Penultimate Mathematical Sciences Career Planning

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Penultimate Mathematical Sciences Career Planning

• Darren Johnson
• Careers Adviser

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BE PREPARED

• Many Career Options some may require
• Postgraduate study
• Work Experience either paid or unpaid
• Give yourself time to find out and get experience
  if
• required

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Getting Started with Career PlanningWhat Makes
You Tick?

• Motivation
• Interests
• Personality
• Values
• Skills
• Prospects Planner via www.prospects.ac.uk
• MyPotential
• www.profilingforsuccess.com/main
• Client Codemyphe
• Access code durham
• Passworddurham060424

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Main Subject Specific Career Areas

• Actuarial Consultant
• Statistician
• Accountant
• Teacher
• www.mathscareers.org.uk

• Meteorologist
• Banking (including corporate finance)
• Operational Research
• Loss Adjuster

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Remember !

• Many other career areas where employer is more
  interested in academic classification than
  subject of degree.
• Pick up a GET Directory early in Michaelmas term
  from Careers Advisory Service which lists
  majority of opportunities
• Many (although not all) employers who run
  structured graduate schemes do not look at
  subject matter, but will in many cases want a 2i
  in degree.

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Skills Developed Valued By Employers

• Numerical
• Analytical - logical approach to problem solving
• General
• Time Management
• Organising Work
• Meeting Deadlines
• Verbal Communication

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Internships/Vacation Experience

• Check our website go to CASIGMA and check
  internship / vacation placements available, some
  examples
• Jardine Lloyd Thompson (Actuarial) 28th Feb
• Oxera (Consultancy) 28th Feb
• RBS Corporate Banking 31st March
• PwC 28th march (15th Feb for strategy)
• Many others, majority of deadlines will go before
  31st March
• Go via our website and enter CASIGMA for all
  opportunities

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Michaelmas 2008Employer Deadlines

• Some examples
• Civil Service Statistician 1st round 31st Oct
• Morgan Stanley 11th Nov
• McKinsey and Company 4th November (outside
  London) 25th Nov (London)
• Lane Clarke Peacock 26th Nov
• PwC- Advisory 5th December
• Financial Services Authority 5th December
• Note these are current deadlines and may be
  subject to change check website from mid
  September

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Other Vacation Opportunities

• Examples
• STEP - www.step.org.uk
• Study/Work Abroad Information Room , CAS
• Work shadowing related
• Contacts in Career Folders may be helpful in
  gaining this
• Skills Sessions Employer led

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Vacation Work Websites

• www.dur.ac.uk/careers-advice
• www.jobsgopublic.com
• www.efinancialcareers.com
• www.work-experience.org
• www.prospects.ac.uk
• www.doctorjob.com
• www.europa.eu.int/eures/index.jsp
• www.wse.org.uk
• www.volunteering.org.uk

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Discovery Fair

• Find out about a range of careers , informal
  setting
• Professional Services (Deloitte)
  Consultancy/Tax/Audit
• Broadcasting/Property Development/Police/Journalis
  m/Public
• Relations/Human Resources/Environmental
  Sustainability/
• Arts Administration

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Be Proactive !

• Discovery Fair ( 14th Feb, 12 - 2.30, D.S.U )
• Visiting Employer Speaker Talks
• Lunchtime Talks Interview/CV/Application Forms
• Graduate Aptitude Tests (Weds 2.15)
• Practise Assessment Centre Workshops (Weds)
• Other Employer Led Skills Sessions
• Student Employment Service
• Check CAS website (via DUO)/mailings/The CAS
  Guide)

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Other Help from CAS

• Applications Advice
• Guidance Consultation
• Quick Queries

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Careers Advisory Service

• 49 New Elvet (next to D.S.U)
• Term Time 10am 5pm
• Vacation 10am 1pm 2.15pm 5pm
• Tel [phone]
• careers- advice_at_durham.ac.uk
• www.durham.ac.uk/careers-advice