Career Matters
For the week commencing Monday 10 April 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 10 April
- Interview Skills - how to succeed at interview
Thursday 13 April
- English Language Teraining and Teaching
- Writing great CVs and Applications
Wednesday 19 April
- Summer Shadowing Open Evening
Events outside St Andrews
Saturday 08 April
- BALJOB London Grande 2017
Virtual Events
Monday 10 April
- Alumni Insight: Amy Sluiter // Office of the General Counsel at International Justice Mission
An additional St Andrews Summer Internship has arisen - Digital Communications Project Management
A new Digital Communications project management summer internship has been added to the website, with a deadline of 11 April.
Graduate opportunity at the Admissions Office, University of St Andrews
The post holder will work in the areas of student recruitment, schools liaison, widening participation, marketing, events, conversion activities and admissions. A significant focus of the work will be placed on activities related to external engagement with prospective students locally, nationally and internationally.
A key responsibility will be to effectively represent the University ’brand’, looking after the reputation and perception of the University of St Andrews, articulating what it is like to be a student at St Andrews and ensuring the proper use of the visual identity and corporate image.
This post is fixed term for two years, will involve extensive travelling and would be suitable for a recent graduate. Please quote ref: CG1441SB
Full details on University HR website
Closing Date: 12 April 2017
Interview Date: 3 May 2017
Would you like to work at a Summer School in St Andrews this year?
National Insurance Number Interviews - confirmed Date 10 May 2017
This week on Saint Connect
Sun is out, but someone didn’t tell the wind. Standard, St Andrews. Everything is shiny over here on Saint Connect, with yet more Saints joining us and juicy tips coming in from our contacts. Hop to it and come spring into action.
Saints online since last we spoke have include people from/in:
Founder/CEO, Kindaba; European Commission; Accenture; Research Assistant, University of Oxford; Scholastic, NYC; KPMG India; Client Services Director, Lloyds Banking Group; Vistara Health & Technology Solutions; BAE Systems; AECOM, Los Angeles
Jobs & work experience
Do you want to work in St Andrews during the Summer vacation?
Many shops and restaurants are advertising in their windows for summer staff. Local employers find it very difficult to find staff to work throughout the whole summer vacation.
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:
- NFU Mutual - Actuarial Trainee
- Schroders Singapore - Institutional Business Graduate Trainee Programme
- Blackrock Investment Management (UK) - Finance Analyst Programme
- Scottish Natural Heritage - SNH Graduate Placement Programme 2017/18
- East Lothian Food & Drink Ltd - Project Lead
- Bright Green Hydrogen - Hydrogen & Energy Storage Officer
- Fife Voluntary Action - Research Assistant
- ISSOS - Summer School teaching opportunities in St Andrews
Postgraduate Study
MA Culture and Creative Enterprise QMU Edinburgh
This programme is aimed at graduates in Arts, Humanities and Social Science subjects who are considering work in the Cultural and Creative Industries. Potential students will be interested to know that if they are resident in Scotland and the European Union they could be entitled to a fee waiver. Scottish students will also be able to access additional sources of post-graduate support provided by the Scottish Government.
Further information about the programme including a short film of students discussing their experiences.
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
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