GAME SET

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GAME SET MATCH

• CAREERS EVENT FOR FINAL YEARS
• Thursday 13th October 2005, 10.00am-4.00pm
• School of MACE Renold Building, 1st Floor

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Looking for Vacancies and the Recruitment Process

• Aims of this session
• To explore the issues in making effective
• career choices and understanding the
• recruitment process Playing theGAME
• To understand strategies for taking action
• in the run up to on-campus fairs eg. SET
• To have a clear understanding of your own
• career needs when deciding on your MATCH

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Understanding your career options following your
course of study
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Missing deadlines could have a serious effect on
your future career

• Decide your preferred option (work, more study,
  time out or something else)
• Who do you need to apply to?
• What plans do you still need to finalise?
• When are the closing dates?
• Are there any resources you need to collect?
• What support do you need to fulfil your aims?

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GRADUATE JOBS

• Meeting deadlines (recruit all year round)
• Research well (Presentations, Recruitment Fairs,
  Workshops, Websites, Employer Files, Manchester
  Gold)
• Have contingency plans (Not applying for
  favourite employer first, looking at smaller
  companies, targeting those which support
  professional training, deferred start)
• Register for vacancies (Careers Service, My
  Prospects and TargetedGrad)
• Have applications/CV checked (Careers service)
• Arrange a mock interview (30/60 minutes available)

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Postgraduate Study

• Motivation to apply? (Delay tactics, stay in
  Manchester, accommodation, relationships, not
  work ready)
• Explore your options (taught, research, industry)
• Funding availability (epsrc, studentships, KTP,
  scholarships, sponsorships, CASE awards,
  Funderfinder)
• Will further study enhance your prospects?
• Considering other professions (IT, Law, Teaching)
• Deferred start? (Questions for Postgraduate Study
  Fair)

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Taking Time Out

• Attitude of graduate recruiters and further study
  providers.
• What did you have in mind?
• Have a set of objectives for this time.
• Activities which progress from your course
  (Engineering related like RedR, Engineers without
  Borders or engineers against poverty)
• Something completely different (Local
  volunteering, overseas development, teaching
  look at Worldwide volunteering website for ideas)

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Summing Up

• Whichever career route you are considering
• Forward planning is key
• Timing, funding, professional training
• Contingency plans
• Deferred start to combine your options
• Motivations and a personal criteria
• Events on campus Dont miss out!
• Seek help from your Careers Service

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Key events atUniversity of Manchester

• Science Engineering Technology Fair Thursday
  27th October 2005 from 10.30-4.00pm at the
  G-MEX
• Postgraduate Study Fair Wednesday
  23rd November 2005 from
  10.30-4.00pm at the G-MEX Centre
• Finance, Business Management Consultancy Fair
  Wednesday 26th October 2005 from 10.30-4.00pm
  G-MEX

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Quotation

• If you are really confident about something you
  are half way to achieving it