Career Matters
For the week commencing Monday 30 January 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.
What's new this week
Events for you to attend
Events in St Andrews
- Converge Challenge 2017 - Ideas and Info!
- Finding an Internship in the UK
- Biology Careers Week - Wildlife Filming : a Presentation by Amy Thompson
Wednesday 01 February
- CV Lunchtime Express
- Mandarin Consulting - Mock interview Workshop for Chinese Students
Thursday 02 February
- Interview Skills - how to succeed at interview
- Entrust People - Careers in Life Sciences
Friday 03 February
- Working and Volunteering Abroad - The Opportunities and Benefits! - Presentation (x 2 events)
- Finding a Job or Internship in China
- Life Sciences Internship Applications
- Working and Volunteering Abroad - The Opportunities and Benefits!
Monday 06 February
- Cisco Graduate Insight Event
Events outside St Andrews
held in Edinburgh, Glasgow, London and other major cities in the UK and sometimes abroad.
Thursday 02 February
Virtual Events
Thursday 02 February
- Introduction to Investment Banking and Capital Markets - Corporate Finance & Investment Banking Interview Skills with Financial Edge
Herbert Smith Freehills - win an all-expenses-paid adventure to Australia and Hong Kong
Are you interested in winning a trip of a lifetime to two incredible destinations? Herbert Smith Freehills is offering you the chance to embark on an all-expenses-paid adventure to Australia and Hong Kong during the summer of 2017. You will spend time in their offices in both Hong Kong and Australia as well as being able to explore both cities through some fantastic days out. Additionally, you will be invited to attend a two-day workshop at their London office, during which you will shadow a senior associate or partner.
If you are keen to be in with a chance of winning the trip of a lifetime register Herbert Smith Freehills. It’s an opportunity that’s too good to miss.
Take part in the 2017 Universum Career Test
This test will prompt you to start thinking about your post-University career and help you answer the following questions:
- Which career profile are you? (There are seven career profiles, this test will determine which profile fits you best)
- What are your salary expectations and how do these match up to your peers?
- What employers are your peers attracted to?
It will also give you the chance to have your voice heard on both top employers and your university experiences.
Still need convincing? By participating in this survey you could win a £10 or £20 Amazon voucher or better yet, a weekend trip worth £820!
You can participate by clicking on the Universum link:
This survey is brought to you by the University of St. Andrews in partnership with Universum.
This test is available for a limited time only. Your answers and results are confidential and always kept anonymous. If you have any inquiries, feedback or concerns you are welcome to contact us at ask@career-test.com.
This week on Saint Connect
SC hopes you’ve settled back into things, as well as enjoying a Burns Supper and/or the Chinese New Year. Haggis Spring Roll? Perhaps a fusion food too far. Or is it? New Saints are joining all the time, and adding opportunities around the world. Why not get some chat started with some of the wide variety of people with us, fusion food, or fusing the bubble with the outside world. Come check us out!
Saints online since last we spoke have include people from/in: Medicine; TEFL, Oman; Barrister; University of Cambridge; Client Director, Atkins; AMEC; Finance & Risk, Accenture; Start-ups; Bobby Jones Scholar, 2016; Post Doc, University of Oxford; Recruitment (Hiring!); Theatre Production; Practice Lead, Aktis Strategy; insurance; The Wilson Center; Community Manager; Science Communication; Documentary Filmmaker.
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.
Additional careers resource to our website - GradLink Gulf
GradLink Gulf a specialist careers site for students/graduates from the Gulf region who are studying in the UK, linking them with employers and jobs across the Gulf region.
The website is of interest to any students who would like to explore working in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Oman etc.
A good range of graduate employers are involved with GradLink Gulf, including EY, Oracle, Ford, Deloitte and Meraas.
The website includes jobs, advice, a very active blog section, graduate case studies, and the Go-CV! CV building facility. We will be adding further content over the next few weeks.
Careers Centre JobsOnline - latest vacancies
Fantastic Job Opportunities coming to Careers Centre JobsOnline daily
There are currently just under 750 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:
- Macquarie Group - Spring 2017 Insight Programme
- NFU Mutual - Financial Academy Professional Trainee Scheme
- Kent County Council Teacher Recruitment - Teaching roles
- Murgitroyd & Co - Translator
- Oxbridge Academic Programs - Activity Director and Program Assistant - Summer School at St Andrews
- Government Statistical Service - Stats Officer & Higher Stats Officer vacancies
- Royal Household - HR Assistant
- Honda Motor Europe - Graduate Development Programme
- Music in Hospitals Scotland - Finance Officer
- PwC - Graduate Opportunities in Scotland - Assurance
- Enterprise Rent-A-Car -Graduate Management Scheme
Postgraduate study
Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York Scholarships 2017-18
Up to two scholarships (of not less than $30,000 each) will be awarded for one year of study, normally within a radius of 250 miles from New York City or in the area of Washington DC in 2017-2018.
Applicants must be Scottish by birth or descent and be first degree graduates of either 2016 or 2017 from a Scottish university (or Oxford/Cambridge). An honours degree is not essential.
For further information and an application pack, email careers@st-andrews.ac.uk with the heading ‘Saint Andrew’s Society of the State of New York Scholarships.’ The deadline for applications (including two academic referees) is Monday 20 February 2017.
Applications are encouraged for these scholarships. University of St Andrews’ students have had success in the past but only a small number of applications is ever submitted within the University.
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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