Working out your Future

What you need to do and how we can help you.

Sue BriaultCareers Adviser

http://www.slideshare.net/sabriault

3 steps to getting started

• Know what you want to do

• Know where to look

• Know how to apply successfully

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Volunteering/gap year

Further Study

Travelling

Get a Job

Feeling Clueless

• www.bath.ac.uk/careers/student– Select Choosing a Career

• Talking to a Careers Adviser – preparing to meet a Careers Adviser leaflet

• Resources to get you started– What do bath graduates do?– Finding out about Occupations– Prospects Planner– Student Zone in Moodle

Know where to look

• MyFuture on Careers website– Permanent jobs plus vacation work, insight days,

competitions and funded PG study.• Directories/websites (key careers sites)

– Prospects Directory and website, GET, Target Directories, Inside View, GradSouthWest

• Specialist sources• Recruitment Agencies

• Workshops this term:• Graduate Jobs- how to get

one• UK Recruitment for

International Students

Know where to look

• http://www.bath.ac.uk/careers/springboard/fairs

• 119 exhibitors attending

• AND Recruitment Events on campus see Recruitment Events Diary

Careers FairThursday 22nd October

University Sports Training Village11am - 4pm

Know your dates• Most investment banks (Goldman Sachs 18/10, BNP Paribas 20/10

others early Nov) • Some big advertising agencies (Oct/Nov )• Proctor and Gamble Career Academy was 15/11/09• Some Management Consultancies (early Nov)• Civil Service Fast Stream (30/11)• JET (27/11)• Primary PGCE (1/12)• Teach First (5/12 first round)

Not a guarantee of actual dates. Check this information yourself!

http://news.students.efinancialcareers.co.uk/NEWS_ITEM/newsItemId-21286 for main deadlines

You don’t have to wait for a vacancy to turn up

– try the speculative approach• Do your research• Use contacts• Keep a file• Time it right• Write to a named

individual• Send a focused CV and

letterWorkshop this term:• Job Hunting - beyond

the Graduate Schemes

Applying successfully

• Check out Skills Development Diary• Look at Website:

http://www.bath.ac.uk/careers/development/intro.html

• Allow much more time than you think you’ll need for application forms

• Don’t wait for deadlines• Get Feedback before you send it off

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Learn how to translate your skills into language that the employer will understand.

We run workshops and have other resources on writing CVs and Application forms and we have a section on our website:

http://www.bath.ac.uk/careers/development/intro.htmlFacebook look for Careers@Bath

Be aware of the skills you have gained and what employers look for

http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sk/skillsmap.htm

Common reasons for rejection

• Academic performance, skills • Sloppy, unprofessional application• Lack of career focus/ motivation• Commercial awareness• Aptitude tests• Performance at Assessment Centre

Postgrad Study

• http://www.bath.ac.uk/careers/postgradstudy/

Postgraduate Study - things to think about

Date: Tuesday 35/11/2009 Time13.15 - 14.05

Taking a Gap Year

• Start Planning Now!!!

• http://www.bath.ac.uk/careers/earlybird/gapyear.html

Final Words

• Mathematicians are highly employable• Market will still be tough this year so be prepared• Careers Advisory Service provides lots of support so you

are not on your own

Watch out for emails from careers@bath.ac.uk or J.F.AllanFacebook Twitter Blog

See you at CAS (entrance just before Norwood Entrance to SU Shop )