1. The Quick Guide to Graduate Job Hunting Negotiating the graduate job market successfully/Getting your 1st graduate job Paul Martin Careers and Graduate Employability Advisor

2. What do you want to do when you finish university?

3. Questions you need to ask yourself Do you know what Job you would like to do?What are you good at: skills/knowledge/experience?What sector would you like to work in?Who do you want to work with?What are your values?

4. http://www.prospects.ac.uk/myprospects_planner_login.htm

5. https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/advice/planning/jobfamily/Pages/default. aspx

6. Research –become the expert in this area

7. Talk to people doing the job

8. Talk to employers direct

9. Jobs Fairs Uclan Manchester University

10. What makes you different? Relevant skills are?Relevant experiences are?Relevant achievements?

11. Work Experience/Voluntary work

12. Mobility

13. Different routes into the Graduate Job Market Structured Graduate Training Schemes Entry Level Jobs SMEPublic Sector

14. Graduate vacancy sites www.targetjobs.co.uk http://www.milkround.com/http://www.insidecareers.co.uk/ www.gradjobs.co.ukhttp://www.prospects.ac.uk/graduate_job_search.htmhttp://www.graduate-jobs.com/http://www.grb.uk.com/

15. Beware of deadlines

17. Where to look for science jobs General science websites http://jobs.newscientist.com http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org http://www.nature.com/naturejobs Specialist science jobs websites www.environmentjob.co.uk http://jobs.rsc.org/ Prospects website has suggested vacancy sites

18. Other popular job websites www.reed.co.uk www.totaljobs.comhttps://www.gov.uk/jobsearch www.fish4.co.ukwww.monster.co.ukwww.jobsite.co.uk

19. Employment Search Engines http://www.careerjet.co.uk/http://www.simplyhired.co.uk/http://www.workhound.co.uk/

20. Unadvertised Vacancies May not be recruiting now But may keep your CV on file Less competition –save costs of advertising

21. Recruitment Consultant Temping Agencies Handle recruitment for companies/screen applicants Contact you if find a suitable role for you Match jobseekers and employers First contact is key Hiring organisations pay temping agencies a fee to find an employee The agency pays the hired candidate from the fee Many companies use this as a recruitment tool First contact is key

22. What are my chances of getting a job? Depends on you demonstrating your skills, experience and career motivation communicating this effectively

23. Summary Find a job role that excites you Start your research now not when you finish Find out as much as you can – look at job vacancies Try and get work experience/voluntary work Work on your ‘pitch’ Get help with the application process

24. Use the Careers team working in your school? Find out where they are based When they are in your school Use them!