PwE/PwIR Your final year…

Sue Briault

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4 things you probably need to know in your final year

• What choices you’ve got for next year

• How to decide what you want

• How to successfully get what you want

• What info and help you can use

Research is the key

Your Options

• Further study– Make it a positive choice

• Time out– Plan it out

• Unemployment– perhaps if you go it alone!

• Get a job – All other options lead here

too

Skills developed in your degree• Communication skills

– Ability to communicate effectively both in speech and in writing.– Ability to examine issues from a range of viewpoints – Ability to construct well-researched arguments– Ability to present information in a balanced and unbiased manner– Ability to investigate and analyse solutions– Ability to present to groups

• Teamwork through group work, group projects, group presentations, etc. • Self management skills through working independently, demonstrating

initiative and time management

• Research skills such as ability to use communication and information technology for the retrieval and presentation of information, including, where appropriate, statistical or numerical information

www.qaa.ac.uk/academicinfrastructure/benchmark/statements/Politics.aspwww.prospects.ac.uk/links/options

Be skills aware

• www.bath.ac.uk/learningandteaching/resources/pdp/ • Writing Skills • Oral Communication Skills • Visual Communication Skills • Information Skills • Working with Others • IT Skills • Working with Numbers • Solving Problems • Improving Learning • Career Management

Achieved, Administered, Advised, Allocated, Analysed, Appraised, Arranged, Assessed, Assisted,

Broadened, BudgetedChecked, Coached, Communicated, Completed, Conducted, Consolidated, Co-

ordinated, CreatedDelegated, Delivered, Demonstrated, Designed, Developed, Devised, Directed,Ensured, Established, Evaluated, Expanded,FacilitatedIdentified, Implemented, Increased, Influenced, Initiated, Innovated, Introduced,

Investigated, Improved, InterviewedLaunched, Led, LiaisedMaintained, Managed, Marketed, Minimised, MotivatedNegotiatedOrganised, OperatedParticipated, Performed, Persuaded, Planned, Prepared, Presented, Processed,

Produced,Programmed, Promoted, Prompted, Proposed, Proved, ProvidedRecommended, Recruited, Reduced, Reorganised, Represented, Researched,

Resolved, Reviewed, RevisedSimplified, Strengthened, SupervisedTaught, Tested, Trained

Occupations using politics• Jobs directly related to degree

– Researcher for MP– Political Party Research Officer– Public Affairs Consultant (Lobbyist)– Government Research Officer– Social Researcher

• Jobs where a Politics degree could be useful– Houses of Parliament Clerk– Civil Service Administrator, Fast Stream or Mainstream entry – European Commission Administrator– Local Government Administrator– Charity Fundraiser– Charities/Voluntary Organisations Administrator – Journalist– PR Account Executive– Solicitor

www.bath.ac.uk/careers/development/occupational

2008 Graduates

• Total graduating students 55• Total employment 27• Total further study 13• Total seeking employment 3• Total unavailable / travelling 2• Total other 1• Total unknown 9

What 2008 graduates in Politics with Economics, Politics with Modern Languages did

• Accountant: Deloitte• Administrator / Office Assistant: A.P. Moller – Maersk, Highways Agency, Thornton

Conservative Association• Auditor: PWC• Air Force: HM Forces• Brand Asset Management: International Co-Production• Collator: Law Society of Scotland• Commodities Trader: Louis Dreyfus Commodities• Finance Advisor: Goldman Sachs• Fundraising Officer: King Edward VII's Hospital Sister Agnes• Investment Manager: City Asset Management, EUK Consulting, Policy Exchange,

Whitehouse Research / Whitehouse Recruitment• Management Consultant: Grant Thornton• Project Assistant / Manager: Kantalle, Police - Greater Manchester• Researcher: De Havillands• Senior Customer Services Officer: HSBC• Software Developer: CleVR• Teacher: Eastbourne College, Teach First• TEFL: Golders Green College

Sources of vacancy info

• Known quality:– – TargetedGRAD– directories– Prospects web– specialist sources

• Unknown quality:– recruitment agencies– internet only

agencies

Workshops this term:Graduate Jobs- how to get oneUK Recruitment for International StudentsJob Hunting - beyond the Graduate Schemes

Know your dates

• Most investment banks (GS 18/10 others early Nov)

• Some big advertising agencies (Oct/Nov )• Proctor and Gamble Career Academy was 24/10/08• Some Management Consultancies (early Nov)• Civil Service Fast Stream (30/11)• JET (28/11 tbc)• Primary PGCE (1/12)• Teach First (5/12 first round)

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

Don’t Miss It

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

116 exhibitors attending

Careers FairThursday 22nd October

University Sports Training Village11am - 4pm

Help with presenting yourself brilliantly from careers@bath

• polishing your transferable skills

• writing wizard application forms/CVs

• practising tests

• succeeding at interview

• dealing with assessment centres

• Skills Development Diary

• Succeed in the selection process

When to apply?

• NOW- Advantages:– best jobs– ease pressure later– more money – Good practice– Best support– Will it be any better

next year?

• Disadvantage :– Time pressure

• LATER: Advantages:– more time for your

degree– more time to think– constructive time out

can improve your CV– help still available

• Disadvantage :– Future job market?

Further study• Pros and Cons

– www.bath.ac.uk/careers/postgradstudy – www.prospects.ac.uk – About postgrad study

• research & course info – open days?

• funding info – not the same as undergrad study

• Postgraduate Study Things to think about – Thursday 5 Nov 13.15 - 14.05

Politics with Economics Modern Language and Politics

Further Study 2008

• MSc/MA: International Business (overseas), Sustainability (Leeds), Conflict & Development Studies (SOAS London), International Relations (LSE), Management (overseas)

• Graduate Diploma in Law: Unknown• Other: Newspaper Journalism (City),

Mandarin (overseas), Musical Theatre

Some thoughts about Careers

• A career is a journey not a destination– Expect high mobility in the immediate 3 to 4 years after

graduation

• You will need to make many turns and overcome many obstacles to create the path you desire– The 'perfect' career does not exist

• When you come to a roadblock take a detour – If what you start with is not what you want, you will still

develop useful skills, useful in other areas

• A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step– Make some sort of decision, however imperfect

Watch out for emails from careers@bath.ac.uk or J.F.Allan

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

and

with your job hunting