Career planning presentation for Computer Networks
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This document provides guidance on effective career planning for computer networks degrees. It discusses conducting self-reflection, researching career options and the IT job market, exploring employers through various sources, gaining work experience, attending career fairs, using social media professionally, considering graduate schemes, tailoring CVs and online profiles to employers, and putting career plans into action. Key points are made that the IT job market is growing and computer science graduates have higher than average full-time employment rates. Students are directed to campus career services and external resources for additional support and opportunities.
Career planning presentation for Computer Networks
- 1. Computer Networks: Effective career planning Tahira Majothi careers consultant Careers and Employability Service http://www.careers.salford.ac.uk/
- 2. Aims Taking stock – self awareness Explore career options Understand how to effectively career plan Put career plans into action Useful Links
- 4. Starting out at University
- 5. The Reality?
- 6. The Future?
- 7. “My life is buffering…”
- 10. Decisions, decisions: IT Labour Market “59.3% of computer science and IT graduates were working full-time in the UK compared to 51.6% of graduates from all other subjects. 7.6% were undertaking further study, compared to 13.0% for all subjects.” Source: http://www.hecsu.ac.uk/assets/assets/documents/WDGD_Sept_2013.pdf
- 11. “…according to the Sector Skills Council for Business and IT the employment of IT professionals through to 2020 is forecast to rise at 1.62% per annum - nearly twice as fast as the UK average.”
- 13. How to research employers and opportunities?
- 14. Employer Research Shared connections – friends, family, lecturers etc. Company websites Social media accounts Careers and Employability Service Careers Fairs / Industry Insights Alumni and job search facilities on LinkedIn Top Graduate Recruiter Directories http://www.careers.salford.ac.uk/page/research_company
- 15. Work Experience Placements, part-time work, volunteering and graduate opportunities http://www.careers.salford.ac.uk/page/vacancies Salford Computer Society http://www.salfordstudents.com/groups/computer-society Engineers without Borders Society http://www.salfordstudents.com/groups/engineers-without- borders--6 Gaming and Games Development Societies http://www.salfordstudents.com/groups#club-society#all Salford Tutor Club http://www.salfordstudents.com/groups/salford-tutor-club Digital Champions http://www.salford.gov.uk/go-on.htm & http://go-on-manchester. com/ STEM Ambassador http://www.stemnet.org.uk/ambassadors/ Manchester Girl Geeks http://manchester.girlgeekdinners.com/ Science Grrl http://sciencegrrl.co.uk/ STEMNET http://www.stemnet.org.uk/ Digitally Maintained – provides free technical support to individuals, charities and small businesses http://digitallymaintained.com/ Volunteering database http://www.do-it.org.uk/ BBC Work Experience http://www.bbc.co.uk/careers/work-experience/
- 16. Recruitment Fairs 2014 Salford Recruitment Fairs: Part Time Jobs and Volunteering Fair - Wednesday 8th October 2014 Teaching Futures - Wednesday 15th October 2014 Business, IT & Law Fair - Wednesday 29th November 2014 Computing, Science & Engineering Fair - Wednesday 19th November 2014 http://www.careers.salford.ac.uk/page/meetemployers Manchester Autumn Recruitment Fairs: The Engineering, Science and Technology Fair15 October 2014 The Business, Finance and Management Fair16 October 2014 The Law Fair18 November 2014 The Postgraduate Study Fair19 November 2014 http://www.careers.manchester.ac.uk/events/
- 17. Social Media Professional address book Your online CV/profile Professional networking resource Handy for careers research Opportunity to control your digital identity http://prezi.com/3gwumaexbdmg/how-to-make-effective-use-of-linkedin/
- 18. Recruitment Agencies Look for accredited and relevant consultancies May provide insight into latest labour market trends Be clear about what type of opportunities you are looking for Make contact your recruitment consultant every 1-2 weeks, be proactive! Don’t feel obligated to take up an opportunity if it’s not right for you Recruitment Agencies: http://www.careers.salford.ac.uk/page/recruitment
- 19. Graduate Schemes BT Graduate Scheme https://www.btgraduates-apply.co.uk/ and http://www.btgraduates.com/ Civil Service Fast Stream http://faststream.civilservice.gov.uk/the-different-streams/technology-in-business/ BBC Careers – set up profile via CareersHub http://www.bbc.co.uk/careers/home Talk Talk Graduates http://www.talktalktechnology.com/careers/graduates Plusnet Careers https://careers.plus.net/opportunities/ Cisco Careers http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac40/about_cisco_careers_home.html Sky Graduate Opportunities http://jobs.sky.com/starting-out/graduate-opportunities Sony Careers http://www.sony.co.uk/hub/careers Telefonica Careers http://www.telefonicaando2careers.com/gb/
- 20. Transition: Put career plans into action
- 21. Commercial awareness: first impressions…
- 22. CV combinations: match to employer requirements CV Guide: http://www.careers.salford.ac.uk/page/careerguides
- 24. Education
- 26. Key Skills and Achievements
- 29. Jobs or further study: Its all about marketable you!
- 30. Up, up and away!
- 32. Useful Links: Options with your degree: http://www.prospects.ac.uk/options_with_your_subject.htm Researching Employers: http://www.careers.salford.ac.uk/page/occupationsindex http://www.careers.salford.ac.uk/page/research_company Professional Associations: BCS Chartered Institute for IT http://www.bcs.org/category/5672 IET The Institute of Engineering and Technology http://www.theiet.org/membership/career/index.cfm?origin=foot-links E-skills Sector Skills Council for Business and IT http://www.e-skills.com/careers/ CompTIA IT Industry Trade Association http://www.comptia.org/ Useful Job sites: http://www.careers.salford.ac.uk/page/vacancies ITJobsWatch ComputerWeekly Computing BCS Recruit http://careers.microsoft.com/careers/en/gb/home.aspx http://www-05.ibm.com/employment/uk/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/careers/ http://jobs.novell.com/ http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac40/about_cisco_careers_home.html Civil Service Fast stream https://www.gov.uk/civil-service-fast-stream-how-to-apply Recruitment Agencies: http://www.careers.salford.ac.uk/page/recruitment Careers Fairs: http://www.careers.salford.ac.uk/page/meetemployers (Salford) http://www.careers.manchester.ac.uk/events/ (Manchester)
- 33. Images Winner. Flickr: Kreg Steppe, Winner. Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0) IamNotUnique, He never stops thinking. Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Happy Official Video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Sxv-sUYtM Augmented reality. Flickr: Tom Augmented Reality. Attribution 2.0 Generic CC BY 2.0) Theme Park ride. Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bwgreen/3701894769/sizes/l/ Thinking please wait. Flickr: Karola Riegler, Thinking... please wait. Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-ND 2.0) Flickr: Stefano Corso, In the crowd. Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Flickr: Holmes. Flickr: Dynamosquito. Holmes. Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0) A-Team. Flickr: Roadsidepictures, Levitated Mass. Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0) Morning Coffee. Flickr: lars erik skrefsrud morning coffee, http://www.flickr.com/photos/skrefsrud/14438341782 Rubix Cube. Flickr: Rubix Cube. Yugank Singhal. Boy Playing with a Rubix Cube https://www.flickr.com/photos/92559412@N08 Flickr: Popupology, 3-d business card series VIII – handshake. https://www.flickr.com/photos/popupology/ The Library. Flickr: Lester Public Library, Study. https://www.flickr.com/photos/lesterpubliclibrary Branch Manager. Branch Manager, Assistant Branch Manager Dog Meme. http://llwproductions.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/dogs-branch-managers.jpg Rocky. Flickr: Melody Joy Kramer. Rocky SWK. https://www.flickr.com/photos/mjkmjk/ My new job. Domenico. My new job at the call center. https://www.flickr.com/photos/kugelfisch/ Flickr: Miguelángel Guédez. Learn about ME, Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0) Flickr: Simon Giddings, Up https://www.flickr.com/photos/simongiddings/13926062007/in/explore-2014-05-05 Flickr. Graduate. http://www.flickr.com/photos/monashuni/8218141215/sizes/l/
Editor's Notes
- #4: Exercise: Knowledge, experience and skills analysis. SWOT, mindmap, post-it review points, smart objectives etc.
- #8: Its ok if you are unsure of what you want to do next, how could you move things along, what are the knowledge, experience and skills gaps you have to overcome? Concern Thinking about what my future will be like Realising the implications of today’s choices for my future Preparing for the future Becoming aware of the education and career choices I must make Planning how to effectively achieve my goals Actively engaging with my career
- #10: Network engineer/architect Network Security Systems analyst / developer Software Engineer Geographical information systems officer IT trainer / Manager Helpdesk front-line support Games developer IT consultant Applications developer Secondary school teacher Technical author
- #14: Company websites Social media presence Careers and Employability Service Careers Fairs / Industry Insights Alumni services on LinkedIn Graduate Recruiter Directories
- #22: Importance of opportunity and employer research
- #24: Explain you will be going through general content on CVs but the order of information can be moved around depending on the type of opportunity. See your profile or career objective as your business card. If you were to meet employer in professional capacity what would they need to know about you?
- #25: Most recent first 5-6 relevant module titles Include dissertation if aligns with company ethos, services, ambitions etc. University, college and secondary education (or equivalents)
- #26: Placements Part-time work Voluntary work Student societies or enterprise activities Live projects/dissertation/ training courses
- #27: Certificates, courses, professional training, quantifiable achievements in work, positions of responsibility etc.
- #28: Quantify achievements Explain responsibilities Include charity or voluntary work Evidence transferable knowledge, experience and skills
- #31: Self awareness - Research options, try to think about what matches your interests, what career options are available to you and then research recruitment practices, tailor your CV or application and then you have nailed it! You are on your way!