Transcript Introduction to the Careers Service

Review Your Options and achieve Career
Success after Graduation
Tina Allen
University of Edinburgh
Aim:
 Remind you of aim of CS
 Review the range of jobs/postgrad courses that physics/astrophysics
graduates enter
 Alert you to career deadlines of final year
 What services does CS provide that may be relevant to your needs?
Careers Service aims to:
 Expand your horizons
 Equip you to make informed career decisions throughout your life
 Help you achieve high personal and professional achievement, and a
fulfilling future
 Help you whatever you want to do
What did graduates do with an Edinburgh physics/astrophysics
degree in 2010?
 Employment
38% (51%)
 Further study
42% (35%)
- academic/vocational/professional
 Time Out
2% (10%)
 Unemployed
18% (4%)
(2009 figs in brackets)
Some of Jobs from 2007-10
 Management Trainee –
European Space Agency
 Physics Teacher
 Marine Geophysicist
 Publishing Editor - IoPhys
 Software Engineer
 Medical Physicist
 Research Scientist
 Science Communicator
 Windfarm Dev Analyst
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Meteorologist
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GCHQ Civil Servant
Fund Analyst
Management Consultant
Actuary
Chartered Accountant
Systems Engineer
Royal Navy
Statistical Officer
Musician / Photographer
Ski Patrol Officer (Canada)
Some of Postgrad Courses from 2007-10
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PhD in: Physics
Climate Change
Nuclear Astrophysics
Musical Acoustics
Astronomy/Cosmology
Meteorology
Active Galactic Nuclei
Dark Matter
Environ. Acoustics
Biophys. Chemistry
Neuroscience
Soft Condensed Matter
Theoretical Physics
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MSc in: Neuroinformatics
Orthopaedic Engin.
Space Science
Photonics
Plasma Physics
Renewable Energy
Medical Physics
MA in: Music
Business
Govt, Dev & Conflict
PGDE/PGCE in Secondary
Physics
What stage are you at?
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Already have a job/postgrad course offer for September
No ideas!
?(& done nothing so far)!!!
Some ideas of jobs/postgrad courses but you need to do more research
Know exactly what job & firm(s)/postgrad courses you’re aiming at and
have all the information/skills you need to get it eg. closing dates, up-todate CV, interview skills polished, etc.
Thinking of finding a job?
 Careers Fair – October 11th & 12th (different
employers both days) 1.30-6.30pm - Adam House
 Employer Presentations – start 3 October
 Careers information workshops this semester
 eg. actuarial work, advertising, Civil Service, teaching,
conservation, social media careers, management
consultancy, international development, the media…..
 Skills development workshops eg. business
awareness, presentation skills,
Who is recruiting for what I want to do?
 Vacancies online on SAGE (the employer database at the Careers Service)
www.ed.ac.uk/careers/sage
 Collect directories from the Careers Service eg. GET, Prospects
 Research company websites
 Newspapers/periodicals
 Professional bodies eg. Institute of Physics
 Contacts/networking
Thinking of continuing to study?
 Talks:
UK
USA
Europe
21 Oct – taught
28 Oct – research
13 Oct
31 Oct (central area)
 Talk to your tutors/discuss topics of research
Have you got all the jobhunting skills you require?
Talks at KB:
 CV’s
 Application forms
 Interviews
29 Sept
22 Sept
6 Oct
 Compile your CV & get some feedback at CS
 Fill in application forms & get some feedback at CS
 Interviews – book a mock interview with a careers adviser
 Assessment Centres – book a practice on 19 Oct
 Psychometric tests – take a practice set (5 Oct & 2 Nov) & get extra
practice online at CS website
Talk to your Careers Adviser
 Book a long interview (30 - 45 minutes) at the Weir Building, King’s
Buildings
Tel: 650 5773
 Book a short interview (20 minutes) at the Weir Building, King’s Buildings
Tel: 650 5773
- book on the day only for 1pm/1.20pm/1.40pm
 Use the CS website www.ed.ac.uk/careers
- details of all events & book through MyEd
Strategy 1
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Research & plan as quickly as possible
Decide on number of applications & your priorities
Compile shortlist – how many?
Check closing dates to establish timescale (November for some)
Do forms/CV in draft form & get feedback as soon as possible
Top tip - don’t choose all household names!
Strategy 2
 OR – do nothing now!!
 Wait until after finals & then start
 Graduate Recruitment Fair – May
 Summer workshops – CV’s, Interview Skills, Finding a Job in Edinburgh,
etc.
 But…..you’ll get what’s left over & may need to
some time out by default!
take