Career Matters
12 February 2018
Your weekly news from the Careers Centre
CareerConnect
Exploring your future
- Still unsure what you want to do? Know what you want to do, but not how to get into that sector? Attend employer, alumni and careers adviser workshops.
- Find out about jobs, internships, work experience and local part-time jobs including application advice.
CareerConnect
How to book a careers appointment ⭐️
You can book a half an hour appointment with a careers adviser in advance. To do this pop into the Careers Centre or call us between 8.45am and 10am on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays (01334 462688).
You can also now book an Afternoon Appointment on the day, online through CareerConnect. Sign in to CareerConnect via the Careers Centre homepage. Once into CareerConnect select ‘Book Appointment’ from the top banner. You can browse the appointments available for the day and book the time and adviser, which best suits you.
Bookings for Afternoon Appointments is open from 12.30pm on the same day.
Our team of careers advisers
You can see the career sectors and subject areas that the advisers cover in the adviser profiles. This will help you work out who you would like to meet.
Search job vacancies, via CareerConnect
Fantastic Job Opportunities coming to CareerConnect daily
There are currently over 300 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.
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A fantastic event with alumni Sarah Conner (Blue Planet 2, assistant producer) and Amy Thompson (Secret Life of the Zoo) to round up Careers Week 2018!
Thank you to all of our guest speakers throughout the week and a big thanks to Pamela Andrew (Careers Centre) and everyone else who worked hard on planning Careers Week 2018 ⭐️
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Events in St Andrews
13 February
Recruitment Evening - Old Course Hotel, Golf Resort & Spa
14 February
Interview Skills - how to succeed at interview
15 February
ScotGrad Drop in: Graduate jobs and summer placements across Scotland
Insight Internship for STEM students with Teach First
Careers in Humanitarian Aid & Development
20 February
Interested in spending summer 2018 in the US or Canada?
Writing great Cvs and AFs
20 February, writing great CVs and applications
Are you worried about putting a CV together or completing an application form?
Don't know where to start?
Keep putting it off?
We can take the strain out of CV writing and application form completion.
Sign-up for one of our workshops and in just one hour you'll be all set to complete a form or write a brilliant CV!
** 20 February, 17:00-18:00, School 1 - St Salvator's Quad **
This session counts towards the PSC Passport (Professional Skills Curriculum).
Events outside St Andrews
13 February
Women in Technology - Industry Insights (Edinburgh)
15 February
Are you passionate about coding? A keen designer? Then start your coding career with us here at Sky!
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YOUR 1 GREAT IDEA 3 possible COMPETITIONS
Pitch
Win £ and support
1. Spotting Business Opportunities (closing date 5 March) ⭐️
2. Global Goals Creativity Cafe (closing date 2 March) ⭐️
Information talk: 15 February
3. Business Model Canvas (closing date 23 March) ⭐️
Information talk: 9 March at the Careers Centre
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National Insurance Numbers
If you intend to work while studying in the UK, an employer will require you to provide them with a National Insurance Number (NINo), so that they can pay your wages and make any applicable tax or national insurance deductions. UK residents are allocated a number automatically at the age of 16. However, European or International students will not have this number so will need to apply for one.
To apply for a National Insurance number, call the application line:
Telephone: 0800 141 2075
Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm
https://www.gov.uk/apply-national-insurance-number
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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
Location: 6 St Marys Pl, St Andrews, United Kingdom
Phone: 01334 462688
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/universityofstandrewscareerscentre
Twitter: @careerscentre
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