CAREERS GUIDE 2018 –19 Whatever stage you’re at with your future plans – clueless, unsure or certain – your Careers Service can help to get you on the right track. Whether you want a job straight after graduation, are thinking about postgraduate study or plan to take a gap year, we’ll help you to find the resources you need to make the right choice for you. YOUR CAREERS SERVICE 3 Where to find us; tailored support; appointments, coaching and mock interviews; online resources; events and fairs; and inspiring graduate tips. FIND THE RIGHT CAREER 10 Your career planning; tools; our alumni network; and inspiring graduate tips. BUILD UP EXPERIENCE 16 Part-time work; volunteering; clubs and societies; internships; business idea development; travel overseas; and inspiring graduate and employer tips. APPLY FOR JOBS 28 Job-hunting tips; applications; CVs and covering letters; interviews and assessment centres; and inspiring employer tips. USE SOCIAL NETWORKING 36 LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter tips; your public profile checklist; and inspiring graduate and employer tips. POSTGRADUATE STUDY 40 Deciding to do postgraduate study; funding for postgraduate study; and inspiring graduate tips. Take a job that INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS 42 How to find jobs and work in the UK; immigration and visas; find jobs at home; creates jobs. and inspiring graduate tip. What Will You Create? Careers Service Level 2, The Fraser Building, 65 Hillhead Street, Glasgow G12 8QQ Lyndal T: +44 (0)141 330 5647 W: glasgow.ac.uk/careers E: [email protected] morganstanley.com /campus Associate Editor: Dr Archie Roy, Careers Service Production and design: External Relations Advertising: Lesley McKay Photography: University Photographic Unit, Reuben Paris Additional photography: Shutterstock Print: J Thomson 1 Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. © 2018 Morgan Stanley © University of Glasgow August 2018 University of Glasgow, charity no. SC004401 1 9285730_Lyndal A4 Advert_v2.indd 1 6/28/18 3:56 PM YOUR CAREERS SERVICE We are here to help you with professional careers advice, coaching, resources and support, both in person and online. We can help you find experience and give advice on getting that job. We look forward to working with you. HERE TO HELP Find us at: Postgraduate taught students We offer appointments and coaching University Student Services Most taught postgraduate programmes sessions with our Careers Managers, Dumfries & Galloway College Building last for one year, so it’s important to start comprehensive online resources, an Bankend Road career planning almost as soon as you Internship Hub, events where you can Dumfries DG1 4FD begin your course. meet with employers, opportunities to connect with alumni and support for Opening hours We have specialist Careers Managers entrepreneurial students. Monday to Friday, 0845 to 1645 who concentrate on meeting the high demand from the College of Social Careers Service Get in touch Sciences, particularly the Adam Smith We’re centrally located in the Fraser Telephone: +44 (0)1387 734279 Business School. Building, which is opposite the University Email: studentservices-dumfries Library. The building has full wheelchair @uws.ac.uk Postgraduate research students access. glasgow.ac.uk/interdisciplinary Most postgraduate research programmes last for three years, and it’s Find us at: Students at our campus in Dumfries are important to start career planning before Level 2, The Fraser Building also welcome to attend the events held your final year. We have a specialist 65 Hillhead Street in Glasgow. Careers Manager for research students Glasgow G12 8QQ and early career researchers, whatever TAILORED SUPPORT your area of study. Opening hours No matter what stage you are at in your Entrepreneurial students Monday to Friday, 0900 to 1700 studies or in planning your career, we We provide support for enterprising and We are closed on public holidays and can give you expert careers support and entrepreneurial students to help turn between Christmas and New Year. advice. your dreams into reality. We can help you test out your ideas through one- Get in touch Undergraduate students Telephone:+44 (0)141 330 5647 to-one mentoring and competitions, or We see undergraduate students from Email: [email protected] assist during the actual business start-up across the University, and not just final-year glasgow.ac.uk/careers process and beyond. See page 24. students. In fact, we would prefer to work Dumfries Campus with you from much earlier, to help you Recent graduates plan how to make the most of your time at The Careers Service in Dumfries is part of Your first job after graduation is only the university. We can help you find summer Student Services and based in the Crichton starting point on your career journey. work and internships, as well as help you Library in the Dumfries & Galloway College We’re here to support you whenever figure out your career aims or discuss building. There is disabled access via a lift you’re looking to take the next step. postgraduate study. by the main entrance. Within two years of graduation, you can still book an appointment for one-to-one careers advice. It doesn’t matter what year you’re in, the Careers Service can help you think about your options and how to make the most of your time at university. glasgow.ac.uk/careers 2 3 2 3 GRADUATE PROFILE CAREERS Career interviews for postgraduate APPOINTMENTS researchers We offer many different types of APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE: Monday, Tuesday, appointments to help you with planning Thursday and Friday between 0920 and your career and developing your CV, 1140, and 1420 and 1640 applications and interview techniques. APPOINTMENT LENGTH: 40 minutes All appointments will be impartial, HOW TO BOOK: Book an appointment online confidential and focused on your with Katrina Gardner, the Careers Manager individual needs. for postgraduate researchers. To book online go to glasgow.ac.uk/ Confidential careers guidance interviews NAME: Maisie Mullings careers/login. form part of a specialist provision the DEGREE: MA (Hons) English Literature & University offers to its research students Classics 2018 Quick queries and early career researchers to support APPOINTMENT LENGTH: 15 minutes them in their career progression in I started to look for experience last summer HOW TO BOOK: Online – appointments are academia and many other careers. and looked at the opportunities the Careers made available every weekday at 0900 and This includes guidance on making Service sends by email. I found their can only be booked the day you would like decisions, researching the options, finding Internship Hub really helpful when I had to attend. opportunities, and job applications and questions. interviews. If you progress on to a research If it is your first visit to the Careers Service Masters or a PhD you can take advantage I applied for and got an internship with or you have a quick query you would like of this provision, which also includes the Scottish Contemporary Arts Network. answered, these appointments are a great careers workshops and training sessions I already cared about the arts but the place to start. They are useful for feedback to develop your research and employability experience was amazing and inspiring. I on interview techniques, applications and skills. assisted their digital adviser with social initial queries about career choice or your media content and e-newsletters. It gave job search. Mock interviews me great industry experience, especially APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE: Monday to Friday networking and finding out about what CV checking between 0920 and 1140, and 1420 people wanted content on. This included APPOINTMENT LENGTH: 30 minutes and 1640 GDPR and updating small arts organisations HOW TO BOOK: Online – appointments are APPOINTMENT LENGTH: 40 minutes on what was happening. made available in advance or on the day. HOW TO BOOK: These can only be booked if you have an interview coming up. Book I gained a MUSE Programme internship We offer peer-to-peer CV group sessions, in person at the Student Services Enquiry at the Hunterian and wrote and presented facilitated by our Careers Managers. Desk on Level 2 of the Fraser Building or a tour about William Hunter. That Bring along a copy of your CV for some arrange with a Careers Manager. boosted my confidence and improved feedback. my communication skills. Dealing with Mock interviews are a great way to prepare difficult topics such as the lives of women Career coaching for the real thing. Your Careers Manager in the 1700s and making the information APPOINTMENT LENGTH: 20 minutes will take you through a realistic interview accessible was a great experience. HOW TO BOOK: Online in advance or on the scenario and provide feedback on your day. answers to help you to perform when it I have decided to continue with my studies matters most. To make your mock interview at Glasgow in 2018–19 with an MLitt in Career coaching appointments are useful as realistic and useful as possible, it’s vital Classics. I am also looking forward to for discussions about your career plans. that you submit a relevant job description engaging again with the Internship Hub to Whether you have definite plans or aren’t and your CV and application form at least pick up more skills. sure where to start, we’re here to help. three working days in advance of your appointment. You can email these directly My tips to the relevant Careers Manager. • Apply to anything you’re interested in and even things you’re not sure about. Go for things early, in first and second year, and build up your experience. • The Careers Service really supports you through applications and interviews. Don’t be afraid to ask for help. • Get involved with student societies. Then the Careers Service can advise on how to work these experiences into your CV and applications.