www.facebook.com/AllAboutEngineering http://www.prospects.ac.uk/industries_engineering _overview.htm http://www.prospects.ac.uk/industries_engineering _overview.htm http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/careers/devel oping/departments/eng http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/careers/devel oping/departments/eng

19. Any questions?

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