And Consultancy Fair Business

BUSINESS

AND CONSULTANCY FAIR

Edgbaston, Birmingham, Wednesday 5 November 2014 B15 2TT, United Kingdom

www.birmingham.ac.uk 9997 © University of Birmingham 2014. Printed on a recycled grade paper containing 100% post-consumer waste The Great Hall 11.00am–3.30pm

9997 Careers Fair - Business Fair Cover AW.indd 1-2 18/09/2014 10:04 Welcome to the Careers Network Business, Finance and Careers Network has a host of useful resources Consultancy Fair. This event aims to provide you with the opportunity to meet a select, high quality group of employers and discuss employment opportunities for 2015. information n ideas n vacancies n guidance n skills training Information p On occupations, employer research, further study, a year out, CV writing, completing applications, and much more p Internet access to research careers-related information and complete online applications

Advice desk The advice desk provides short discussions with a careers advisor (typically about 15 minutes long) on any careers related subject. At the advice desk you may request a longer more private appointment or a mock interview, if appropriate. Check the website for opening hours.

CV clinic A dedicated service to help you with your CV and covering letter. Please check the website for times and availability.

Employer presentations and workshops To help you through the recruitment process, come to our activity based sessions that will improve your confidence and performance, as well as help you research your ideas and make career-decisions. Sessions include: Interviews, Assessment Centres, Career Planning, Personal development training workshops, as well as Occupational and Industry specific events. Employer presentations during the Autumn term also provide an opportunity to meet employers and hear about what they can offer you.

Visit our website at www.intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/careers for p News – all the latest happenings and updates p Vacancies p Employer events and career fairs p Links to employers and searchable databases of information p Sign up for events and workshops

Opening hours Opening hours for the Autumn term: 10.00am–4.30pm Monday to Friday

Location University Centre (above Barclays Bank) Tel: 0121 414 6120

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Hints and tips to help you make the most of the Business, Finance and Consultancy Fair

Plan to leave the Fair with more than a collection of brochures, sweets and pens. With a bit of preparation, you can gain a lot more by having informative conversations with representatives and perhaps making your mark with some of them…

. Have a few questions prepared in advance to help introduce yourself to employers (and smile!)

. Read this Fair Guide and be well informed about what employers have to offer, in terms of graduate opportunities and work experience, before you approach them.

. Research the employers through the careers pages of their web sites.

. Ask specific questions which indicate that you have done some background research. You may have limited time to make an impact so make sure you’re prepared.

. Give the impression of being reasonably well focused on the sort of work you want, why you would like it and why you would be good at it.

. Don’t restrict yourself to talking to just a few employers. A Fair is an ideal time to talk to companies you haven’t heard of before.

. Employers will not usually be collecting CVs on the day, as you will be encouraged to apply through their normal channels. However, a well-prepared CV might be useful when introducing yourself.

. Before leaving an employer, you may find it helpful to make a note of the name of the person you spoke to. It may be useful if you wish to contact the employer at a later date.

. Formal dress is not required, but aim for a generally smart appearance.

. Aim to arrive early and give yourself plenty of time to look around and ask questions.

This publication is also available in alternative formats, please request them from: [email protected]

Exhibitor List

ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Grant Thornton Accountants) HSBC AMEY PLC ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in BAE Systems England and Wales)

Baker Tilly Inside Careers

Barnett Waddingham Institute and Faculty of Actuaries

Bloomberg Interserve Support Services Ltd

Boots M&G Investments

Boxfusion Management Solutions

BP International Mazars

CFA Institute Mitchell Adam Ltd

CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Newton Europe Accountants) Premium Credit CIPFA (Chartered Institute of Public Finance Accountants) PwC

Compass Group Severn Trent Water

CPA Australia TARGETjobs

Deloitte Teach First

EY TK Maxx

FactSet

Fitch Learning

Graduate Advantage

Careers Network will also be operating a CV checking service at the fair – please see a member of careers staff at the reception upon entering the Great Hall for further details

ACCA AMEY PLC

Discover a world of opportunities with ACCA At Amey we’re proud to employ the people behind the services you use each day, from roads, railways and Wherever you want to go in life, the ACCA Qualification can schools to waste disposal, or the energy or water you use get you there. We will give you the skills and knowledge in your home. you need to build a successful finance career in any sector, anywhere in the world. In fact almost everyone in the UK benefits from at least one of our services today. The ACCA Qualification is relevant to each and every part of accountancy and finance, so it opens up opportunities for Join Amey as a graduate and be part of a company which you to work in a variety of different industries and roles. helps create better places to live, work and travel. We are a We will provide you with core knowledge in all areas of leading public and regulated services provider with over accountancy to ensure you have a full skillset to become a 21,000 employees nationwide. We have the UK’s fastest complete finance professional. The ACCA syllabus ensures growing engineering consultancy and are taking our asset you get a solid grounding in all areas of finance before management expertise to new international markets. specialising at the end. Our career options are as varied as the business itself. If With over 170,000 ACCA members and 436,000 students you are, driven, ambitious and a self-starter; we have in 180 countries, you will have a ready-made support graduate programmes to suit you. To find out how you can network. make a difference and keep the UK at the forefront of world engineering visit amey.co.uk/careers Unlock your opportunities at www.accaglobal.com/ukgraduates

BAE Systems Plc Baker Tilly

At BAE Systems, we deliver a wide range of advanced Thinking about the future? At Baker Tilly, we’ll get you the defence, aerospace, and security solutions that provide a career you want, in no time at all. Baker Tilly is an technological and performance edge. We employ talented independent firm of chartered accountants and business people who are committed to creating solutions that protect advisers. Our merger with RSM Tenon in September 2013 and strengthen nations, commerce, communities, and makes us one of the three principal mid-market people. accountancy firms and the 7th largest in the UK. We have over 4,000 partners and staff generating a fee income in On our graduate schemes you’ll work with our experts, excess of £166 million. Baker Tilly is a national firm with a benefit from some of the best training around and gain network of 40 offices in 30 locations. experience that will give you a great start in your career; tackling real challenges from day one. To find out more, and to apply online, visit http://careers.bakertilly.co.uk BAE Systems – Top Facts: 1. Times Top 100 Graduate Employer 2. Times Top 50 Employer for Women 3. UK’s biggest employer of professional engineers (18,000 engineers)

4. Annual sales of £22.4 billion with research & development spend of £1.2 billion 5. Approx. 85,000 employees in 6 continents - over

33,000 in the UK 6. We employ approximately 290 graduates in the UK

per year (120 in Applied Intelligence)

http://www.baesystems.com/careers-rzz

Barnett Waddingham Bloomberg

Barnett Waddingham LLP is an independent firm of Make Your Mark. Bloomberg. actuaries and consultants with 62 partners and over 600 What does it mean to work at Bloomberg? At a company that covers nearly every aspect of an entire world’s employees across seven offices throughout the UK. In economic, financial and business activities? It’s about order to maintain our reputation and achieve continued becoming part of something as big as your ambitions. This success, we realise the importance of recruiting the best is an energetic place to begin your career—or to propel it pensions and insurance actuarial trainees. forward. If you have a passion to pioneer, to be first, Bloomberg can help you achieve more than you thought As an actuarial trainee you will experience a wide range of possible. work, enabling you to learn exactly what an actuarial Being a crucial part of important decisions across an entire trainee does and to have client contact and attend client planet means we’re growing: Entering new markets, meetings wherever possible. Working closely with Partners launching new ventures, pushing boundaries. This is an and Associates you will have the opportunity to take on exciting moment for Bloomberg, with major, worldwide responsibility for client projects from an early stage as well opportunities to be seized. How will you make your mark? as learn the daily responsibilities of actuarial work. Our graduate scheme, whilst challenging, enables our What We Do Counts In a world where fast, accurate, trusted information is graduates to be the best they can and ensures we develop crucial, Bloomberg gives decision makers in business, the talent required to take us forward into the future. finance and government a competitive edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of news, people and ideas. We For more information and to apply online, please visit deliver data, facts and analytics through constantly evolving www.barnett-waddingham.co.uk technology- quickly and accurately- so our clients can move first. From stocks, bonds and currencies to companies, industries and economies, Bloomberg is at the centre of the action.

http://makeyourmarkatbloomberg.co.uk/

Boots Boxfusion Consulting Limited

As the UK’s leading pharmacy-led health and beauty Think you know what being in Technology Consulting is all retailer and one of the country’s most trusted household about? Think again! names, Boots is evolving in the changing world of retail and our future looks very bright. As specialists working with everyone from Blue Chip to SME clients, we’re at the forefront of delivering high-impact http://www.boots.jobs/talentprogrammes/ solutions based on the leading business software packages. We’ve carved out a unique space for ourselves in the Technology Consulting industry, and are recognised as leaders in the packages in which we specialise. We take pride in supporting our clients through their technology transformations, from the provision of initial advisory services right through to technical implementation.

Working with us means taking part in complex, critical projects for our customers, seeking to understand their businesses and taking hands-on responsibility for developing innovative, forward thinking solutions that have a real and visible positive impact on the way those customers operate on day to day basis.

Apply now for Graduate roles starting in 2014 & 2015!

www.boxfusionconsulting.com/graduatevacancies

BP International Ltd CFA Institute

What will you discover? CFA Institute: Your Path into Finance. Whether you’re Graduate and internship opportunities in engineering, studying a finance degree or something unrelated come science, business and trading and talk to us and discover how our educational programs can help you with your career. Our representatives on the Find out what it takes to deliver energy safely to the world. stand are industry experts and here to advise you in all Discover how BP and its people find, develop and produce things CFA Institute related, from general info and insight essential sources of energy. And see how that energy is into what we do, to telling you a bit more about the specific turned into products you depend on every day. programs we offer.

Our programmes We are the global association of investment professionals We recruit ambitious graduates and interns like you at that administer the CFA Program®, CIPM® and Claritas every stage of the energy life cycle - from geoscientists, to Investment Certificate®. We have over 111,000 members engineers to traders. Wherever you see yourself, our in 141 countries across the globe, all practicing their Graduate Programmes and Internships are designed to professions within a huge variety of roles in finance, which help you develop the skills and experience you need to shows just how far our programs can take you. In what is shape a career. And at the same time, you’ll discover how one of the most competitive graduate markets in the world, incredible an organisation this is to be part of. come and see how we can make you stand out from the Who we look for crowd. To help you find the perfect programme, we’ve developed the Degree Matcher. So get online and discover your place www.cfainstitute.org at www.bp.com/degreematcher.

bp.com/ukgraduates Search for BP Careers

CIMA CIPFA

CIMA is the only professional body that qualifies CIPFA, the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and accountants solely for business. It’s a proven path to Accountancy, is the professional body for people in public finance. Our 14,000 members work throughout the public fantastic career prospects and high earning potential. A services, in national audit agencies, in major accountancy CIMA qualification is highly regarded by leading firms, and in other bodies where public money needs to be organisations worldwide and could be your passport to effectively and efficiently managed. global employability. As the world’s only professional accountancy body to CIMA has taken the lead in developing the most relevant specialise in public services, CIPFA’s portfolio of financial qualification for business today and is the qualifications are the foundation for a career in public finance. They include the benchmark professional preferred qualification of the world’s top employers. qualification for public sector accountants as well as a postgraduate diploma for people already working in We work in partnership with organisations around the world leadership positions. They are taught by our in-house to encourage and develop the support they offer to our CIPFA Education and Training Centre as well as other students. With over 4,500 CIMA Training Quality Partners, places of learning around the world. you can find companies that are committed to supporting you throughout your CIMA studies; many also have We also champion high performance in public services, internships and placements. translating our experience and insight into clear advice and practical services. They include information and guidance, The road to CIMA membership is open to all, regardless of courses and conferences, property and asset management your educational background. CIMA’s flexible entry policy solutions, consultancy and interim people for a range of enables anyone with a passion to succeed in business the public sector clients. opportunity to study with CIMA. www.cipfa.org/tv http://myjobs.cimaglobal.com/

I FOUND OUT YOU DON’T ALWAYS FLOUNDER IN THE DEEP END I optimise BP’s oil and gas assets in the physical cash markets – keeping up to date with changing tariffs, rates, and restrictions to adjust figures accordingly. It’s fast paced work by nature, but that doesn’t mean it’s cut-throat. I learned that everyone is so willing to help you succeed.

Katie Morgan, business and trading, Houston, USA

What will you discover? At BP, we offer the most exciting and challenging global opportunities for high performing graduates in engineering, science, business and trading. Search for BP Careers

Compass Group CPA Australia

We are the market leader in contract catering and FM Who is CPA Australia? support services CPA Australia is one of the world’s largest professional accounting bodies with a membership of some 150,000

Compass Group UK & Ireland has over 60,000 employees finance, accounting and business professionals in 121 countries globally. The CPA Program is a post-graduate and works in over 10,000 client sites. Every day we serve accounting program that combines professional education with over three million people and produce over one million relevant practical experience, ensuring you gain both the meals. With over £1.9bn turnover, we constantly innovate technical and commercial skills required to stand out. CPAs are to find new and exciting ways to deliver great food and internationally recognised for their strategic business skills. support services to every one of our clients. How can CPA Australia support me? http://www.jobsatcompass.co.uk/ Our London office provides support for international students who are returning home post-graduation, as well as students interesting in building a career in Asia-Pacific. Our teams in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and Indonesia host local employer meet-up events and give graduates the opportunity to engage with likeminded peers and business professionals in their home country.

Meet us at the fair to discuss your career and register for our

free events and opportunities.

http://www.cpaaustralia.com.au/network

Deloitte EY

Helping the biggest businesses make some of their biggest Are you future ready? EY is one of the world’s leading professional services decisions. Tackling the most complex operations. Leading organisations. Our clients are some of the most important the leading-edge. Developing expertise not just in one global organisations and we advise them on the issues that company, but in entire industries. This is what it means to matter most so you’ll gain first-hand experience of the be a professional at Deloitte, the world’s largest challenges that are shaping the world. professional services firm – whether you work in Audit, Tax, Consulting, Corporate Finance or Technology. From small Our people understand how businesses work and it is their businesses and high net worth individuals to government ingenuity, dynamism and creativity that help anticipate and meet our clients’ needs: improving how they work, grow, departments and major multinational corporations, Deloitte seize opportunities, and make vital business decisions. works with some of the greatest names in the world of business – and employ some of the foremost experts in We have ambitious growth plans and are seeking driven their fields. We have a wide range of advisory roles graduates who want a stimulating and challenging start to available across Audit, Tax, Consulting, Corporate Finance their careers. We will provide the experiences, training, and Technology throughout the UK; with opportunities for professional qualifications and networks to help your career all year groups on our graduate programmes, summer get off to the best start and put you at the heart of business – globally. vacation scheme and industrial placement schemes.

Visit the EY Stand at the 2014 Business, Finance and www.deloitte.co.uk/graduates Consultancy Fair, our team are ready to answer your questions on opportunities, offer top tips on successful applications and help you understand what it’s really like to work in one of the world’s leading organisations.

http://www.ey.com/UK/en/Careers/Students/

FactSet Fitch Learning

FactSet is a leading provider of financial data and analytic Fitch Learning is a global provider of professional finance applications for investment management and investment education. Established in 1987, we have worked with large banking professionals around the globe. Our products are finance institutions as well as small niche players to design used by analysts, portfolio managers, researchers and and deliver their corporate training programmes, including investment bankers at major financial institutions intern and graduate schemes, as well as exam training and throughout the world. Our business is built on the creative ongoing development programmes. use of technology and an unwavering dedication to client We also offer classroom and online learning for a variety of service. professional qualifications, essential for getting on in a career in financial services. Drawing on our experience and FactSet has been voted one of the UK’s ‘Best Work Places’ with input from our prestigious clientbase, we’ve launched a for six years in a row. free career portal to provide students interested in finance with an invaluable source of information, hints and tips for FactSet is a growing company where hard work and finding their dream job, and are offering significant discounts on our exam training courses for full time achievement are acknowledged and rewarded and we offer students looking to demonstrate commitment to their a unique opportunity to gain a breadth of knowledge and careers by adding a further professional qualification to their experience within the financial industry. CV. We hire Graduate Consultants, Nordic Graduate Consultants and Graduate Software Engineers every year. Visit careerportal.fitchlearning.com for more information Combining knowledge of the industry and technical or talk to us at our stand. expertise, Consultants work closely with our investment management and investment banking clients to ensure that they are seamlessly integrating our software into their investment process. www.factset.com/careers

Graduate Advantage Grant Thornton

Graduate Advantage has hundreds of live internships that Grant Thornton is one of the world’s leading audit, tax and cover all types of industry sectors, all located in the West advisory firms, with offices in over 100 countries. But we Midlands. All of our internships are paid, can last up to 12 are much more than just accountants – and so are the months and could lead to a permanent position. Internships people that work for us. We’re a complex, ambitious are a great way to gain industry experience as well as organisation, helping over 40,000 clients in the UK alone to enhance your CV. improve their financial performance and manage risk through our specialised business advisory services. Sign up now at www.graduateadvantage.co.uk to see our latest internship offerings. Once there, you can apply As a Grant Thornton trainee you’ll have the opportunity to for specific internships and you can also put yourself in one join one of five business areas: audit, tax, actuarial, of our candidate pools. As well as sign up for new job alerts technology risk services and recovery and reorganisation. direct to your email. You'll also have the opportunity for internal secondment to develop your skills across our business areas. Funded and supported by a consortium of West Midlands’ Universities and part-funded by the European Regional http://graduates.grant-thornton.co.uk/ Development Fund.

www.graduateadvantage.co.uk

HSBC ICAEW

HSBC is one of the world’s largest banking and financial ICAEW is a professional membership organisation, services organisations. We are also a responsible business supporting over 144,000 chartered accountants around the that knows what we do impacts on local communities, national markets and our planet. We focus on achieving world. Through our technical knowledge, skills and long-term growth and sustainability, not short-term success. expertise, we provide insight and leadership to the global But what really differentiates us from our competitors is the accountancy and finance profession. strong set of values that guide us day to day. You can become an ICAEW Chartered Accountant by We can offer a rewarding and exciting career for those who taking our professional qualification, the ACA. You start are about to, or have, embarked on the early stage of their your ACA training on graduation through one of our 3,000 careers. Our global and diverse businesses provide authorised training employers around the world. With the opportunities across Commercial Banking, Global Banking & Markets, Global Private Banking and Retail Banking & ACA you’ll earn and learn at the same time whilst achieving Wealth Management. a globally recognised qualification after 3 years.

HSBC people are open to different ideas and cultures. We Our ACA qualification lets you develop your knowledge, are connected with our customers, our communities and skills and experience which really focuses on developing each other across the world. It’s the talent and diversity of our people that are the foundations of our success, so you as a professional. Did you know that 98% of the Best whatever your path into HSBC and regardless of your role, Global Brands employ ICAEW Chartered Accountants? you will be valued as an individual and for the contributions You don’t need an accountancy or business-related degree, you make. so come and talk to us about kick-starting your global career in accountancy, finance and business. http://www.hsbc.com/careers/students-and-graduates www.icaew.com/careers

Inside Careers Institute and Faculty of Actuaries

Over the past 25 years, Inside Careers has helped The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) is the UK's thousands of graduates find recruitment with hundreds of only chartered professional body dedicated to educating, top graduate employers. Working in partnership with developing and regulating actuaries based both in the UK leading professional bodies, we publish a range of and internationally. authoritative graduate career guides, on finance and Actuaries are experts in risk management. They use their consultancy. mathematical skills to help measure the probability and risk of future events. This information is useful to many Our job search allows you to filter insight days, industries, including healthcare, pensions, insurance, internships, placements and graduate jobs in the UK. banking and investments, where a single decision can have You can also create personalised job alerts to get the latest a major financial impact. The role of an actuary is one of vacancies and upcoming deadlines send direct to your the most challenging in the world; and one of the most rewarding. inbox. Our specialist areas are:

To find out more, visit us at • Actuaries www.actuaries.org.uk/becoming-actuary or e-mail • Banking & Investments [email protected] • Chartered Accountancy

• Management Consultancy

• Tax Profession

Feel free to come and pick up a free copy from our stand or find them on our website.

www.InsideCareers.co.uk

Interserve Support Services M&G Investments

Interserve are a FTSE 250 company operating in many Who is M&G? diverse sectors on a worldwide basis. We are passionate With approximately £248bn* under management and a about what we do while confidently adapting to change. record of investment excellence stretching back over more than 80 years, M&G, the UK and European investment arm We are offering talented undergraduates the opportunity to of the Prudential group, is one of the UK’s leading and most join our Finance Operations Centre, located on the outskirts respected fund management groups. of Birmingham. We will provide support from induction We’re not your average financial services firm and our throughout all stages of your career at Interserve including unique culture is just one aspect that makes us stand out study support towards a professional accountancy from the crowd. We offer a supportive environment that qualification. You must be able to adapt in a fast paced, encourages innovation and creativity whilst maintaining a challenging environment, have a willingness to broaden healthy work/life balance. your knowledge base, and be on track for a 2:1 degree or higher. M&G trainees can expect real responsibility and recognition from day one. We are large enough to offer a wide variety You will get the opportunity to talk to current graduates of career opportunities, but small enough to treat you as an about their experiences and answer any questions you individual and tailor training and rotations to your needs. might have. Recruiting and retaining talent is vital to our continued We are looking for future leaders who will challenge the success. Investing in your development is just the way that things are currently done. beginning. http://www.interserve.com/work-with-us/graduates- www.mandg.co.uk/graduates apprenticeships

Management Solutions Mazars

Management Solutions is a leading business consulting Mazars is an international, integrated and independent Firm whose core mission is to deliver business, risk, organisation, specialising in audit, accountancy, tax, legal financial, organisation and process-related advisory and advisory services. We are not only ranked as the services, targeted at both functional aspects and the eighth largest UK partnership by audit fee income, but we implementation of related technologies, focusing mainly on are also one of Europe’s largest accounting firms with a financial services and on the energy and huge global presence, operating in 72 countries with 250 telecommunications industries. offices worldwide.

We have more than 1300 professionals working in 18 At Mazars we are proud to be able to offer our clients a offices in the UK, Spain, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, wide range of services, and this is mirrored in the variety of Italy, Portugal, the US, Latin America, and China. training schemes we can offer: Audit Chartered We are looking for final year students or recent graduates Accountancy, Tax, Financial Planning, Internal Audit, in a discipline relating to Finance, Economics, Business Banking Consultancy, Outsourcing Services, Restructuring Administration, Computer Science, Actuarial Sciences, Services, Corporate Finance, Project Finance, Employee Mathematics, Statistics and Physics, for our UK branch. Benefits and Actuarial Services. We offer a full time job, a clearly defined career plan where our professionals are promoted solely on the basis of their All our training schemes offer leading qualifications and own merit, and a clearly defined training plan. supported exam training so which ever training scheme you choose to join, you’ll have a first-class business www.managementsolutions.com qualification behind you to differentiate you from the crowd.

http://graduates.mazars.co.uk/

Mitchell Adam Limited Newton Europe

Mitchell Adam Ltd are a specialist recruitment consultancy, Newton is a rapidly growing company, averaging over 40% focussing particularly on the accountancy & finance market annual growth for 12 consecutive years, meaning we can at all levels across the West Midlands. offer an exceptional opportunity for personal development.

Collectively, Mitchell Adam have over 25 years’ of We currently hold the National Business Awards title of best experience recruiting permanent, interim and contract small to medium-sized business in the UK and were appointments specifically in the accountancy & finance recently ranked number one for offering unbeatable market in the West Midlands, at all levels from clerical personal growth in the Sunday Times Top 100 Companies through to Director – giving us a vast candidate and client to Work For. network. We use our extensive expertise to offer a transparent, honest, comprehensive and bespoke service We therefore need enthusiastic, driven people who can tailored to every individual client and candidate. take a lead role early in their career. You will work hands- on with some of the best organisations in the world, We recruited on behalf of numerous high profile, FTSE delivering award-winning transformation projects focussed listed clients across the region; as well as high growth VC on helping clients increase profits through productivity and backed enterprises and the established SME market. process improvement. The work covers a variety of sectors, Whether you’re looking for a graduate scheme, temporary from building next generation nuclear submarines and work to build experience or your first no.1 position, we are warships, to beer production and achieving multi-million here to provide specialist, honest advice and to help pound savings for hospital trusts. achieve your career aspirations. http://www.newtoneurope.com/careers http://www.mitchelladam.co.uk/

Premium Credit PwC

The Company has recently been acquired by GTCR, a US Your career is just that; yours. You choose it. You live it. based private equity firm with an entrepreneurial approach. You make it happen. To get the best from it, you need the As the business looks to grow, an opportunity has arisen for best opportunities. That’s why opportunities are at the heart graduates to join the organisation, giving them grounding in of a career with us. Opportunities to grow as an individual, Financial Services on a 3 year programme with at least 3 to build lasting relationships and make an impact in a place rotations. Departmental rotations may occur within Finance, where people, quality and value mean everything. And Strategy, Operations and New Business Development. we’re proud, based on the opportunity we offer, that students have voted us the number one Graduate Applicants must have a minimum 2:1 degree in Employer in The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science and any other survey for the last eleven years. numerical or business related degree from a top tier university. You will need to be highly analytical and a All routes offer you the same deal. The opportunity to grow lateral thinker, with well-developed communication and as an individual, to meet new people, and build lasting relationship building skills and a strong desire to make a relationships that will stay with you for life. In return we difference to the success of the organisation at what is a need people who are resilient, willing to work hard, are very exciting time in its history. quick to learn, and who, above all, are passionate about going the extra mile to help our clients. www.pcl.co.uk

So join PwC. We’ll help you reach your full potential.

Take the opportunity of a lifetime. www.pwc.com/uk/careers

The experience stays with you

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Assurance Consulting Graduate Development Programme Actuarial Consulting Offices across the UK » Join spring, summer or autumn Deals PwC Legal Tax Our clients come from every area of industry, so graduates in our Technology Consulting practice enjoy the greatest breadth of exposure, highly stimulating work and varied opportunities. Join us in one of our four All degree subjects specialist areas and you’ll get to work alongside, and learn from, an incredible range of people and develop a deeper understanding of the big Voted employer of choice by students business issues. On a recent project to restructure the finance department in The Times Top 100 of a big-name broadcaster, Jer had to announce the changes to the Graduate Employers survey for eleven business, making sure the right people were kept informed every step of years running. the way. And in doing so, she found herself right at the heart of the transformation process. Join PwC – we’re focused on helping you reach your full potential. Take the opportunity of a lifetime www.pwc.com/uk/work-in-consulting www.facebook.com/PwCCareersUK

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Severn Trent Water TARGETjobs

Severn Trent Plc is a fast paced, growing FTSE 100 TARGETjobs has the largest choice of internships, company. We provide and treat water and treat waste water placements, graduate jobs and schemes, plus how to in the UK, and internationally. We provide high quality get hired advice from our in-house sector experts. services to more than 8 million customers in the Midlands and mid-Wales. Whether you are career clueless or career confident, we

have all the tools you need. Those in need of direction Our Graduate Leadership Programmes are designed to provide accelerated development for the future leaders of should check out our career planner for advice on what our business - leading projects and teams during structured career paths would suit you. Our sector experts provide placements across our business, with bespoke leadership regular advice on how to break into specific industries and training and development opportunities throughout the can be contacted directly through LinkedIn and Twitter. duration of the programmes. Technical Leadership Ready to start applying? Our employer hubs bring together Programmes provide additional technical and professional company profiles, available roles and impartial how to get training and support routes to chartered status. hired tips from our experts. All this is available on our tablet

Opportunities are available for 2015 entry across our 3 and mobile friendly site so we can even help with last Graduate Leadership Programmes: Business Leadership minute tips before your interviews! (undertaking placements across our operational wholesale, services, and business support functions), Technical Visit our stand to register and discover how TARGETjobs Leadership - Information Systems, and Technical can help you to get hired. Leadership - Engineering.

For more information and to apply, visit our website at targetjobs.co.uk www.severntrentgraduates.com

Teach First TK Maxx

TJX Europe is part of the TJX Companies, Inc. - the world’s Teach First is an independent charity aimed at addressing leading off-price apparel and home fashions retailer with one of the UK’s most damaging social issues – educational sales of over $27 billion (Fiscal year ending February 1, disadvantage. We recruit exceptional graduates and 2014). TJX Europe operates TK Maxx, HomeSense and an experienced professionals into a two-year leadership online retail business in the UK, with over 400 stores (as of development programme during which they become July 2014) in the UK, Ireland, Germany and Poland. inspirational classroom teachers in schools facing challenging circumstances across England. We offer Graduate and 12-month Industrial Placement

Programmes in Merchandising and Buying, Business Teach First trains and supports these extraordinary people Technology and Finance. You don’t need to be studying for as they find their voice as teachers, mentors and role a particular degree to come and join us. What we’re looking models to young people whose life opportunities are for is natural curiosity, a flair for analytical thinking and the defined by the quality of the education they receive. ability to adapt to change. A talent for connecting and

collaborating with all kinds of people to build positive At the same time Teach First provides its participants with relationships is also really important. Apply soon so you opportunities to develop their own potential through skills don’t miss out. training, leadership development and exposure to leading organisations across the spectrum of education, business Start your adventure at www.graduates.tjxeurope.com and the third sector.

www.teachfirst.org.uk

Personal Skills Award Entrepreneur & Innovation (EI)

The University of Birmingham’s Entrepreneurship and Enrol today for the PSA Innovation centre, is part of Careers Network. It supports students to start their own ventures. Enrol for the Personal Skills Award (PSA) to develop, recognise and articulate your professional skills in Starting a business or social enterprise while at University preparation for work experience and graduate job sounds scary, but in reality, it can be simple! You can turn a opportunities. hobby or a voluntary project into a money making opportunity, such as starting a music band, selling hand- The PSA is currently enrolling onto the PSA (Foundation) made hats, jewellery or offering practical engineering and the PSA (Activity). Both are open to all Undergraduate workshops to primary age children. The difference is you students. put well earned money into your pocket which you can put back into your venture to grow! You become highly employable as you’ve shown that you’re independent, can Enrol onto the PSA (Foundation) to complete online skills use your initiative and have developed higher level courses, develop your skills in a convenient and flexible business skills such as leadership, numeracy and way. negotiation. Through EI, you will receive quality training and support, with experienced mentors to guide you. Enrol onto the PSA (Activity) to undertake practical experiences via extra-curricular activities. Whether you have a ground-breaking or simple idea that will make a difference to people, it doesn’t matter. What’s Enrol via: significant is your learning journey and experience!

So, start coming up with plenty of ideas: 1) that do not cost https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/as/employability/psa/ you much; 2) people are willing to pay for it; 3) you have the enrol.aspx core skills to do it or know others that can; 4) that can fit around your studies. Find out about EI and how you can be more enterprising, whatever your future career choice: https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/as/employability/ei/index .aspx

Employers offering opportunities for International Employers offering opportunities for Students Postgraduate Students • ACCA • ACCA • AMEY • Baker Tilly • Baker Tilly • Barnett Waddingham • Barnett Waddingham • BP International Ltd • BP International Ltd • CFA Institute • CFA Institute • CIMA • CIPFA • CIPFA • CPA Australia • Compass Group • Deloitte • CPA Australia • EY • Deloitte • FactSet • EY • Graduate Advantage • Grant Thornton • Grant Thornton • ICAEW • HSBC • Inside Careers • Inside Careers • Institute and Faculty of Actuaries • Institute and Faculty of Actuaries • Management Solutions • Management Solutions • Mazars • Mazars • M&G Investments • M&G Investments • Mitchell Adam Ltd • Mitchell Adam Ltd • Premium Credit Limited • Premium Credit Limited • TARGETjobs • PwC • TARGETjobs

These employers have initially indicated that they will accept applicants from international and/or postgraduate students, however you must confirm this with the employer.

Forthcoming events to look out for….

Law Fair

Wednesday 12th November 2014, 1.00pm – 3.30pm, Great Hall

Come along to the Law Fair and meet with top law firms offering training contracts and vacation schemes for 2016. This fair is open to ALL students.

There is a wealth of information to assist you with choosing your career, job search, improving your CV and much more on our website at www.intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/careers

The Birmingham Skills Series Autumn 2014

Careers Network is proud to present The Birmingham Skills Autumn 2014, a series of skills based interactive workshops and business games designed to help you gain the skills you need to get through that all important selection process. These sessions are an excellent way to get the inside knowledge and gain skills for applications and interviews as well as building your confidence.

The skills series is sponsored by some of the biggest names in graduate recruitment. This autumn, the Birmingham Skills Series Programme is sponsored by PwC, EY, Reckitt Benckiser and Deloitte.

Bookings are still open for the final session, Deloitte - Interview Skills, Tuesday 11th November (13:30- 15:30), Arts Lecture Room 4.

For full details, please visit www.intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/careers.

Welcome to the Careers Network Business, Finance and Careers Network has a host of useful resources Consultancy Fair. This event aims to provide you with the opportunity to meet a select, high quality group of employers and discuss employment opportunities for 2015. information n ideas n vacancies n guidance n skills training Information p On occupations, employer research, further study, a year out, CV writing, completing applications, and much more p Internet access to research careers-related information and complete online applications