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The Quick Guide to Graduate Job Hunting

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 . What do you want to do when you finish university?. Questions you need to ask yourself.

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The Quick Guide to Graduate Job Hunting

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  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

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

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

  11. Work Experience/Voluntary work

  12. Mobility

  13. Different routes into the Graduate Job Market

  14. Graduate vacancy sites

  15. Beware of deadlines

  16. Where to look for science jobs

  17. Other popular job websites

  18. Employment Search Engines

  19. Unadvertised Vacancies

  20. Recruitment ConsultantTemping 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

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

  22. 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

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

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