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Latest vacancies and job hunting tips 6th June 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.

Job-Hunting Workshop, Wed. 6th June 2 to 4 pm KLSR4

This two hour workshop will cover a variety of topics to help you with getting a job after graduation. The content will be tailored to what participants at each workshop request, but may include:

* Help available to you from the Careers Service after graduation, 
* Writing CVs and application forms, 
* Interview skills, 
* Summer careers fairs, 
* Creative jobhunting and networking 
* Survival strategies.

There will also be lots of opportunity for discussion. You must register for this as places are limited.

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.

Postgraduate Routes into Teaching open day at Christ Church University

Location: Old Sessions House, Canterbury Campus www.canterbury.ac.uk/opendays

Date: Saturday, 23rd June 2012, Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm

Train to become an inspirational teacher with the Faculty of Education at Canterbury Christ Church University.* Use the open day to discover more about our wide range of postgraduate routes into teaching. Tutors from our PGCE and employment-based programmes will be available on the day. Please ensure you book your place for this event.

*Our initial teacher education programmes have been graded ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted.

Course info: To find out more about our postgraduate routes into teaching, visit our Train to Teach pages.

Find us: Visit our maps and travel page.

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AND INFORMATION

WATCH OUR STREAMED VIDEOS AND USE OUR INTERVIEW REPORTS BEFORE YOUR KENT LOGIN RUNS OUT!

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.

Once your Kent login expires, you will no longer be able to watch our on-line videos on making applications, interviews and selection centres, so use these now!

STREAMED CAREERS VIDEOS http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/IntVid.htm

These videos are only available if you have a Kent login.

MAKING APPLICATIONS

Your Job's Online (29 minutes) How to make quality on-line applications to graduate jobs

Shows two major employers selecting graduates, using only their electronic applications.

INTERVIEWS

Making an impact: the graduate job interview

This consists of four parts and can be watched by clicking on the links below. It shows real students and graduates being interviewed by actual recruiters and gives you tips on how to improve your interview performance. You see extracts from each interview and hear the selectors give their verdicts and the candidates reflect on their own performance. The narration emphasises the key learning points.

• Graduate telephone interview (13 minutes). Also see our telephone interviews page
• Enterprise Rent-A-Car interview (35 minutes). Competency-based interviews.
• KPMG interview (29 minutes). Competency-based finance interviews.
• Winning Moves interview (31 minutes). Shows two graduates being interviewed for design jobs. Useful for multimedia, architecture, journalismor media interviews or any creative job where you have to show a portfolio of your work.
• First Impressions Count http://ltss.beds.ac.uk/careers/first_impressions 20-minute on-line video by the University of Bedfordshire to help students with the first stages of interview preparation. Features 4 students getting ready for graduate job interviews. An image consultant offers advice on how to dress appropriately to create a good first impression also voice training, body language and confidence boosting exercises.

ASSESSMENT CENTRES

New Assessment Centre Video

• Introduction (2 minutes)
• Icebreaker (1 minute)
• Presentation (9 minutes)
• Role Play (7 minutes)
• In-tray Exercise (4 minutes)
• Group discussion (18 minutes)
• Meal with the selectors (1 minute)
• Case study (5 minutes)
• Interview (15 minutes)
• Ten minute guide to all the key parts of an assessment centre (10 minutes)
• Credits (1 minute)

If you no longer have a Kent login, the University of Melbourne has an open access video link to these videos at http://vimeo.com/9815762

Old Assessment Centre Video (27 minutes)

Shows what happens at a typical assessment centre when a major employer selects graduates with degrees in "any discipline". 

Journey to Work Videos

• Harriet - History. Applying for Journalism (11 minutes). Placements on magazines, the value of postgraduate journalism courses, work experience on newspapers and blogging.
• Laura and Leigh - Fashion Design (23 minutes). The importance of attention to detail and quality in your portfolio, an internship with Alexander McQueen, how to create a fashion CV and the need to visit potential employers
• Martha - English Literature (13 minutes). Applying for Public Relations. The need to be versatile and adaptable for PR jobs and to have an interest in business and in making money. The need to have a good eye for a story and to be able to craft content. Teaching English as a Foreign Language.
• Arjun - Banking Internships (7 minutes) a Financial Management student finds out about the value of internships to employers.
• James - Marketing (14 minutes). Includes the importance of work placements, selling your retail experience and how to construct a CV formarketing jobs.
• David - Computer Science (7 minutes). The increasing importance of people skills in computing jobs, the value of a work placement and Duke of Edinburgh Award.
• Gemma - Psychology. Applying for Social Work (9 minutes). The great importance of voluntary work if you are trying to get into the helping careers.

Guides to Boosting your Employability Videos

• CVs and Applications (13 minutes). Structure, content of your CV, the importance of accuracy, and selling your experience.
• Getting actively involved in Student Life (5 minutes). Stretching yourself, developing skills, doing things you enjoy, making the most of your time at university, sporting activities and developing teamwork and leadership skills
• Networking (9 minutes). How to do an information interview, creative jobhunting and building networks of contacts
• Postgraduate Study (5 minutes). Helps you decide whether to do postgraduate study or not. Includes interviews with a student doing a Masters degree in Magazine Journalism at Cardiff University and a Masters degree in Fashion Crafts in Rochester.
• Using your Careers Service (7 minutes). The help you can get from the Careers and Employability Service and the importance of starting your career planning well before your final year.
• Volunteering (8 minutes). The value of volunteering in improving your CV and to employers.
• Work Experience (9 minutes). How employers value both internships and also casual jobs in retailing and restaurants.

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

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. 

BBC

Job reference: 825251
Job title: Broadcast Technologist Trainees
Location: Belfast - Broadcasting House
Find out more and apply online
https://careers.bbc.co.uk/fe/tpl_bbc01.asp?newms=jj&id=43650&newlang=1

Do you want to work in journalism?

Come to a free journalism workshop where you can find out what it is like to be a journalist and everything that you need to know about starting a career in journalism. It is an informal and fun session for you to learn what makes a news story and how to write a story for a newspaper; You will produce your own story from ‘breaking news’ and get some guidance and feedback from our (working journalist) tutors.

You will also find out what editors are looking for when recruiting, the different career options available and what you need to do to start your journalism career. We are based in the office of The Argus, Brighton’s daily newspaper, and you will have a tour of the Argus newsroom, some light refreshments and the opportunity to ask any questions you have. Experience a ‘day in the life of a journalist’ to help you decide whether a career in journalism is the right path for you. Our free workshops take place over the summer; the next ones are:  Friday 15th June, Thursday 5th July and Friday 3rd August 2012.

Please go to our website and hit ‘Apply Now’, select ‘Journalism Taster Days’, and send us your details to reserve your place: http://www.journalistworks.co.uk/free-journalism-tasters.php

Or call us on 01273 540350 or email info@journalistworks.co.uk

We look forward to meeting you.

Pitman Training Scholarship and Courses

Pitman Training specialises in delivering flexible, supported, high quality, self-paced learning programmes that can be arranged to fit around your other commitments. All our training is carried out on an individual basis, allowing each student to progress at their own pace without the drawbacks of classroom teaching. You dictate the pace of the course and, you are always supported by qualified trainers during the learning programme. This highly effective training approach is ideal for busy people who might struggle to put aside whole days for their personal development.

The Training Centre in Canterbury offers total flexibility. We offer part-time and full-time courses at times to suit you. Our opening times are from 9.00 am to 4.30 pm on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, also 9.00 am to 8.00 pm on Tuesday and Thursday. You can start anytime!

All workbooks are included and are retained by the student at the end of their training. On completion of your course we ensure that you are armed with a good strong C.V which will help you to find your ideal job.

There is a very high success rate amongst our students in obtaining work or changing careers after completing their courses here in Canterbury. We are very proud of the of thank you letters we have displayed on our notice boards.

For your information , we can also offer a one year Scholarship position.

We also do have some NEET’s (Not in employment, education or training) funding for up to 24 year olds for the ECDL qualification.

We now also offer hundreds of different courses that can be studied either within the centre, distance learning or video based interactive online training, we even have online language courses. I therefore thought this information may be of interest for the school advisors or even for emailing out to parents to allow them to see other opportunities available to their family.

Dawn Butler, Centre Manager, Pitman Training Centre Canterbury 01227 7612002

Email: canterbury@pitman-training.net

Web: www.pitman-training.com/canterbury

Web Developer, Holiday Extras in Folkstone

"The reason for my email is that we have a Web Developer vacancy advertised http://join.holidayextras.co.uk/vacancy/web-developer

We currently have Kent 5 students working with us for their year in industry and will be taking 7 more this year. "

If interested please send your CV and covering letter to Nikki Chandler

nikki.chandler@holidayextras.com

Graduate IT Consultant - Slough

Rockport Software is a small IT consulting company, specialising in Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing, mainly using Oracle software. We have many years’ experience working on some of the most interesting and challenging projects for some of the most well-known businesses in the world, such as Unilever, Prudential, Thales, O2 and BAA. We have an immediate need for a bright, hard working graduate, who is keen to learn. We’ll provide formal training and lots of coaching. And the learning never stops.

The owner has a son and daughter at Kent University and so is very keen to recruit Kent University graduates.

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

Beware of job offer scammers!

One Kent graduate got a fake job offer from a US-based company called Sherman & Stanley, which looks like a US Based company hiring for Administrative assistants. Upon enquiring about the company they informed the student that It would be 3 hours work from home. It all looked very plausible

They then asked the graduate for full bank account details. Fortunately she asked me about this. The company name did not come up on Google which itself was suspicious - often the name of the company is changed with every email they send out. I Googled the document she had been sent: I pasted "sign it and return scanned 1st, 7th and 8th pages back over the email." from their email into Google search and found a number of scam warnings about the organisation who would have taken money from her bank account if she had proceeded further. The vacancy had been advertised on a bona fide jobs board.

Always check adverts for jobs very carefully and Google the company and job offer details if you have any suspicions. If it looks too good to be true and the selection process is very easy be very cautious.

> After I apply and send my CV to recruiters, they generally never get back. I wanted to know, how do I politely ask why I wasnt appropriate for the job. Just for a feedback. How can I ask so that it doesn't look as if I am pestering them?

Try something like the following. It may not always work, but is worth a try.

"Dear ....

I would be most grateful for some feedback on my unsuccessful application for the post of .... I understand that you must be very busy and must get large numbers of applicants but it would be help me greatly if you could please give me some information on why I was unsuccessful, so I am able to improve my applications to other organisations.

Thanking you in anticipation ...."

> I am planning on doing an internship abroad in wildlife conservation - hopefully for six months and was wondering if you had any advice on which company to use? I have been looking into using GVI - global vision international http://www.gvi.co.uk

There are lots of reviews about them on the net e.g.

http://www.abroadreviews.com/global-vision

http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews245995.html

These generally seem to say quite expensive but good.

If you want something a lot cheaper but probably less well supported, so not as secure, see our environmental careers page
http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/Environment.htm - the employers and links tab

e.g.

• The Great Orangutan Project www.orangutanproject.com conservation organisation in Borneo, Malaysia. The Director is a Kent graduate. They would be happy to have students come on their volunteer placements.
• Yana Cocha animal refuge and rehabilitation centre www.yanapuma.org/en/volec_yanacocha.php in the Amazon rainforest near Puyo, Ecuador. Highly recommended by a Kent graduate who volunteered there. Centre was founded in 2006 by a local resident concerned for animal welfare. Centre relies on contributions of $150 per week from the volunteers: in return you are accommodation in the on site cabins which have electricity and water and price includes food. Centre rehabilitates monkeys, cayman crocodiles, snakes, ocelots, tortoises, parrots, porcupines and kinkajous. Can also accommodate academic research projects and working with medicinal plants. No experience required. Ring 084086809 or email yanacocha@gmail.org
• Ecoteer www.ecoteer.com The cheapest volunteer placement website . Volunteer placements in over 40 different countries at ecolodges, conservation and community development projects. The majority of placements offer free food and accommodation.
• Pantanal Institute, Brazil https://sites.google.com/site/pantanalcer/home/project-info-1 TEFL centre and conservation project run by British Biologists. Teach English to young professional Brazilians and research rare and endangered birds of prey.

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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http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10050894883&ref=mf

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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