SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY Final Year Strategy BSc Hons students

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SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY - Final Year Strategy(BSc
Hons students)

• Deborah Till
• Careers Adviser
• deborah.till_at_nottingham.ac.uk

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• Learning Outcomes
• By the end of the session, students will be able
• to
• understand what jobs graduates in their subject
  do
• understand how they can start thinking about
  their future career
• understand some of the CCD resources available to
  help them

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Dont panic!
But try and make the most of your final year
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Chemistry (BSc hons) graduate 2006 known
destinations

• F/T Employment 31
• Further Study 29
• Work and Study 5
• Part-time paid work 3
• Not available for work 9
• (e.g. gap year)

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Employment destinations from this School in 2006

• Include
• Advertising and Marketing Executives, Chartered
  Accountants, Chemists, The Clergy, Finance and
  Investment Analysts, Pharmacists, Patent
  Examiners, Scientific Researchers, Investment
  Bankers, Laboratory Technicians, Management
  Consultants, Scientific Researchers.

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Companies who recruited them

• Include
• 3M Health Care, JP Morgan Chase, Tesco, Ryder
  plc, Npower, Kyocera, Cornerstone Church,
  Experian, Harrison Goddard Foote Solicitors.

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Postgraduate Study

• Include
• PhDs in Chemistry, Physics, Pharmacy, Chemistry
  and Biochemistry, Solid State NMR Chemistry.
• Masters in Real Time Computing Applications,
  Nanoscience, Transportation, Econometrics
  Science, Environmental Studies.
• PGCE for teacher training
• Law Conversion
• BVMBVS Veterinary Medicine

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Options with your subject..

• Careers related to your degree
• Careers un-related to your degree
• Further Study
• Gap Year
• Work Experience

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Planning.

• Some of you will have clear ideas about your
• career. Ideally, everyone should career plan.
• Steps you can take..
• Use our website www.nottingham.ac.uk/careers
• The Virtual Careers Adviser is a good starting
• point if you have no ideas. The Prospects
• website has a tool which matches you to
• careers.

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A Process not an Event! Thinking about
yourself Your Skills Interests Motivations Findin
g out about jobs What is available out
there? What do they involve? Making
decisions How can I make the best choice for
me? Taking action Where are the jobs? When are
they advertised? How do I make applications?
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Final Year Autumn Term

• Careers related events targeted at Final Year
• Students, particularly during the autumn term
• Please be aware of early deadlines for certain
• sectors.
• Do you need to arrange work experience?
• Commercial awareness

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FINAL YEAR - AUTUMN TERM

• Early Deadlines
• - Fast Stream Civil Service 30th November 2007
  
• - Large firms of Accountants, City Banks other
  commercial employers often before Christmas
• - Teacher training PGCE deadline for primary
  level is 15th December. No closing date for
  secondary level but early application advised.

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Spring and Summer Terms

• SPRING TERM
• Continue to apply to advertised vacancies
• Send off speculative applications if appropriate
• Make postgraduate study applications including
  for funding
• Attend relevant employer presentations
• Attend relevant careers in.. talks
• Make plans for time out
• Law CPE/Diploma in law, closing date February
  1st
• NHS Clinical Science Recruitment Scheme February
  deadline
• SUMMER TERM
• Continue applying for vacancies
• Attend Recruitment Fair in June
• Apply for a password to access CCD Web off campus

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Things to do

• - Research potential employers or postgraduate
  opportunities
• - Attend relevant employer events
• - Attend postgraduate open days
• - Attend relevant careers workshops
• - Create/update CV, read section on application
  processes
• - look at Centre for Career Development vacancy
  pages

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Where are we?
Centre for Career Development Level D
West Portland Building University Park
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CCD Resources

• Quick duty queries for both CVs and guidance
• (11 - 4 daily). Booking daily.
• Individual 40 minute guidance interviews
• Information
• Employer presentations
• Professional talks
• Workshops

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Useful resources

• www.nottingham.ac.uk/careers
• The resources section is particularly useful
• www.prospects.ac.uk
• This will refer you to specialist resources /
• organisations

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Remember..

• Dont worry, choosing your career is a process.
• You will make better decisions if you
• Finding out what the jobs involve (research,
• attend talks, network, work experience)
• Reflecting on what you are good at and enjoy
• Consider what you want from a job (pay? private
  or public company? etc)

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Finally, remember.

• You can apply for graduate jobs throughout the
• year and following graduation
• Many people change jobs throughout their life
• Dont feel you are choosing a job that you will
• have until you retire!

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• GOOD LUCK!