Career Matters
For the week commencing Monday 13 February 2017
Your weekly news from the Careers Centre
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.
- Get the latest information about postgraduate study options and funding opportunities in the UK and abroad.
Events for you to attend
Events in St Andrews
Monday 13 February
- Teach First Brand Manager Team on Campus
- Interview Skills - how to succeed at interview
Tuesday 14 February
- Teach First Brand Manager Team on Campus
- Writing great CVs and Applications
Wednesday 15 February
- KPMG Personal Brand Workshop - How to make the best First Impression
- Spring Shadowing Open Evening
Thursday 16 February
- Hogan Lovells at the Careers Centre
- Teach English and Travel Asia with Catteris Educational Foundation
- Ideas Ideas Ideas
Friday 17 February
- Selective Consulting recruiting for major golf events in August and October 2017.
Monday 20 February
- Humanitarian Aid and Development Week - 20 - 25 February
- KPMG Commercial Awareness Workshop - all you need to know to develop your own commercial aareness
- Lloyds Banking Group Acturial Summer Internship Programme
Events outside St Andrews
Considering Graduate Entry MEDICINE? Free Evening Seminars - Leeds
Thursday 16 February
- Lloyds Banking Group Skills and Insight Evening - London
Friday 17 February
- IT's not just for the boys! - London
Saturday 18 February
- InvestIN - The Young Investment Banker Weekend - London
Virtual Events
Wednesday 15 February
- Flooglebinder Information Session - travel, Conservation & Experience
This week on Saint Connect
The cheek of it, Snow but not even enough for one lonely snowball. Hopefully we’re all due a case of the warm and fuzzies out of Valentines day (if not, much cheap themed chocolate the next day). SC’s always got love for all our Saints. Come check us out!
Saints online since last we spoke have include people from/in: FBI; Petrofac; Private Equity, Barcelona; Capgemini; Counselling Psychologist; Advertising, San Francisco; Principal, BCG, NYC; Center for European Policy Analysis; Smithsonian Portrait Gallery.
ALT - Assistant Language Teacher - Ohtawara City, Japan - Closing date 20 February
2017 JAPAN
EXCHANGE AND TEACHING
OHTAWARA CITY PROGRAMME
A vacancy has arisen for an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Ohtawara City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.
Several St Andrews graduates have been ALTs in Ohtawara City since the programme was set up 1993 through the New St Andrews Japan Golf Trust (NSAJ), building on a highly successful school exchange programme between Ohtawara and Madras College.
The ALT will be engaged in language instruction. The participant will be placed mainly in state schools run by the Ohtawara Board of Education.
The contract will be for one year commencing on September 1st 2017, and ceasing on August 31, 2018, but may be renewable by mutual agreement.
The participant will be paid 3,360,000 yen per annum.
Please email careers@st-andrews.ac.uk for the application details pack
Applicants must submit the following documents to the Careers Centre by the closing date of 20th February 2017:
Expedition Bursaries for St Andrews Students
Due to an extremely generous benefactor we have 10 £800 bursaries available on a first come first served basis. You will also have the opportunity to fundraise an additional £1,000 through Social Action using our Explorer Miles scheme. Explorer Miles is British Exploring’s unique scheme that encourages our explorers to get involved in Social Action and Volunteering projects in their local communities. Visit the webpage for further details.
No previous outdoor experience is required but you must be growth-minded and ready to challenge yourself. Our expeditions are led by professional leaders, who plan adventure, science and media projects that will push you outside of comfort zone.
Please note that this offer is exclusive to explorers from Scotland. You can find out more in the email below or by visiting the British Exploring website.
Jobs & work experience
St Andrews Summer Internships Scheme
A number of varied and interesting internships are available within different units of the University of St Andrews during the 2017 summer vacation.
The St Andrews Summer Internships Scheme has been set up to provide experience of graduate-level work for registered 2nd and 3rd year University of St Andrews undergraduates (or 3rd and 4th years on 5 year degrees). As well as the work experience, each intern will receive feedback on their performance for future development. The main intention is to give good quality, challenging experience which will help students to apply successful later on for graduate positions.
Further information, including remuneration and how to apply, is on the Careers Centre website. The deadline for applications is Monday 20 February 2017.
Work at Major Golf Events in St Andrews - Open Day with Selective Recruitment Ltd
Selective Recruitment Ltd is holding an Open Day in the Careers Centre on 17 February. Please email your CV to lstewart@selective-recruitment.co.uk prior to that date.
The Scottish Life Sciences Internship Programme
You can apply for a maximum of 3 placements, so please research the roles thoroughly before submitting your CV.
All 41 paid opportunities are advertised on the ScotGrad website.
(Closing date: midnight 28 February)
Careers Centre JobsOnline - latest vacancies
Fantastic Job Opportunities coming to Careers Centre JobsOnline daily
There are currently just under 650 live jobs at today's date!
Register with Careers Centre JobsOnline – and receive daily email internship and graduate job alerts!
Internships and Graduate jobs are available through the link above. Register with Careers Centre JobsOnline and select the sectors you would be interested in. This way you receive a personally selected email with live vacancies each evening to your inbox.
Just a small selection of the vacancies received this week:
- DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Summer Internships
- Music in Hospitals Scotland - Finance Officer
- Cairn Energy - Geoscience Summer Placement
- ISSOS - Debate Coach (Summer School in St Andrews)
- IMG Media Ltd - Broadcast & Production Trainee Scheme
- University of St Andrews - Summer Work in Halls - see Job Shop
- VisitBritain - Graduate Internship Ecommerce Operations (Italian speaker)
Careers advice
How to make Careers Appointments
Honours years, remember that you can have your CV looked over by one of our Careers Advisers before you submit it to prospective employers.
Come to one of our Afternoon Appointment Sessions or alternatively you can arrange a Bookable Appointment – full details of our Appointments Systems in the link above.
Our team of Careers Advisers
Click on This Week's Advisers on our homepage to see which afternoons each Adviser is available via Afternoon Appointments. You can see the areas of responsibility offered by each Adviser and then decide who you would like to meet.
Careers Centre
Best wishes,
Paul Brown and 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