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UCL Careers Essentials: helping you find your future

5 October 2016

New for the 2016/17 academic year, UCL Careers has launched a series of lunchtime talks and experiential workshops providing insight, advice and interactive opportunities to engage with all aspects of careers management and navigating selection processes.

UCL Careers Essentials: helping you find your future

From understanding the graduate job market to career decision-making; mock aptitude tests to interview success; finding and funding a PHD to getting to grips with Linkedin and social media - the UCL Careers Essentials programme aims to equip you with the essential know-how to begin to move forward and engage more confidently with 'Finding your Future'.

Talks and workshops titles will be repeated on a regular basis in the autumn, spring and post-exam season.  Please register to attend using the links below.

An Introduction to the graduate job and postgrad study market: 11 October 1-2pm

Understanding the current graduate labour market can be a daunting prospect. What's the difference between a graduate 'scheme' and a graduate 'job'?  What do employers looks for, how do they recruit and what are the most competitive sectors?  And is it true that most jobs are never publically advertised? Postgraduate study is a big commitment, so it's important to pick the right course for the right reasons.  With so many course available, how do you decide which is for you and will further study improve your careers prospects?
No matter how vague your thoughts about your next step, understand more about the graduate labour and postgrad study market to help inform your choices.

Find and fund a PhD: 13 October 1-2pm

Considering a PhD as a next step? Confused about where to start? 
Find out more the realities of PhD research, how to source opportunities, the applications and interview process as well as sources of funding (including public funding bodies and employers).

Improve your CV: 18 October 1-2pm

Did you know that the average employer can spend less than 30 seconds assessing a CV?  Is it true that some employers ignore personal profiles? Should a CV be more than just a life history of everything you've ever done?

Find out how to market yourself effectively in a UK CV in this interactive session.  We'll simulate a CV sifting exercise allowing you to 'sit in the recruiter's shoes' and assess multiple CVs under time pressure.  Understand how to create a strong first impression, keep the reader's interest and make your evidence 'relevant'.

Future events

  • Application forms, cover letters and supporting statements: 25 October 1-2pm
  • Succeeding at interviews: 27 October 1-2pm
  • Decisions, Decisions - How to 'find your future': 28 October 1-2pm
  • Beyond the advertised job market - Successful job hunting: 4 November 1-2pm

For more information and to register to attend visit the UCL Careers Essentials website

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