General Course Students Career Presentation
General Course Students Career Presentation
Viki Chinn Careers Consultant LSE Careers Service
Agenda
Using the Careers Service The UK job market Internships UK CV protocol Questions
Using the Careers Service
Seminars Employer led workshops and skills sessions Forums Careers Fairs Email alert – Tell us what you want to know about One to one advice (go to seminars first!) Jobs board
What we can and can’t do
We can
Help you identify your dream job Reality check – Labour market knowledge Suggest stepping stones to the dream job Help you articulate your employability skills to employers Help you with your careers research Miracles..? We can’t… create jobs / internships in competitive sectors Write your CV/ application for you Proofread Change the world
Re-active and proactive job hunting
Reactive markets Lots of big players with 60 – 1000 vacancies Recruit every year Skill shortage Proactive markets Majority of recruiters have one or at most two vacancies Don’t recruit every year No skills shortage
The sought-after profile
Consistently good academic performance Awards, achievements Some work experience Extra-curricular activities Voluntary/community work People who can communicate, analyse information, problem-solve, work with others and learn on an ongoing basis
Getting Started
Step one: Do your research
Our website www.lse.ac.uk/careers
My Careers Service Information for current students
Careers subscriptions – valuable research tools – Vault, WetFeet, Going Global, Policy Jobs Seminars Meet Employers– Fairs, presentations and forums
Internships?
Common in:
Management Finance & Banking Consultancy?? Law Marketing, advertising, PR
Less common in
Media NGOs/development Think tanks 'Niche' or specialist areas
Internship issues
Dates you are available – most internships run for the whole of July and August Locally focused recruitment – internships are used to talent spot, so some organisations are only interested in
Viki Chinn Careers Consultant LSE Careers Service
Agenda
Using the Careers Service The UK job market Internships UK CV protocol Questions
Using the Careers Service
Seminars Employer led workshops and skills sessions Forums Careers Fairs Email alert – Tell us what you want to know about One to one advice (go to seminars first!) Jobs board
What we can and can’t do
We can
Help you identify your dream job Reality check – Labour market knowledge Suggest stepping stones to the dream job Help you articulate your employability skills to employers Help you with your careers research Miracles..? We can’t… create jobs / internships in competitive sectors Write your CV/ application for you Proofread Change the world
Re-active and proactive job hunting
Reactive markets Lots of big players with 60 – 1000 vacancies Recruit every year Skill shortage Proactive markets Majority of recruiters have one or at most two vacancies Don’t recruit every year No skills shortage
The sought-after profile
Consistently good academic performance Awards, achievements Some work experience Extra-curricular activities Voluntary/community work People who can communicate, analyse information, problem-solve, work with others and learn on an ongoing basis
Getting Started
Step one: Do your research
Our website www.lse.ac.uk/careers
My Careers Service Information for current students
Careers subscriptions – valuable research tools – Vault, WetFeet, Going Global, Policy Jobs Seminars Meet Employers– Fairs, presentations and forums
Internships?
Common in:
Management Finance & Banking Consultancy?? Law Marketing, advertising, PR
Less common in
Media NGOs/development Think tanks 'Niche' or specialist areas
Internship issues
Dates you are available – most internships run for the whole of July and August Locally focused recruitment – internships are used to talent spot, so some organisations are only interested in