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Latest vacancies and job hunting tips 28th May 2012

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  CAREERS AND EMPLOYABILITY SERVICE AT MEDWAY CAMPUS. See http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/medway.htm
  They are happy to help by email: medwaycareers@kent.ac.uk
  
• See CAREERS HELP FOR KENT GRADUATEShttp://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/servicesforgraduates.htm  for lots of jobhunting tips.

CONTENTS

• Careers Newsletter
• Questions and Answers
• Other Opportunities
• Vacancy Database

Careers Newsletter.

Our latest Newsletter is now online at http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/jobs/index.htm#NEWSLETTERS
It contains information on events such as on campus events, off campus: national events, bursary and scholarship programmes, awards schemes, competitions, surveys and other items of note.

The programme of Careers Events for summer term can be found at
http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/casevents.htm

You are most welcome to attend any of these events if you are close enough to get to Canterbury.

Exams Over .... What Next? Thurs 7th June 1 pm KLSR4

If you don't have anything fixed up for when you leave university then this session will help. It will cover jobhunting, vacancy sources, how to get help after you leave the University, postgraduate study, Graduate Recruitment Fairs, recruitment agencies, online information and more.

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AND INFORMATION

The Careers and Employability Service is open throughout the summer vacation http://www.kent.ac.uk/ces/locations/index.html

If you are looking for a casual restail or restaurant job over summer, you need a different type of CV - see our casual work CV for summer jobs
http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/casual-work-cv.htm

If you are looking for work in other parts of the UK, see our other regions of UK web page http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sitesgen.htm

If you don't know which career to go for, try Prospects Planner a powerful program to help choose a career. http://www.prospects.ac.uk/links/Pplanner

Open Days for Australian and New Zealand universities June 11-15th

We bring representatives from the universities here to the UK to speak to students, parents, school and university staff and so on. We visit five UK cities over five days, and invite people to drop by and speak to the universities directly to get any questions they might have answered. The Study Options team are also on hand at each venue to answer any questions. I’ve attached some information about the 2012 Open Days here; I hope that you and some of your students will be interested in coming along. Students can register directly via our website, www.studyoptions.com/contact or by phoning the office on 020 7353 7200.

PICK UP A FREE DIRECTORY OF GRADUATE EMPLOYERS

The Prospects Directory of Graduate Recruiters and the Target Jobs Graduate Directory are still available for pick up free from the Careers Service.
A comprehensive directory of graduate recruiters with job opportunities for final-year students. 

Interview reports 

These are completed by students after interviews: details of questions asked, and tips. If you have been to an interview or selection centre please fill in the form at www.kent.ac.uk/careers/ivreportform.html to help Kent students.

Lead Developer post for computing graduate

I'm a Kent Computer Science alum who's now lead dev in a London startup. We've got a brilliant opportunity for a bright graduate to come and work with us, and I was wondering if your 3rd/4th year students would be interested in hearing about it? If you could pass it on that would be great. Description below.

Title: Lead Developer Salary: Competitive

Want to work for one of the most exciting startups in London? Right now Enternships is changing the world of work experience, encouraging economic growth all over the UK and has even more ambitious plans for the future. To help turn our vision into reality, Enternships is currently looking for a Lead Developer to join our team and take charge of some of our new ideas.

We're a small but talented team of ambitious entrepreneurs. We're looking for someone with strong opinions on what good code is, who's hungry to make a dent in the universe, who gets stuff done and wants to work in an environment where their work will directly affect millions of people all over the world. Does this sound like you? If it does then get in touch! If possible, include links to portfolios and any recent projects you've completed. We want to get a taste of your style and see what you're about. The Enternships platform is written in Ruby on Rails. We use git, have a cloud based infrastructure with one command deploy, use rspec / cucumber, haml & scss and conform to best practices as much as possible.

• Experience developing web applications in either Ruby / PHP / Python / equivalent
• HTML / CSS / Javascript know-how
• Good level of written and spoken English
• An eye for design and customer journey experience
• Passion for innovation and doing things differently
• Excellent organisational and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to achieve results while working independently

Enternships is the portal for entrepreneurial work placements. We connect students and graduates to start-ups and small businesses around the world. Gone are the days of the traditional internship... it's all about the 'enternship'!

Based on City Road, Angel Islington we are in London’s “Tech City” and a short walk to the Old Street “Silicon Roundabout”. Located in a converted house with three other start-ups, we are proud of our fun, friendly and welcoming culture and are looking for someone to share our vision

For more about our team and our company, please visit
http://www.enternships.com/en/resource-zone/videos/43-enternships-video-fidgit-box-with-rajeeb-dey
Applying. Send a CV / Cover letter / Portfolio / Github profile to mike@enternships.com

The Summer Graduate Fair, London on 29 & 30 May

• 100s of jobs from top graduate employers
• Specialist career advice
• Expert seminars and insight talks
• Free CV advice
• Competitions

Being held at ExCeL London on 29 & 30 May the event is open from 11am - 4pm each day. Organisations are signing up everyday so to get the latest information visit www.summergradfair.co.uk and register now.

Latest signings include Abercrombie & Fitch, Adfero, Anglia Ruskin University, Bloomberg, BPP Professional Education, British American Media Group, Brunel University, Edinburgh Napier University, Event Business Academy, Gradplus.com, Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd, IBM UK Ltd, M Integrated Solutions, Matchtech Group PLC, Mazars, Michael Page, Morgan McKinley, NoSweat Journalism, Original Volunteers, Roehampton, University, Salmon Ltd, Smart Currency Exchange, Techworks Recruitment and Training, The Big Choice Limited, The Chartered Institute of Marketing, The University of East London, TLE Ltd, UCAS, University of Birmingham, University of East Anglia, University Of Greenwich, University of Kent, University of Leicester, University of Southampton.

UK/Malaysia GradLink

www.uwe.ac.uk/malaysia-gradlink aims at connecting Malaysian students studying across the UK with opportunities in Malaysia. The website is completely open access and includes job and internship vacancy boards for Malaysian based opportunities, case studies of Malaysian graduates and Malaysian employer profiles.

GradsKent www.GradsKent.com

We are a free service to the graduates of Kent and we aim to promote graduates as an essential resource to local businesses.  We are looking for graduates to register on the site and upload their CV's so they can either apply for the jobs online or be matched by our internal team for suitable graduate level roles.
"We've had a lot of web development and IT roles come up recently, including a really great position as an Email Developer with Holiday Extras, who are a Times Top 100 Employer based in Hythe."

Prospects International Graduate Jobswww.prospects.ac.uk/international_graduate_jobs.htm opportunities with employers in many job sectors. Plus how to write a good CV and covering letter; example CV for many countries; tips on how to improve interview skills.

Institute of Physics Website with physics and science jobs
http://brightrecruits.com

Graduate Talent Pool

is a new service that matches graduates with internship opportunities. It is a partnership between Government and employers, designed to help new and recent graduates gain real work experience. On this site you can search and apply for internship vacancies posted by employers. Getting an internship through Graduate Talent Pool is one way of building on the skills you gained at university. It can also give you real life work experience, let you try your hand at a possible career, and prove yourself to a potential employer. All 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 Graduates from UK universities are eligible to apply for Graduate Talent Pool internships if they are from countries within the European Economic Area (EEA) (which includes all EU countries plus Iceland, Lichtenstein and Norway) or Switzerland.
http://graduatetalentpool.direct.gov.uk

Prospects International Graduate Jobs www.prospects.ac.uk/international_graduate_jobs.htm opportunities with employers in many job sectors. Plus how to write a good CV and covering letter; example CV for many countries; tips on how to improve interview skills.

Gradcracker: Computing, Engineering & Science Vacancies, but also now many others including banking! www.gradcracker.com

If you are still unemployed or in a dead end job see

http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sk/copingWithRejection.htm#support
for lots of ideas on what you can do to improve your situation.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

> I would like to work in media or as a writer/journalist.

See our journalism and writing careers page http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/workin/journalism.htm

Get a copy of The Writers' and Artists' Yearbook www.writersandartists.co.uk Brilliant publication! Helpful tips for writers, FAQs and resources for writers.
- about £10 from Amazon

You will need a media style CV http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/mediacv.htm

See the journalism practice interview http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/interviews/ivjournalism.htm

and start to develop a portfolio http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/portfolios.htm

Also learn In Design or Quark, Photoshop and perhaps Dreamweaver
http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sk/computing-skills.htm

> Can you point me in the direction of some information that relates to what kind of jobs there are available in the Wildlife Conversation area? And what these jobs entail, as I feel I need to get more of an idea of exactly what type of position would suit me?

Our environment web page details all the main jobs http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/Environment.htm

I'd also strongly recommend you buy Sue Searle's excellent book "How to become an Ecological Consultant".

Sue became an ecologist in her 40's after a career in nursing and now runs her own consultancy, so she is an excellent role model!

> How easy would it be do you think for me to be able to do a Masters or PhD in Wildlife Conservation/Environmental Studies, considering I have done an English and American Literature degree?

There are a number of conversion Masters for graduates from other degree subjects, but they are expensive!

Some of the following will accept graduates from other degree areas

• Environmental Law and Policy, University of Kent
• Conservation and Tourism, University of Kent
• Conservation Biology, University of Kent
• Environmental Analysis and Assessment, Royal Holloway, University of London
• Environmental Diagnosis, Imperial College London
• Environmental Impact Assessment, Oxford Brookes University
• Soils and Environmental Pollution, University of Reading
• Risk Management, Middlesex University
• Environmental Compliance (London/Bristol).
• Environmental Pollution Control, Middlesex University
• Environmental Pollution Science, Brunel University
• Rural Development, University of Sussex
• Water and Environmental Engineering, University of Surrey
• Coastal and Marine Resource Management, University of Portsmouth

• Prospects.ac.uk - the official national graduate careers site – which includes pages on the following topics:
  • A searchable database of postgraduate courses and research www.prospects.ac.uk/links/PGDbase
• Hobsons Postgrad www.postgrad.hobsons.com Latest update on funding news, immediate vacancies, new courses and research places
• Target Courses http://targetcourses.co.uk 20,000 searchable courses and search results can be compared in a table which includes RAE scores, employability data from HESA, student reviews and employer ratings.
• Hot Courses www.hotcourses.com database of courses in the UK, including postgraduate courses and research. Type in your postcode to find course near you.
• Postgraduate Search www.postgraduatesearch.com
• FindAMasters www.FindAMasters.com Advice on Masters degrees plus a database of these courses in the UK and overseas

Vacancy Database

Please note that we now have a new vacancy system in place to list vacancies for graduates, placement students and interns notified to the University of Kent Careers and Employability Service. The new web address is http://kent.prospects.ac.uk  - please update your bookmarks.

Our vacancy database http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/jobs/index.htm has over 300 vacancies many from EMPLOYERS PARTICULARLY LOOKING FOR KENT GRADUATES. The vacancy database also has postgraduate study and work experience placements sections, with some very interesting opportunities. You will probably be getting vacancy emails from a number of sources (this is very wise), but please don't ignore these emails. Some of the advertised jobs are specifically aimed at Kent graduates, often by employers who are themselves graduates from Kent, or have recruited a Kent graduate and have been impressed by them, so often competition for vacancies in our vacancy database is often much lower!

What are Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Schemes?

• KTP www.ktponline.org.uk is a government-funded scheme that places graduates in Small and Medium Sized Organisations to work on knowledge transfer projects central to the needs of the company.
• As well as salaried employment, graduates receive support to study for a higher degree and to gain a management qualification.
• There are many KTP schemes in our vacancy database http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/jobs/index.htm look for (KTP) in the vacancy title!
• Vacancies arise throughout the year in a wide range of employers and locations and projects last between 12 to 36 months.
• KTPs can help to enhance your career prospects by providing you with an opportunity to manage a challenging project, central to an organisation's strategic development and long-term growth.
• Most (but not all) vacancies are for graduates in science, engineering, IT and business-related subjects. You need to be qualified to an upper 2nd class degree or better.
• Around 62% of KTP Associates are employed by the host company when the project ends.

Graduate vacancies

Please login to the system and search for vacancies below that you are interested in on http://kent.prospects.ac.uk

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Bruce Woodcock
Careers and Employability Service,
University of Kent, Canterbury,
Kent CT2 7ND
Tel: 01227 764000 ext. 7594
Email: B.E.Woodcock@kent.ac.uk
www.kent.ac.uk/careers

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