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Helping you into workYour Degree What Next?
Bernie CarterFutures For You
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Our aims and objectives
To gain a deeper understanding of the different
methods of progression upon completion of your
degree including Continuing in Education,
Starting a business, Graduate Schemes and job
searching.

• By the end of todays session, you will
• Register with the National Careers Service
• Explore the options to continue in education
• Explore Graduate schemes, what they are and how
  to apply
• What starting a business involves
• A wider knowledge on how to gain employment
• The local labour market and why this information
  is important
• The skills required to sell yourself for all
  these opportunities

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The National Careers Service

• Career Information, Advice and Guidance
• Career Change / Options
• CVs and Cover Letter Support
• Advice About Courses / Training / Qualifications
• Funding Advice For Courses
• Interview Skills
• Job Hunting
• Redundancy Support
• Identifying Skills
• Completing Application Forms
• Local Labour Market Information

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Opportunities after Graduation
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Continuing in Education Postgraduate

• https//www.ucas.com/postgraduate/postgraduate-stu
  dy/what-study
• https//www.findamasters.com/masters-degrees/?Keyw
  ordsapprenticeship

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What is a graduate scheme?
Structured training programme run by employers to
develop the companies future leaders for the
future
Usually last 1-2 years
International or Local Graduate Schemes
At least a sixth of places on the top graduate
schemes now offer starting salaries of more than
40,000, with nine of the UK's best known
graduate recruiters paying wages of at least
45,000
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Times Top Graduate Employers 2020 - 2021

• Civil Service
• PWC
• Deloitte
• NHS
• ALDI
• Google
• KPMG
• Teach First

• BBC
• JP Morgan
• GSK
• EY
• Unilever
• HSBC
• Barclays
• Goldman Sachs

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Where to look for opportunities
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Hidden Jobs Market The Iceberg Theory
The Internet Recruitment Agencies
Newspapers Friends Family
Facebook Internal Notice Boards
Local Magazines Speculative
Letters Networks
Shop Windows
Voluntary Work Company Websites
LinkedIn
Twitter
Instagram
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Peterborough The Last 30 Days
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NCS Job Profiles

• 800 different job profiles on the website broken
  down in to job families.
• Contains career information including entry
  routes, ideas of pay and hours.
• Skills and qualities required useful to help
  tailor job applications.
• Help you to explore different and/or related
  roles.

https//nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/explore-car
eers
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• www.uk/set-up-business
• www.smallbusinessadvice.org.uk
• www.princestrust.org.uk
• www.gov.uk/set-up-a-business

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Your Skills
Organised
We are all made up of different skills and these
are transferrable between life and work Pick
skills that honestly demonstrate who you
are Match them to what has been asked for in the
job advert
Logical
Sympathetic
Practical
Hands On
Qualified
Versatile
Considerate
Observant
Thorough
Capable
Tactful
Adaptable
Encouraging
Determined
Logical
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What Key Skills are Employers Seeking?

• More emphasis being placed on behaviours,
  attitudes, core competencies and
  technical/vocational skills of the individual,
  defined as

Basic Skills Numeracy Literacy IT/Digital
Core Competencies Communication Problem
solving Resilience Initiative Organisation Teamwor
k/Collaboration Digital literacy Creativity
Attitudes Behaviours Work ethic Curiosity Indepe
ndence Reflective/Detail-Orientated Honesty Reliab
ility Politeness Humility/Empathy
Technical/Vocational Skills Job
specific Technical and practical Specialist
digital skills Customer relationships/sales
Source Business consultation, SEMLEP Business
Survey 2019, Growing People 2017, Labour Insight
(Burning Glass Technologies) 05/2020
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NCS Skills Health Check

• Online questionnaires with a report
• Information on your skills, motivation and
  interests in the workplace
• Suggestions on types of work you would enjoy
• Suggests any areas for development
• Activity skills assess core and vocational skills

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Chronological CV The most common CV. It
highlights job titles and company names, starting
with the most recent job and going backwards.
Responsibilities are listed under each job title.
Student or Graduate CV Highlights qualifications
first as these are your main achievement
Targeted/Technical CV Is skills based but used to
target one type of job e.g. IT or engineering
Skills based or Functional CV Focuses on
transferable skills and experience rather than
job titles. This format is useful if you have
limited experience or you have gaps in your work
history
Creative CV For applying for creative jobs
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Peterborough the Last 30 Days
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Kick Start Programme

• 6 month paid job with a local employer, funded by
  the Government.
• Fully funded opportunity for you to get
  experience of working in one of the UKs most
  exciting companies.
• Only open to people 16-24 years old, who are
  claiming Universal Credit, and are at risk of
  long term unemployment.
• Talk to your work coach they about whether it is
  right for you.
• Roles on offer in many different types of
  businesses.
• https//jobhelp.campaign.gov.uk/kickstart/

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Exploring Options
https//www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship
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How Social Media is being used
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How Social Media is being used
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How Social Media is being used
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Graduate Hints and Tips

• Identify and promote your job, course specific
  and transferable skills
• Start early
• Network
• Consider volunteering, work experience,
  internships
• Tailor your cv / application to the job / course
  description and requirements
• Be flexible
• Good luck!

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Our aims and objectives
To gain a deeper understanding of the different
methods of progression upon completion of your
degree including Continuing in Education,
Starting a business, Graduate Schemes and job
searching.

• By the end of todays session, you will
• Register with the National Careers Service
• Explore the options to continue in education
• Explore Graduate schemes, what they are and how
  to apply
• What starting a business involves
• A wider knowledge on how to gain employment
• The local labour market and why this information
  is important
• The skills required to sell yourself for all
  these opportunities

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Goodbye for now. and