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    1. The Essential Guide to Getting a Job for Postgraduates: Part 2 – Finding The Job You Want Elizabeth Wilkinson University of Manchester Careers Service
    2. 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)
    3. How Most People Look For Jobs Scan the adverts Sign up with an agency Put their CV on-line for employers to browse
    4. How Employers Fill Jobs Adverts Agencies Contacts Internal moves & promotions
    5. 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
    6. 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 …
      • 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?
    7. 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 !
    8. 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?
    9. 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
    10. 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

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