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Careers Centre
Experience Works
School of Maths
2011 Placement Fest
Careers Centre
Introduction
 Benefits
 Finding Opportunities
 Advertised
 Hidden
 Applying
 Support Available
 Erasmus Work Funding
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Why?
Develop skills in the workplace:
Employers’ top 3 ways to improve skills (in order of
effectiveness):
 Completing an internship or industrial
placement
 Taking on a leadership position in a student
society
 Gaining very people-focussed work
experience
Source: 2008 Association of Graduate Recruiters Survey
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Benefits of Work Experience
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Put theory into practice
Develop employability skills
Experience an industry and its culture
Network
Learning about yourself
Financial Benefits
A job!!
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What do Employers look for?
The research…
 Almost all of the UK’s leading graduate
recruiters are offering work experience
 Nearly two-thirds of recruiters warn that
graduates who have no previous work
experience at all are unlikely to be successful in
the recruitment process
 Irrespective of academic results it is very hard
for an applicant to demonstrate the skills and
competencies that employers look for if they
have no prior work experience
(High Fliers Research 2011)
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Employers
 The ‘big four’: Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG,
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC)
 Other companies offer accountancy/ finance
schemes too, eg: Tesco, BAE, Unilever, Co-operative
 Public Sector: NHS, Universities, charities, local
authorities…
 SME’s (small companies) more research needed by
you to find opportunities
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Discovering Opportunities
Advertised
https://stars.leeds.ac.uk/
 Goldman Sachs: Finance year in industry (London; Dublin;
Frankfurt; Paris; Zurich)
 KPMG: Professional Service (various locations)
 ASDA: Trading and Finance (Leeds)
 Peugeot Citroen: Finance (West Midlands)
 Nestle: (various locations)
 Mercers: Retirement Analyst (Belfast)
 Debenhams: Finance and Merchandising
 Insight Days e.g. KPMG
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Applying: important points to remember!
 Apply early: many one year internships close
December, January & WILL FILL EARLY so don’t
leave to the week of the closing date!
 RESEARCH: job role, organisation
 Why do you want to work in this area?
 Current issues (business press)
 Enthusiasm for Finance
 Use examples from a variety of experiences (part
time work, society, volunteering, study, sports)…
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Discovering Opportunities
Hidden
 Identify specific companies
 Structured schemes (speculative approaches)
 Careers Centre Faculty Resources
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http://careerweb.leeds.ac.uk/students/my-faculty/engineering/using-your-degree.asp
 Network https://alumni.leeds.ac.uk/
 Events https://stars.leeds.ac.uk/Event/
 Where do Leeds graduates go?
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http://careerweb.leeds.ac.uk/destinations/maps/examplejobs.asp
 Prospects (job profiles)
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http://www.prospects.ac.uk/types_of_jobs_financial.htm
 Yell
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www.yell.com
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Applying for Hidden Opportunities/ SME’s
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Research
Make a named contact
What YOU can offer THEM
Be confident & professional– 1st impressions count!
CV/ Interview? Get support from the Careers Centre
If you haven’t heard back – chase it up
Think creatively about where to find opportunities
Use contacts and networks – now is not the time to
be shy!
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Overseas Opportunities
 Prospects Country Profile
http://www.prospects.ac.uk/country_profiles.htm
 Going Global http://careerweb.leeds.ac.uk/go/goinglobal.asp
 Erasmus database http://careerweb.leeds.ac.uk/students/workexperience/erasmus-work/downloads.asp
 Research companies with international offices
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Exclusive University of Leeds Opportunities
 Unilever, Seacroft
 12 week paid internships in summer 2012
 Various project roles including: Operations/
Engineering/ Logistics/ Supply Chain/ Quality/
Environment/ IT
 Closing date Friday 2nd December, but apply early
 https://stars.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy/Vacancy.aspx?relatedg
uid=69f2cb62-aaee-423a-a4fb-298f7dfc5a89
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Support Available
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http://careerweb.leeds.ac.uk
Drop in appointments Monday – Friday 9am-4pm
Career Consultants
Resource Room
Events https://stars.leeds.ac.uk/Event
 Department Tutors
 Placement and Personal
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ERASMUS
Work Placements
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What is Erasmus?
 European Commission incentive scheme, to increase
mobility of Higher Education Students around Europe
 Two sections - Study and Work Placements
 2012/13 is the last year!
Isn’t this just for language students?
 Aimed at everyone, not just language students!
 Support given to help University students to undertake
work experience in Europe, as a part of their course
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What do I get from Erasmus Work?
 1. A small, flat-rate ‘GRANT’
2010/11: total of €378 per month (£330)
 2. A Tuition Fee WAIVER
2011/12: worth £900
 For a full year spent in Europe (at least total of 7 months),
 Must be EU national & eligible for UK ‘Statutory Student Funding’ (ie Student Loans;
dependent on residency criteria). Islands students NOT eligible for this.
 3. From 2011/12 – EXTRA PAYMENTS for
 Widening Participation (€500)
 Priority Countries (€400).
 4. Students also receive payment from job, usual Student
Loan (and grant) & Leeds bursary (if applicable).
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How do I qualify for Erasmus Work?
 You must be a student registered at the University on a
normal degree course.
 You must be registered before AND after the Placement
(most students go away after the 2nd year).
Also,
 You are responsible for arranging your own placement.
 Your School must approve it.
 You need to be organised and get a placement arranged
and approved in good time – start planning early!
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Will my work placement qualify for Erasmus?
 Your placement must be
 a part of your degree (approved by dept & recognised by the University –
NO summer jobs!).
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in an EU country.
3 – 12 months long (but can do eg 3+6 or 4+5).
a full-time job.
timely (must fit into cycle, eg 1 Jun 2012 to 30 Oct 2013).
a job NOT working directly for the EC, or representations /
public institutions of the UK (eg embassies, consulates, national
agencies, cultural institutes, schools)
 British Council Language Assistants are eligible.
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Erasmus Work
If you are interested, or want to know more, please contact:
Angie Willshaw
Email
[email protected]
Telephone
(0113) 343 7104
Webpage
http://tiny.cc/50rkf
(http://careerweb.leeds.ac.uk/students/work-experience/erasmus-work/index.asp)
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Rebecca Evans
Careers Centre
5-7 Cromer Terrace
Telephone – 0113 3435295
Email – [email protected]
http://careerweb.leeds.ac.uk/