Career Matters
25 February 2019
Your weekly news from the Careers Centre
Key sections:
- Careers Events coming up
- St Andrews Summer Internships Scheme 2019
* Deadline 4 March - Summer Work Shadowing
- Santander Summer Internships
- Erasmus+ Recent Graduate Traineeships
- Idea Explosion 2019
- Internship Experience Certificate
- Graduate vacancies and part-time positions in St Andrews
- Interview Simulator
Events coming up at the Careers Centre:
Enterprising - me?
Everyone has the potential to be enterprising. But what does that mean and how can you give develop your enterprising skills? How can you give evidence of these skills?
(1300 - 1400)
Sign up here.
Please see below for details of the Idea Explosion 2019 competition.
Work Shadowing Open Evening
- your chance to gain invaluable work experience with alumni around the world.
- applications open until 31st March
(1700 - 1830)
Sign up here.
Using LinkedIn - come along to find out how to effectively find and use contacts via Linkedin
(1300 - 1400)
Sign up here.
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St Andrews Summer Internships Scheme 2019
Applications are now open - apply via CareerConnect.
Deadline 4 March.
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Summer Work Shadowing
Your chance to gain invaluable work experience with alumni around the world.
Applications are open and will close on 31 March.
Apply via CareerConnect.
For more information please come along to the Work Shadowing information evening.
Sign-up to attend the information evening on Tues 5 March (1700 - 1830), here.
You can also read more on the Work Shadowing webpage.
If you are unable to attend the information evening you can email:
workshad@st-andrews.ac.uk for further information
Santander Summer Internships
Your chance to gain fantastic paid internships in small-medium sized enterprises in the UK.
Applications are open and will close on 31 March.
Apply via CareerConnect.
For more information please come along to the information evening.
Sign-up to attend the information evening on Tues 12 March (1700 - 1830), here.
You can also visit the Santander internships webpage here.
If you are unable to attend the information evening you can email:
intships@st-andrews.ac.uk for further information
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The Erasmus+ Recent Graduate Traineeship fund supports St Andrews students graduating in summer 2019 to undertake internships or traineeships in the European Union and Erasmus+ Programme countries.
Successful applicants will receive €400-€450 Euros per month, in addition to any benefits from your placement provider. Extra support for students with disabilities or from disadvantaged backgrounds is available.
Placements must take place outside the UK in the European Union or the Erasmus+ Programme countries. Almost any public, private or third sector organisation is eligible to host. Examples of possible placements include office interns, language assistants and charity volunteers.
The application deadline is Friday 5 April 2019 at 5pm.
There will be interviews in mid-April and a training event on Wednesday 24 April for suitable applicants.
For further details on the application process and selection criteria, please feel free to get in touch on studyabroad@st-andrews.ac.uk or see our website.
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We are looking for individuals and small teams of up to three people, with serious intentions to get an idea off the ground. Your idea can be a business idea, social enterprise idea or project idea at any stage of development.
Entries from clubs and societies for new initiatives are welcome.
We have a prize fund of £5,000. You can pitch for any amount up to £1,000.
Idea Explosion is open to students (undergraduate and postgraduate) and staff of the University of St Andrews and is supported by Santander Universities.
Closing date for entries is Tuesday 2 April 2019.
Click here for further information.
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We offer an Internship Experience Certificate to recognise students who have undertaken professional level work experience for a minimum of four weeks through a structured programme in any industry or organisation, anywhere in the world. To qualify, you’ll have to give evidence of how you’ve developed your career seeking and employability skills.
You need to submit a work experience case study. Your case study will be reviewed by a member of the Careers Centre who will arrange for the Internship Experience Certificate to appear on your academic transcript, provided your case study meets an acceptable standard.
Your case study should be between 700-1,000 words. You should answer the questions as fully as possible. Although optional, providing a picture of yourself will make your case study more engaging to the reader. Have a look at a variety of case studies on our website.
When an employer/organisation requests formal support from the university for a future internship, the Careers Centre can provide students with the necessary support documentation, eg Convention de Stage, supporting letters.
By accepting formal support documentation from the university, you enter into an agreement with the Careers Centre to provide us with a suitable case study for our website once you have completed your internship.
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Search job vacancies, via CareerConnect
Fantastic Job Opportunities coming to CareerConnect daily
There are currently over 850 live jobs at today's date!
Register with CareerConnect – and receive daily/weekly internship and graduate job alerts!
Internships and Graduate jobs are available through the link above. Register with CareerConnect and select the sectors you would be interested in. This way you receive a personally selected email with live vacancies to your inbox.
For part-time vacancies:
Use the filters (part-time / job shop) to narrow down the job vacancies to the part-time positions in St Andrews.
Interview Simulator
Take an auto-generated mock interview or browse the questions employers voted the most trustworthy.
Practise your interview technique against the clock, recording your answers as you go; compare your responses against video advice from employers, explaining why they ask these questions and how good answers differ from poor ones.
Above all, we want to help you feel confident and ready to answer any questions thrown at you.
Click here for the link to the interview simulator.
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Careers Centre
Best wishes,
The Careers Centre Team
Email: careers@st-andrews.ac.uk
Website: http://st-andrews.ac.uk/careers
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