Transcript Careers_PGTPGR - University of Edinburgh

Welcome from the
Careers Service
Rebecca Valentine
Where we are:
King’s Buildings
Weir Building
0131 650 5773
Central
3rd Floor, Main Library
0131 650 4670
www.ed.ac.uk/careers
facebook.com/EdinburghCareersService
@uofedcareers
Using the Careers Service
• Wide range of self-help materials to help you prepare for the recruitment process
(CVs, applications, interviews and assessment centres)
www.ed.ac.uk/careers/recruitment
• Info on your options including jobs, employers, further study, options with your
degree, working overseas
www.ed.ac.uk/careers/your-future
• Info for PG students on career planning, marketing your qualification to employers,
planning an academic career…
www.ed.ac.uk/careers/postgrad
• Part time, semester, vacation and graduate jobs advertised in MyCareerHub
https://mycareerhub.ed.ac.uk
• Talks, events and workshops including employer presentations, skills workshops,
careers fairs – find details on MyCareerHub
• Appointments – M-F, both centres book via MyCareerHub
Recruitment Timelines for 2016
• Advertising already underway
• Employers’ presentations start early October
• Application deadlines from October
• First interviews begin this semester
• PhD applications - UK deadlines from December
What have
previous
Graduates done?
Recent Destinations - MSc Informatics
Development Engineer - SeeByte - Edinburgh, Scotland
Artificial Intelligence Analyst - Self Employed - Edinburgh, Scotland
Software Developer - Exigen Services - Riga, Latvia
Scientific Engineer - Struq – London
Dot Net Software Developer - Priory Solutions – London
Software Developer - Ocado – Hatfield
Cloud Infrastructure Manager - Morilitas Solutions, Germany
IT Consultant - Maquarie - London
Software Developer - Adobe – Edinburgh
Software Developer - Craneware – Edinburgh
Software Developer - Mippin – London
Web Developer - Binamic – Slough
Programmer - A power company – Cyprus
Destinations - MSc Graduates
Software Developer - Envoy Services - London, England
Customer Service Associate - Amazon - Edinburgh, Scotland
Software Developer - Codeplay - Edinburgh
Software Developer - Metaswitch Networks – Edinburgh
Software Developer - Openmarket – London
Software Engineer - Freescale Semiconductor - Bucharest, Romania
Programmer - Morley Financial Services - Dublin, Ireland
Software Analyst - Relational - Athens, Greece
Systems Analyst - KPMG - Malta
Researcher - Malta University - Malta
Consultant - PA Consulting - London, England
Teacher/Tutor - Xini - Athens, Greece
Computer Programmer - Accenture - Milan, Italy
Further Study - MSc Graduates
PhD Artificial Intelligence (3) - Edinburgh University – Edinburgh
PhD Informatics (2) - Edinburgh University – Edinburgh
PhD Computer Vision and Machine Learning - Istituto Italiano di
Technologia (joint with Universita di Genova) - Genoa, Italy
PhD Informatics - Pamplona University - Pamplona, Colombia
PhD Medical Imaging - Imperial College – London
PhD Informatics (2) - Edinburgh University - Edinburgh,
PhD Molecular Biology - University of Cyprus, Cyprus
PhD Computer Science - Edinburgh University - Edinburgh, Scotland
Destinations – Research Masters Grads
PhD Computational Neuroscience
PhD Neuroinformatics
PhD Informatics
Microchip Designer
Software Engineer
Edinburgh University
Edinburgh University
Edinburgh University
Synopsys - California, United States
Cisco Systems - Berkshire, England
Destinations - PhD Graduates
45% working as a Postdoctoral Researcher / Fellow
10% working as a Research Assistant
42% working in industry*
3% in further study or training
Employers include: Google, Intel, Synopsys, Palantir
Technologies, D-RisQ, Actify, IBM, Microsoft Research,
Brainwave Discovery
HEIs include: Edinburgh, Brown, Michigan, Netherlands Cancer
Institute, St Andrews, Macquarie
Graduate destinations statistics and examples
More examples of graduate destinations and statistics for masters and PhD graduates from
the School of Informatics can be found on the Careers Service website:
www.ed.ac.uk/careers/your-future/options/degree-options/dlhe/cse-destinations/info-awards
Your Career Strategy
Set goals - short, medium & long term
What do you want to achieve during your MSc/PhD?
How can you make the most of your time at Edinburgh?
What do you want to achieve immediately after?...and longer term?
Identify what will help you to achieve your goals
Find out what’s going on
Research career options and potential employers
Clarify requirements – skills, experience required or beneficial
Identify any gaps
Check entry routes – recruitment methods used
Network
Meet employers
LinkedIn
Market yourself – Applications, Interviews & other situations
What’s happening this semester?
• The UK graduate job market: What you need to know (15th September)
• CVs: Beyond the basics (23rd September)
• LinkedIn: Developing your profile (26th September)
• Prepare for the Fair (26th, 27th or 28th September)
• Writing effective covering letters (30th September)
• Careers Fair (3rd and 4th October)
• Women in STEM speed networking event (4th October)
• Applications: answering competency and open ended questions (7th
October)
• Career Strategies for PhD students part 1 (10th October)
• LinkedIn: Putting your profile to work (14th October)
• Career Strategies for PhD students part 2 (18th October)
• Strengthen your interview skills (21st October)
• Assessment centres: How to succeed (14th November)
• Regular employer presentations and workshops
This is just a small selection – see the full list on MyCareerHub!
National Insurance Number Processing
International & European Students - to work in the UK while studying
you need a NI number
Jobcentre Plus are coming into the Careers Service to process National
Insurance Numbers for students.
Date: Tuesday 20th September / Tuesday 27th September / Thursday 6th
October
Time: 9.30am - 3pm
Location: Careers Service, Third Floor, Main Library, George Square
Booking: Sign up in MyCareerHub
What to Bring?
1. Passport or Identity Card
2. Student card, or letter confirming you are a
University of Edinburgh student
3. If you have already been offered a job please bring your offer letter
and/or payslip.
Dates for your diary
Careers in IT
Careers
in IT
Feb
2017