Career Matters
13 November 2017
Morning of Thursday the 23rd - Careers Centre Closed
However, we will be open for the afternoon appointment booking line as normal from 12:30 - 13:30 with the Careers Centre opening at 2pm.
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.
Useful resource of the week - Interview Simulator
This resource allows you to record and playback your own practice interviews. The package also provides film clips of recruiters' advice on how to tackle typical interview questions.
Careers Centre JobsOnline - latest vacancies
Fantastic Job Opportunities coming to Careers Centre JobsOnline daily
There are currently over 900 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.
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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: 0345 600 0643
Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm
https://www.gov.uk/apply-national-insurance-number
Events in St Andrews
For the full list, click here.
14 November
Interview Skills - how to succeed at interview
Brexit. One word, one hot topic. See things in a new light with KPMG.
15 November
RBS - a session on building confidence and how to use LinkedIn.
16 November
Mock Assessment Centre
20 November
Resilience Skills Session with PwC and Teach First
21 November
Writing great CVs and Applications
23 November
Teach, travel and live in Hong Kong - Chatteris International Graduate
Interview Skills - how to succeed at interview
28 November
Writing great CVs and Applications
William & Mary / St Andrews Joint Degree Program Careers Night
Sanatander Internships
Work Shadowing Updates
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!
** 21st November, 17:00-18:00 Careers Centre Information Room **
** 28th November, 14:00-15:00, Careers Centre Information Room **
This session counts towards the PSC Passport (Professional Skills Curriculum).
Pwc Opportunity Challenge Pub Quiz - Win £6000 for your society!
Do you like quizzes?
If the answer to both is YES then read on...
We are running a General Knowledge quiz night this month where you can enter in a team of 2-3 people from your University Club or Society to take part.
** Taking place in Sandy's Bar (the Union) **
Our Opportunity Challenge gives student clubs and societies the chance to compete against each other with financial funding up for grabs to help support your club or society. We'll run separate university heats with the winners of each receiving a prize of £1,000. These teams will then enter the national final which will be held at an exclusive event in PwC's More London office to battle it out for an additional prize of £5,000.
Please check out the details and register your team online at the following link:
https://www.pwc.co.uk/careers/student-jobs/ourevents/opportunity-challenge.html
Events outside St Andrews
For the full list, click here.
15 November
Ofcom Open Days
The Analytics of Awesome - Operational Research Careers Open Day
Careers Open Day - The Next Big Idea needs Maths
16 November
Study Options Open Day - study opportunities in Australia and New Zealand
17 November
Norton Rose Fulbright Open Days 2017/18
20 November
IT's not just for the boys! Invitation only event for females of any STEM degree
Virtual events
For the full list, click here.
16 November
Online Careers Fair for Women in STEM - Ada Lovelace Day
17 November
Deloitte Consulting Technology Live Chat
Do you want a part-time job while you study?
St Andrews often has vacancies in restaurants, B&Bs, pubs, halls of residents.
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. You can arrange a Bookable or and Afternoon Appointment.
Sub-honours students remember the Afternoon appointments have opened up for you- so time to perfect your CV and ask Career related questions to an adviser.
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
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