Career Matters
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Your weekly news from the Careers Centre
- Appointment booking: Advanced appointments and Quick queries
- Careers Fairs
- Events coming up
- Management Consultancy Clinics
- National Insurance Number Information
- Undergraduate of the Year Awards 2019 are now open!
CareerConnect
Making an appointment to see a Careers Adviser
⭐️ Advanced appointments:
These are 30 mins long and you can make an appointment by popping into the Careers Centre or calling us on 01334462688
⭐️ Quick Queries:
You can book a Quick Query appointment on the day, online through CareerConnect.
Bookings for Quick Queries are open from 12.00pm the same day.
Sign in here: https://careerconnect.st-andrews.ac.uk/home.html
and select ‘Book Appointment’ from the top banner. You can browse the appointments available for the day and book the time, and adviser, that best suits you.
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Law Fair
12:00 - 15:00
Club 601, Students' Union
Science & Technology
12:00 - 15:00
Club 601, Students' Union
Careers Fair
12:00 - 15:00
Club 601, Students' Union
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Events coming up!
Monday 24th September
Writing great CVs and Applications (14:00 - 15:00)
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⭐️ New Management Consultancy Clinics ⭐️
The Management Consultancy Clinic is where you can seek advice and information about a career in management consultancy. These special one hour clinics are your first step in finding out more and preparing an application for this competitive sector.
The focus of the clinic is on discussion and answering questions. There will not be a formal presentation, so come prepared with your questions.
If you are considering applying for a graduate opportunity in management consultancy, attend one of these Management Consultancy Clinics before seeing a Careers Adviser for a one to one appointment.
⭐️ Dates and where to sign-up:
Friday 19.10.18 14:00 - 15:00
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National Insurance Number Interview Sign-up
Sign-up information
On Wednesday the 16th of May the National Insurance Officers will visit the University of St Andrews.
Sign-ups are limited and are on a first come first served basis.
Your interview is only secured if you secure a place on the doddle poll below:
https://doodle.com/poll/nctdsbim56iydkdq#
What you must do:
- Sign-up to a time for your interview, using the link above (only then is your interview secured)
- Collect a pre-interview form from the Careers Centre (opposite the Union) and complete it to take along with you to your interview
- Bring along your Passport or EU ID Card, Student ID Card / Staff Card and a photo copy of each of these
- If you are a Chinese National please bring your Police Registration form (and a photo copy of this)
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As this is the 10th year we are hoping you may have already come across the awards and know that it is a fantastic way to gain valuable experience and insight into the graduate job application process. Successful undergraduates will be invited to attend an assessment centre where the shortlist will be refined to the top candidates.
The top candidates for each award will then be exclusively invited to a prestigious award ceremony in London to celebrate their achievements on 26th April 2019. Each award is sponsored by an internationally recognised company who are keen to offer unique work opportunities and various prizes to successful candidates.
This year we have 12 categories in a variety of disciplines to include all interests and skillsets:
- Computer Science, IT & Physics Undergraduate of the Year Award
- Construction and Engineering Undergraduate of the Year Award
- Female Undergraduate of the Year Award
- Future CFO Undergraduate of the Year Award
- LGBTQ+ Undergraduate of the Year Award
- Male Undergraduate of the Year Award
- Management Undergraduate of the Year Award
- New Energy Solutions Undergraduate of the Year Award
- One to Watch Undergraduate of the Year Award
- Science Undergraduate of the Year
- Undergraduate of the Year Award for Innovation
- Undergraduate of the Year Award for Impactful Social Action
Applications are now open to students who want to apply for the awards!
Search job vacancies, via CareerConnect
Fantastic Job Opportunities coming to CareerConnect daily
There are currently over 450 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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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
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Twitter: @careerscentre
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