Careers adviser presentation, October 2014

1. International student briefing
- Job search strategy
Welcome to the
Careers and
Employability Centre
Whether you are looking for a job in the UK or elsewhere in the
world, this session will provide you with some strategies to improve
your chances of success.

2. International student briefing
- Job search strategy
What kind of work?
Where to work?
When to start working?
How and when to apply?

3. International student briefing-
what sort of career do you want?

4. International student briefing-
what type of role?

5. International student briefing
- where do you want to work/study?

6. International student briefing
- returning home

7. International student briefing
- Staying in the UK
www.ukcisa.org.uk/International-Students/The-next-stage/Working-
after-your-studies
Tier 4
Doctoral extension
scheme
1 yr
Tier 1
High Value
Exceptional talent -
humanities, engineering, the
arts and technology
Entrepreneur -
usually around £200,000
Investor - minimum £750,000
Graduate Entrepreneur -
graduates endorsed by their UK HEI
as having developed ‘genuine and
credible business ideas and
entrepreneurial skills’
Tier 2
General
Grad job/Tier 2
authorised
sponsor/£20500
min/£900 in bank
5 years
Tier 5
'Youth Mobility'
and *Temporary
worker
*12-24 mths/work
experience programmes
and research and training
programmes

8. International student briefing
- Working in another country
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/careers/aboutus/intern
ationalstudents/outsideuk

9. International student briefing
- Job search strategy
What kind of work
Where to work
When to start working?
How do you apply?

10. International student briefing
- when does recruitment happen?

11. International student briefing
- UK based graduate schemes
• Milkround.com - Graduate scheme search
• Prospects - Graduate scheme search
• Graduate Links - Graduate scheme search
• TARGETjobs - Graduate schemes and jobs. Includes immediate start
vacancies too
• GradDiary - A list of graduate schemes arranged by deadline
• Graduate-jobs.com - Graduate Schemes - Lists graduate schemes and
gives lots of information about how they work
• C
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/careers/jobs/graduates
chemes

12. International student briefing
- how to apply for jobs
• CV
• Cover letter
• Application form
• Linked in
• Interview
• Selection tests
• Assessment centre

13. International student briefing
- summary
1. Join a professional body to network, learn about the sector
and show your commitment (BPS, Law Society, ACCA)
2. Sign up with Gradlink (Africa, India, China, Malaysia) the
CBBC, UKITC, RBCC or other relevant business council.
3. Get involved with extra curricula activities and societies
Start now!

14. International student briefing
- Gradlink

15. International student briefing
sessions this term
Weds 15th October: International Students – Apply your skills in the workplace
Skills are transferable. If you have used a skill competently in one context you are likely to
be able to use it in another. Being clear about the skills you have developed will help you
to be more convincing at selection interviews.
Weds 29th October: International Students – Communicating with confidence
Come and discover how to communicate effectively with employers including completing
application forms, designing CVs and attending interviews.
Weds 10th December: Working in the UK after your studies
Information about immigration routes for those wishing to remain in the UK after they have
completed their studies.

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17. Questions?
• Careers Advisers available daily (10-5pm).
• Call in for CV advice, personal statements, cover letters etc.
• Talks – working part time, CVs etc.
• Events - Careers Fair 5th Nov 2014
• www.sussex.ac.uk/careers