Slides from the Careers Service induction talk for new undergraduate Business School students at the University of Edinburgh, 2017

1. Your future starts here!
Rebecca Valentine
Careers Consultant

2. 3 things to do this year:
• Get involved in University life (e.g. join clubs and societies, sports
clubs, Edinburgh Award…)
AIESEC, BizSoc, EntSoc, EUTIC, iCue…
www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/activities/societies/
www.ed.ac.uk/sports-union
www.ed.ac.uk/edinburgh-award
• Get experience (volunteering, part time jobs, work experience…)
www.ed.ac.uk/careers/looking-for-work
• Think ahead
www.ed.ac.uk/careers/your-future
https://www.business-school.ed.ac.uk/pd > Undergraduate students

3. How can the Careers Service help you?
• We advertise part time jobs, volunteering and internships on MyCareerHub:
https://mycareerhub.ed.ac.uk
• We have self-help materials – to get you started thinking about your future
www.ed.ac.uk/careers/your-future/career-planning
• We have info on different options – including jobs, employers, further study
and working overseas
• We run talks, events and workshops – including CVs, interviews, LinkedIn,
Careers Fair…
• Take a look at our popular resources including:
 CV booklets
 Interviews booklets
 Online Quick Guides on CVs, covering letters, applications and interviews
 Practice tests

4. What’s happening this semester?
• Finding part time jobs whilst studying (25th September)
• Applications (26th September)
• CVs (27th September)
• Cover letters (28th September)
• LinkedIn basics (5th October)
• Prepare for the Fair (6th October)
• Careers Fair (10th, 11th, 12th October)
• Go Abroad Fair (18th October)
• Video, Skype and phone interviews (25th October)
• Strengths based interviews (26th October)
• Assessment centres: Give it a go (30th October)
• Regular employer presentations and workshops
This is just a small selection – see the full list on MyCareerHub!

5. Keep in touch with us
• Facebook:
www.facebook.com/EdinburghCareersService
• Twitter
@uofedcareers
• Careers Service Blog:
Careersinformed.wordpress.com
• Business School careers support LinkedIn group:
• Regular email newsletters - for the latest events, news and job
vacancies…
Find us on the third floor of the Main Library Building, George Square

6. And finally
• Enjoy your time at Edinburgh
• Make the most of your time here – it goes by really fast!