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ESML Your final year…
Sue Briault
Careers Advisory Service
Your Careers Advisory Service
• On-campus
• Professional
• Impartial
• Confidential
• Free
4 things you probably need to know in your final year
• What choices you’ve got for next year
• How to decide what you want
• How to successfully get what you want
• What info and help you can use
Research is the key
Your Options
• Further study– Make it a positive choice
• Time out– Plan it out
• Unemployment– perhaps if you go it alone!
• Get a job – All other options lead here
too
Skills developed in your degree• www.qaa.ac.uk/academicinfrastructure/benchmark/statements/languages07.asp
• use language creatively and precisely for a range of purposes and audiences
• reflect critically and make judgements in light of evidence and argument• extract and synthesise key information from written and spoken sources• organise and present ideas within the framework of a structured and
reasoned argument• engage in analytical and evaluative thinking• work autonomously, manifested in self-direction, self-discipline and time
management• write and think under pressure and meet deadlines• effective communication, presentation and interaction • work creatively and flexibly with others as part of a team • mediating skills and qualities of empathy • self-reliance, initiative, adaptability and flexibility • intercultural competence
http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sk/skillsmap.htm
Achieved, Administered, Advised, Allocated, Analysed, Appraised, Arranged, Assessed, Assisted,
Broadened, BudgetedChecked, Coached, Communicated, Completed, Conducted, Consolidated, Co-
ordinated, CreatedDelegated, Delivered, Demonstrated, Designed, Developed, Devised, Directed,Ensured, Established, Evaluated, Expanded,FacilitatedIdentified, Implemented, Increased, Influenced, Initiated, Innovated, Introduced,
Investigated, Improved, InterviewedLaunched, Led, LiaisedMaintained, Managed, Marketed, Minimised, MotivatedNegotiatedOrganised, OperatedParticipated, Performed, Persuaded, Planned, Prepared, Presented, Processed,
Produced,Programmed, Promoted, Prompted, Proposed, Proved, ProvidedRecommended, Recruited, Reduced, Reorganised, Represented, Researched,
Resolved, Reviewed, RevisedSimplified, Strengthened, SupervisedTaught, Tested, Trained
Occupations using languages• Essential:
– translating– interpreting– teaching
• Useful:– commercial functions– finance– governmental organisations– information– media– transport & tourism
www.prospects.ac.uk/links/Languages
Degrees of Difference• In Europe:
– Degrees are considered vocational – So UK arts and social science graduates may have
a tougher time being considered for commercial functions
– Students usually spend longer getting their degrees
– Masters are more the norm– Work experience is more important than
extracurricular activities – Not all UK professional qualifications are
recognised
So will I be able to work abroad?
• TEFL, volunteering and casual work most likely if you want to go straight away
• Many multinationals recruit primarily within individual countries so need to find out as don’t notify us
• If recruited in UK except to be home based initially• Job hunting in Europe is becoming easier with
vacancies and company information now readily accessible via the Internet
• www.prospects.ac.uk – working abroad• http://targetjobs.co.uk/general-advice/working-in-
europe.aspx – Target Europe 2009
2008 ESML graduates
• Total graduating students 82
• Total employment 47
• Total further study 15
• Total seeking employment 7
• Total unavailable / travelling3
• Total other 0
• Total unknown 10
ESML jobs(1) 2008
• Accountant: Saffery Champness• Administration Assistant: OKI Printing Solutions, Wessex Water• Applications Manager (Property): Knight Frank• Area Sales Manager: Emmeti• Auditor: FCO• Bar Assistant: Low Wood Hotel• Case Officer / Insolvency: Croyden Insolvency Service• Client Relationship Manager: Complinet• Customer Services Advisor: Atlantic Data, No name provided • English Teacher / Consultant: Highfield School, Language
Solutions, Lycee Militaire d'Aix-en-Provence, Training Express, Universite de Provence, No name provided
• Finance Analyst: Ford, HSBC, Information Handling Services (IHS)• International Events Manager: First Conferences
ESML jobs (2) 2008
• Banker: Close Brothers • IT Support: Cyber Source• Management Trainee: Nationwide, Zurich• Market / Business Researcher: European Finance House, IMG• Market Underwriter: Zurich• PR Assistant: Alliance Boots, Petek Philipe• Recruitment Consultant: Euro London Appointments• Recruitment Consultant / Coordinator: Strategic Rail Consultants• Russian Current Affairs Analyst (Translating): Open Source Centre• Tour Guide: Bath Abbey, Camera Obscura and World of Illusions• University Administrator: Bournemouth University• Youth Coordinator: European Alternatives
Sources of vacancy info
• Known quality:– – TargetedGRAD– directories– Prospects web– specialist sources
• Unknown quality:– recruitment agencies– internet only
agencies
Workshops this term:Graduate Jobs- how to get oneUK Recruitment for International StudentsJob Hunting - beyond the Graduate Schemes
Know your dates
• Most investment banks (GS 18/10 others early Nov)
• Some big advertising agencies (Oct/Nov )• Proctor and Gamble Career Academy was 24/10/08• Some Management Consultancies (early Nov)• Civil Service Fast Stream (30/11)• JET (28/11 tbc)• Primary PGCE (1/12)• Teach First (5/12 first round)
Not a guarantee of actual dates. Check this information yourself!
Don’t Miss It
Careers FairThursday 22nd October
University Sports Training Village11am - 4pm
www.bath.ac.uk/careers/springboard/fairs116 exhibitors attending
Plus over 70 employer presentations
starting 8th October
Help with presenting yourself brilliantly from careers@bath
• polishing your transferable skills
• writing wizard application forms/CVs
• practising tests
• succeeding at interview
• dealing with assessment centres
• Skills Development Diary (100+ events)
• Succeed in the selection process
When to apply?
• NOW- Advantages:– best jobs– ease pressure later– more money – Good practice– Best support– Will it be any better
next year?
• Disadvantage :– Time pressure
• LATER: Advantages:– more time for your
degree– more time to think– constructive time out
can improve your CV– help still available
• Disadvantage :– Future job market?
Further study• Pros and Cons
– www.bath.ac.uk/careers/postgradstudy – www.prospects.ac.uk – About postgrad study
• research & course info – open days?
• funding info – not the same as undergrad study
• Postgraduate Study Things to think about – Thursday 5 Nov 13.15 - 14.05
ESML Further Study 2008
• MA/MSc: Interpreting & Translating (Bath*), EU Political and Administrative Studies (College of Europe - Bruges), European Studies (Swansea), Business Management (Limerick)
• PGCE: Modern Languages (Bath Spa, UWE), Primary (Chichester, Canterbury Christ Church, UWE*)
• Other: Graduate Law (College of Law, unknown), Hospitality (overseas), TEFL (unknown)
Some thoughts about Careers
• A career is a journey not a destination– Expect high mobility in the immediate 3 to 4 years after
graduation
• You will need to make many turns and overcome many obstacles to create the path you desire– The 'perfect' career does not exist
• When you come to a roadblock take a detour – If what you start with is not what you want, you will still
develop useful skills, useful in other areas
• A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step– Make some sort of decision, however imperfect
Watch out for emails from careers@bath.ac.uk or J.F.Allan
See you at CAS (entrance just before Norwood Entrance to SU Shop )
and
with your job hunting