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

1. Take charge of your future!
Careers Service

2. 4 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 (part time jobs, volunteering, work experience , insight
programmes…)
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
• Attend Career Development Planning lectures in semester 2. You’ll hear
from employers, final year students and graduates and how to plan for your
future

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 and study in
UK and 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)
• Improve your applications (26th September)
• Improve your CV (27th September)
• Improve your cover letters (28th September)
• Get started with LinkedIn (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. Next semester - CDP
• 5 week 10 lecture module you’ll take in semester 2
• Includes input from Careers Service, final year students, graduates and
employers
• You’ll find out more about:
 What employers want
 How to write a good CV, cover letter and LinkedIn profile
 What’s happening in the labour market now
 How to research your career options including jobs, employers and further
study in the UK and overseas
 How to find work experience

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