The Essential Guide to Getting a Job for Postgraduates: Part 2 – Finding The Job You Want Elizabeth Wilkinson University of Manchester Careers Service

This Slidecast How Employers Find Candidates For Jobs Advertised Vacancies Using Agencies How To Get The Lucky Breaks Easy Guide To Using Contacts (without hassling anyone)

How Employers Find Candidates For Jobs

Advertised Vacancies

Using Agencies

How To Get The Lucky Breaks

Easy Guide To Using Contacts (without hassling anyone)

How Most People Look For Jobs Scan the adverts Sign up with an agency Put their CV on-line for employers to browse

How Employers Fill Jobs Adverts Agencies Contacts Internal moves & promotions

Adverts A range of specialist periodicals and employer directories at the Careers Service On-line University of Manchester Careers Service www.manchester.ac.uk/careers Sign up for access to vacancies (currently 325 ads for f-t jobs) Links to many other on-line sources Prospects links to job sources by occupational info www.prospects.ac.uk/occinfo.htm

A range of specialist periodicals and employer directories at the Careers Service

On-line

University of Manchester Careers Service www.manchester.ac.uk/careers

Sign up for access to vacancies (currently 325 ads for f-t jobs)

Links to many other on-line sources

Prospects

links to job sources by occupational info

www.prospects.ac.uk/occinfo.htm

Fairs & Employer Presentations Engineering, Science and Technology – Oct 21 st Finance, Business and Management – Oct 22 nd Law – Oct 29 th Employer presentations eg Civil Service, PwC, Deloitte Consulting –w/c 5 th Oct BP, Cadburys, HSBC, Foster Wheeler – w/c 12 th Oct Atkins, Ernst & Young, NHS, Barclays Capital, Accenture, Airbus, Clifford Chance, Mars …

Engineering, Science and Technology – Oct 21 st

Finance, Business and Management – Oct 22 nd

Law – Oct 29 th

Employer presentations eg

Civil Service, PwC, Deloitte Consulting –w/c 5 th Oct

BP, Cadburys, HSBC, Foster Wheeler – w/c 12 th Oct

Atkins, Ernst & Young, NHS, Barclays Capital, Accenture, Airbus, Clifford Chance, Mars …

Agencies work for EMPLOYERS You don’t pay them, the employers do Often need experience Worth a try - but unless you have sought after experience, don’t be surprised if you don’t get much response from general agencies Specialist agencies - good if you have experience Careers Service website - under Job Search/Finding Work Agencies - The Answer?

Agencies work for

EMPLOYERS

You don’t pay them, the employers do

Often need experience

Worth a try - but unless you have sought after experience, don’t be surprised if you don’t get much response from general agencies

Specialist agencies - good if you have experience

Careers Service website - under Job Search/Finding Work

How To Get The Lucky Breaks … Three vital career management skills Spotting opportunities Thinking “what have I got to lose?” (aka “being cheeky!”) Making the most of contacts “ Who do you know, who knows you?” - Critical for academic careers !

Three vital career management skills

Spotting opportunities

Thinking “what have I got to lose?” (aka “being cheeky!”)

Making the most of contacts

“ Who do you know, who knows you?” - Critical for academic careers !

But I Don’t Have Any Contacts … Ask for help and get creative Get a group together Come up with as many possible contacts as you can friends relatives old university colleagues Lecturers/supervisor football team professional association who else …? On-line social networks - LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter Helping break down the old boy network?

Ask for help and get creative

Get a group together

Come up with as many possible contacts as you can

friends

relatives

old university

colleagues

Lecturers/supervisor

football team

professional association

who else …?

On-line social networks - LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter

Helping break down the old boy network?

Tips for Informal Research Always ask for information, not a job Take a copy of your CV - get feedback Ask for two more contact names Send a thank you letter Enclose your (updated) CV Ask them to alert you to any “hot leads” for jobs - and leave them your contact details

Always ask for information, not a job

Take a copy of your CV - get feedback

Ask for two more contact names

Send a thank you letter

Enclose your (updated) CV

Ask them to alert you to any “hot leads” for jobs - and leave them your contact details

Resources University of Manchester Careers Service www.manchester.ac.uk/careers Prospects - job sources by occupation www.prospects.ac.uk/occinfo.htm Employer events and fairs www.manchester.ac.uk/careers/events Agency information on Careers website www.manchester.ac.uk/careers/recruitmentmall

University of Manchester Careers Service www.manchester.ac.uk/careers

Prospects - job sources by occupation www.prospects.ac.uk/occinfo.htm

Employer events and fairs www.manchester.ac.uk/careers/events

Agency information on Careers website www.manchester.ac.uk/careers/recruitmentmall